Form a community, school, or workplace team and together conceptually walk the distance of the Big River from Zhatıé Kų́ę́/Fort Providence to Tuktuuyaqtuuq/Tuktoyaktuk.
Registrations open December 1, 2023 and close January 15, 2024
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About Walk to Tuk
Walk to Tuk is an annual community walking challenge that takes place in January and February. Community members, schools, and workplaces are encouraged to form teams and conceptually walk the distance of the Big River from Zhatıé Kų́ę́ to Tuktuuyaqtuuq, a total of 1,658 km.
This free event is a great way to meet new people and stay active during the cold and dark months of winter. Participants have from January 1 to February 29, to collectively walk 1,658 km and get their team to Tuktuuyaqtuuq.
Walk to Tuk is the NWT’s biggest opportunity to get active in a safe, healthy, engaging way this winter- we cannot wait to see you on the way to Tuk!
Although the Walk to Tuk website is in English, anyone can participate! Find someone in your community who is running a team, or start a team yourself! Get active together and win some amazing prizes.
Walking the Steps of our Ancestors: NWTRPA Walking Challenge
The NWT Recreation and Park Association (NWTRPA) and its Board of Directors announce that a full program review of its annual winter walking challenge has been completed in alignment with the NWTRPA’s strategic goals relating to decolonization and reconciliation. The NWTRPA finalized a full report entitled: Walking the Steps of our Ancestors: NWTRPA Walking Challenge. The NWTRPA staff and Board of Directors are starting the implementation of the final report’s recommendations beginning with reverting back to the name “Walk to Tuk”.
Throughout the review, the NWTRPA committed to engaging with stakeholders, participants, Indigenous groups, NWT residents and NWTRPA members. In the summer of 2022, the organization promoted a general call-out for advisory committee members on their website and social media platforms. Six indigenous committee members were chosen for their knowledge of indigenous culture and history, and for regional representation.
Three Walking Challenge Advisory Committee meetings and two public information sessions were held throughout 2022 and 2023 to conduct the program review and a temporary name change. One public consultation was held in Tuktoyaktuk on December 1st, 2022 and the second, virtually, on February 23, 2023.
This program review was developed following reference materials such as the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples, the Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada: Calls to Action, and the Final Report of the National Inquiry into Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls Calls for Justice.
The NWTRPA Board of Directors and staff would like to thank the community of Tuktuuyaqtuuq/Tuktoyaktuk for their input regarding this review. They would also want to thank all the numerous participants and teams who have made this event so successful over the past 13 years.
Seeking NWT Writers or Artists
Are you a NWT Hamlet, NWT Non-Profit Organization, NWT Classroom, NWT Writer or NWT Artist? The NWT Recreation and Parks Association (NWTRPA) is seeking different partnerships with NWT based organizations, NWT Communities, freelance writers or artists to write articles or create art-based projects for the upcoming 2024 Walk to Tuk communication campaign: aligned with the recommendations of the Walk to Tuk program review report, Walking the Steps of our Ancestors: NWTRPA Walking Challenge. Follow this link to learn more: Walk to Tuk Communication Campaign
Walk to Tuk News
November 23, 2022
6 Reasons Why YOU Should do the NWTRPA Walking Challenge
Have you registered for the 2023 NWT Walking Challenge yet? If not, here are 6 reasons why you should!
December 16, 2023
The NWTRPA Walking Challenge is FINALLY HERE!
You’ve been waiting a whole year and now it’s here. The NWTRPA Walking Challenge (previously known as Walk to Tuk) is back!
December 16, 2023
Walking Challenge Review Update
In 2021, the NWTRPA Board of Directors decided to temporarily change the name of the popular NWTRPA Walk to Tuk Challenge…