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The images show mining operations in the Yellowknife area including Con Mine, Giant Mine and Ptarmigan Mine; housing in Yellowknife; and construction of the Alberta Resources Railway line. They were taken by David Williamson during his time in Yellowknife and northern Alberta.

Records in this accession primarily include design and construction project files. Also included are reports and surveys, partnership agreements, collective agreements, and documentation of the district office's administration of housing and homeownership programs.

Records include program administration files and cost-shared program files relating to housing in Rae-Edzo (Behchoko), including homeownership programs, rent scale harmonization, housing inventory assessment, and staff housing.

This fonds consists of approximately 29.49 meters of textual material, two reels of microfilm, 11 microfiches, 2 Betamax videocassettes, and 3 architectural drawings created by the NWT Housing Corporation. The bulk of the material consists of correspondence, minutes, reports and decision papers from the following committees and working groups: Board of Directors Human Resources Committee, Policy Committee, Finance Committee, Housing Committee, Prime Public Authority Steering Committee, Senior Management Committee, Advisory Committee, Housing and Services for the Aged and Handicapped Committee, Tripartite Management Committee, Planning and Monitoring Committee, Advisory Committee on Social Housing, Maintenance Management Review Committee, Staff Housing Infrastructure Review Committee, Retrofit 2 Review Committee, Informatics Committee, Strategic Planning Committee, Social Envelope Committee, Maintenance Steering Committee, Harmonization Working Group, Harmonization Committee and Corporate Executive Committee. There are also minutes, reports and correspondence from District construction meetings, community consultation meetings including the community empowerment initiative and various inter-departmental committees.

The files from the policy and research programs relate to the development of a new Rent Scale Program, Homes for Seniors Program, and Northern Housing Program, and also include program delivery records for cost-shared programs with the Canadian Mortgage and Housing Corporation (CMHC) such as the Rental Program, Emergency Repair Program, Homeownership Program and Residential Rehabilitation Program. There are also files related to a training education and development proposal, surveys and reviews of NWTHC programs, housing needs survey reports for the communities of Iqaluit, Kugluktuk, Yellowknife, Bay Chimo, Pelly Bay, Pond Inlet, Norman Wells, Wha Ti, Paulatuk and Snare Lake, as well as a case study on housing in Fort Good Hope. There is also material related to a review of the status of the Housing Corporation as a Crown Corporation and manuals and planning files related to the NWTHC Maintenance Management System, the Management Information System (MIS), Building and Learning Strategy and Core Need Income Threshold.

In addition, there are files relating to the relationship between the NWT Housing Corporation and district or regional housing authorities including files regarding the administration of the Local Housing Organization program, minutes of the meetings with regional housing authorities and signed management agreements with these regional housing authorities.

There is also a small number of files from the Operations Division and Finance and Infrastructure Services, including guidelines and policies related to social housing and modernization improvement program, an Electrical Use Study, and several files concerning the Corporation's involvement and response to the GNWT Utilities Reduction initiative. From Finance and Infrastructure Services there are policies and procedures manuals documenting financial functions of the NWT Housing Corporation. There are also agreements between the Housing Corporation and the Canadian Mortgage and Housing Corporation, the Nunavut Housing Corporation, and the Northwest Territories Mortgage and Loan Company. There are also briefing books, President and Ministerial Chronos, the Brishaw Report, strategic planning material, organizational reviews, housing demand studies, work plans and decision papers related to the proposed amalgamation of the NWT Housing Corporation, Department of Transportation and Department of Public Works and Services, correspondence, reports and decision papers regarding the harmonization of social assistance programs (Education, Culture and Employment) and public housing programs. Also included is the Housing Implementation Strategy and an agreement regarding staff housing program responsibilities. There are also two Betamax format videotapes entitled: "Homeownership Assistance Program" and "House Construction (Part 1) Homeownership Assistance Program".

The files from the Programs and District Operations division include records about the Alternate Housing Program, the Home Improvement Program, the Rental Housing Admission process, consultations on CHMC program review, records from the Homeownership Assistance Program (HAP,) and the HAP Allocation Committee, economic rent calculation, consultations and other records regarding Rent Scale, and policies and procedures for the Corporation. Also included is a small group of records about the Lease to Purchase Program, the Northern Territorial Rental Purchase Program, the Downpayment Assistance Program, the Minimum Downpayment Assistance Policy Program (MDAPP), the Direct Lending Program, the Rural and Remote Program, the Owner Build Program, the Remote Housing Program, the Rent Supplement Program, the Staff Housing Program, Harmonization of Social Housing and Income Support, and housing for seniors. Also included are assessments of Local Housing Organizations (LHOs) and rent scale reports.

