Before the Mackenzie Highway was built in the late 1940s, Fort Resolution served as a commercial, religious and transportation centre for other settlements in the Northwest Territories.
The community has had road access since the 1960s. Today, trapping, hunting and domestic fishing are the primary sources of income.
he Fort Resolution Community Literacy Program operates through the community’s learning centre (CLC), and is part of Aurora College’s adult basic education and literacy network. By building the capacity of local people, including interested learners who are in its programs, it is able to deliver a broad range of literacy programming to people of all ages. To show how the program incorporates best practices into its work, we have separated the practices out, although in reality they interconnect to create a comprehensive program.
A quality adult literacy and basic education program has a clearly stated philosophy and mission that guide its work and practices.
One of the first activities the Fort Resolution Community Literacy Program undertook was the development of a mission statement. It now includes this statement in all its program reports and presentations.