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The roots of the Northwest Territories’ college system begins with the adult education programs offered by the federal government, usually out of the federal day schools in communities across the NWT. During the late 1960s, Frontier College was also contracted to create a system of community-based adult education, with accompanying legislation being passed in 1974.
Responsibility for education, including adult education, was transferred to the territorial government in 1969. Also in 1969, the Adult Vocational Training Centre (AVTC) was established in Fort Smith, following a Heavy Equipment Operators course offered at nearby Fox Holes 1968. Canada Manpower/CEIC began sponsoring programs at AVTC in 1971 and in 1981, AVTC became Thebacha College.

However, there was recognition that program delivery at the community level was desirable, creating Arctic College in 1984 with campuses in Iqaluit and Fort Smith. Campuses were eventually established in each region of the Northwest Territories with headquarters in Yellowknife. The Arctic College Act was passed in 1986, making it an arm’s length corporate entity and giving it the mandate to deliver adult and post-secondary education. The Aurora Campus in Inuvik was established in 1987. By 1990 the community learning centres were also rolled into the College system.

In 1992, the head office of Arctic College was decentralized to Fort Smith and Iqaluit to prepare for the creation of two colleges as part of the preparations for division with Nunavut. On January 1, 1995 Nunavut Arctic College was established for the Eastern Arctic and Aurora College for the Western Arctic. The Science Institute of the Northwest Territories (SINT) was also rolled into the colleges to provide an in-house research institute for each.

Galena Heights Elementary School opened in 1977, originally housing pupils from kindergarten to grade two. Galena Heights Elementary School was expanded in 1980 to host students up to grade five after a fire destroyed the other school in the town; the rebuilt Matonabbee School opened in 1981 for the senior grades. Both schools closed in June 1988 with the closure of the mine and community of Pine Point.

Noel Wright, CB, OBE, was born December 24, 1890, in England. He entered the Royal Navy in 1908 as an assistant clerk, serving on battleships such as the "Hindustan" and "Collingwood" early in his career. Wright served at the Battle of Jutland in 1916. After World War I, Wright served in Hong Kong, China, on the South African Cape, and in the Aegean and Mediterranean seas, primarily as secretary to senior officers. Wright also spent time at the Admiralty Headquarters, Naval Intelligence Division, and in the late 1930s assisted with the evacuation of refugees escaping Spain. During World War II, Wright was a supply officer to fleets in the Mediterranean and Middle East. Wright retired from the Royal Navy in 1945 as a Rear Admiral.

Wright married Phoebe Gandon in 1921 and they had two children, a son and a daughter.

Following his retirement, Wright further explored his personal interest in the maritime explorations of the north, and particularly in Sir John Franklin's story, eventually writing two books about Sir John Franklin: New light on Franklin (1949) and Quest for Franklin (1959).

Noel Wright died April 18, 1975 in England.

Lt. Colonel Frank Cunningham arrived in Yellowknife in approximately May 1946 to become Stipendiary Magistrate. He also became Chairman of the Local Trustee Board of the Yellowknife Administrative District.

Theodore H. Maranda worked as a Carpenter Foreman for Con Mine when it was first being established.

Paul Lloyd was born in England on July 28, 1886, and came to Canada in 1906. He homesteaded near Vermilion, Alberta until 1929 when he became a homestead inspector, tax collector, and assessor for Provincial Municipal Affairs in Edmonton. Upon receiving a request for a 'loan' of an assessor, Mr. Lloyd travelled to the Northwest Territories in 1949, to assess property in Yellowknife.

Eric Kettlewell was born on November 2, 1910. He married Evelyn before spending time in northern Alberta and the Northwest Territories between 1945 and 1947. Eric may have been a professional photographer. Eric and Evelyn compiled a booklet about Yellowknife that was published during their time in the north. Upon their return to southern Canada, Eric worked as a bartender in Toronto, Ontario. Evelyn died in December 1970. Eric then married Lorraine Murphy. Eric died in Toronto on July 1, 1984.