The files from the Policy, Programs and Informatics division include records about the Rent Supplement program and copies of NWT Housing Corporation policies, directives, and procedures.

This accession contains ministerial and President's chronos from 2009-2010, including correspondence with tenants, information regarding rental arrears, home repairs, decision papers, and correspondence to MLAs and the Legislative Assembly.

The accession consists of records from the Programs and District Operations division of the NWT Housing Corporation. The records document various areas the division was involved with, including Securing Assistance for Emergencies (SAFE) program, Contributing Assistance for Repairs and Enhancements (CARE) program, Homeownership Programs, Shelter Policy, and forums and focus groups on housing. The records include correspondence, meeting and workshop materials, survey results, presentation slides and speaking notes, financial records, reports, and planning documents.

The records are from the Programs and District Operations division of the NWT Housing Corporation and include program administration files, interdepartmental committee files, funding proposals, policies and procedures, correspondence with CMHC, and internal management reports and surveys.

Accession contains records from the Programs and District Operations division of the NWT Housing Corporation, including program administration records related to rent scale review, implementation of new rent scales for public housing, and harmonization of income assessment for public housing and income assistance (social assistance). Also included are records relating to the establishment and operation of shelters for underhoused people in Yellowknife.

Accession consists of records from the Programs and District Operations division of the NWT Housing Corporation. The records document various areas the division was involved with, including reports on operational reviews of local housing organizations, policy development files, program administration files, and program files for the Affordable Housing Initiative (a CMHC cost-sharing program).

This accession consists of records including an overview of the Rent Scale for public housing from the NWT Housing Corporation Resource Centre, as well as a Social Housing Annual Review for the year 1988.

Records include correspondence: Ministerial Chronos (Minister's Chronos) and President's Chronos (Deputy Head's Chronos).

The accession consists of early years of Housing Corporation development in the NWT including recommendations, legislation proposals and ordinances. It contains discussions of surplus housing, drafting a local building by-law, changes made to the Rural and Native Housing program, and community planning and development including building houses for GNWT rental units. It consists of a Special Purpose Housing outline from Canada Mortgage Housing Corporation. It contains a discussion paper on ethical principles for the conduct of research in the north and notes on the impact of housing on health concerns. It also contains a Northwest Territories Housing Corporation Management & Employment Manuel for 1975, a Ministry of State for Urban Affairs Annual Report from 1976 - 1977, and a Northwest Territories Housing Corporation Management Report from 1988.

This accession consists of records that include information on the Small Community Homelessness Fund Initiative including Small Community Homelessness Criteria and Guidelines 2012/2013 and an application form to apply for funding from the Initiative. Records also include handouts from an LHO workshop held Feb. 2-4, 2016 and organized by NWTHC. Records also includes NWTHC Communications Protocol created July 2012 and prepared by the Strategies, Planning, Policy and Communications Division. Records also includes Health and Safety Manual, 2014-2015.

The records are from the Executive division of the NWT Housing Corporation and include interdepartmental committee files, a Deputy Minister committee file, a program administration file, a program development file, and a briefing book.

Accession includes records from the Infrastructure Development division of the NWT Housing Corporation, primarily design and construction project files, project correspondence, tender and contract administration, and negotiated contract files. Records document the Market Housing Initiative (modular housing), seniors housing initiatives in several communities, as well as technical reports and maintenance assessments of the Somba K'e Healing Lodge, Jimmy Erasmus Seniors Home, Inukshuk Housing Cooperative, and Rockhill Apartment Building.

This accession consists of records that include the final draft of the Northwest Territories Housing Corporation (NWTHC) Homeownership Manual produced in December 2003, and a draft produced in October 1998 of a proposed technical information package for the Expanded Downpayment Assistance Program.

This accession consists of records relating to programs and administration of the Northwest Territories Housing Corporation, including economic rent calculation, new rent scales, Harmonization of Social Housing and Income Support, and the Minimum Downpayment Assistance Pilot Program (MDAPP). Records include: correspondence, economic rent calculation forms, table showing Maximum/Economic Rent Comparison South Slave District 1994, list of economic rents by community, Harmonization of Social Housing and Income Support presentations, MDAPP evaluation report, policies and procedures, and client applications, draft rent scale directive, Rent Scale 2022 Computer Program Manual, and a briefing note.

The accession consists of records from the Executive of the NWT Housing Corporation, including the Minister's Chronos for 2008, August-December 2009, 2010, and 2012, the President's Chronos for July-September 2008 and 2012, and overall NWT Housing Corporation chronos for July-December 2008.

Records include interim and final reports from the Special Committee on Housing and recordings of the public and other community hearings. The DAT cassettes were copied from the original audiocassettes in October 1995; the recordings are in a variety of Indigenous languages and contain simultaneous translations. The transcripts of the recordings are grouped as follows: Baffin/High Arctic Tour, June 1984; Western Arctic Tour, July 1984; Southern Mackenzie Tour, August 1984; Yellowknife/Kitikmeot Tour, September 1984; and the Keewatin Tour, October 1984. The November 1984 interim report is available in both English and Inuktitut syllabics.

Records consist of Bills, Budget Address, Committee Motions, Motions, Petitions, Questions, Return to Questions, Votes and Proceedings summaries, Tabled Documents, Hansard and the verbatim transcripts of community hearings of the Special Committee on Housing. They were produced by the 10th Legislative Assembly, 1st through 9th Sessions.

Records include material related to the opening of the Legislative Assembly building in 1993, such as speeches, planning committee files, correspondence, and invitations. The bulk of the records include correspondence, briefing notes and community transcripts from meetings or hearings held by the Standing Committee on Public Accounts, Special Committee on Housing and Standing Committee on Agencies, Boards and Commissions.

The file includes a draft and final report of the Northwest Territories Landlord and Tenant Act Review: Residential Tenancies.

Records include files related to the harmonization of social assistance programs, specifically income security and public housing supports.

The records document the (Tlicho) Dogrib Caribou Skin Lodge Project, which began in 1997 and was completed in 2000. The 73 slides are dated June 18, 1998 and document a Feeding the Fire ceremony that celebrated the return of Bear Lake Chief's Caribou Skin Lodge from the University of Iowa. The ceremony took place at the Prince of Wales Northern Heritage Centre. The images depict drumming, hand games, and the exhibit at the Prince of Wales Northern Heritage Centre. In addition, there are electronic records in MS Word and Excel related to the project and the trip Tom Andrews, Archaeologist at the Prince of Wales Northern Heritage Centre, took to Iowa and to the Smithsonian Institute. The remaining records document the construction of two replica lodges for display and educational purposes. This part of the project was completed in partnership with the Dogrib Community Services Board, Prince of Wales Northern Heritage Centre and Dogrib Treaty 11 Council. The are also electronic records in MS Word and Excel containing videotape logs and interview transcripts, as well as approximately 379 digital images documenting the Dogrib Caribou Skin Lodge Project. The audio material consists of the narration for the video by Margaret Mackenzie. The remaining video and textual records consist of hard copies of the video narration script, video voice over scripts with annotations, transcripts of videotaped interviews with Adele Wedawin, Bernadette Williah, Edward and Melanie Weyallon and Joe and Mary Champlain, video logs for reels 1 through 30 which includes a description of the content of each reel, a web page transcript of the project, basic program layout for the Skin Tent Program, a script outline for the project and an overview of the Dogrib Caribou Skin Lodge Project. The video material consists of 30 Betacam copies of raw footage of the Dogrib Caribou Skin Lodge project, one Betacam master and two VHS copies entitled "The Dogrib Caribou Skin Lodge," two VHS copies entitled "Return of the Tent" from the University of Iowa Natural History Museum, a VHS tape containing footage of a tipi ceremony that took place at the Prince of Wales Northern Heritage Centre in September 1997, three VHS tapes containing unedited footage of the outdoor ceremony for the Dogrib Caribou Skin Lodge and an interview with Tom Andrews about the project, a VHS tape from the University of Iowa entitled 1996 Powwow, a VHS tape of the program No Name Youth Show from October 19, 1998, produced by TVNC, containing footage from the tipi ceremony and one Betacam tape marked 'tea dance.'