The NWT Geoscience Office conducts outreach programs that provide geological information to individuals, schools, communities and interest groups. Field based programs include the Community Mapping Program, and the NWT Bedrock Mapping Field School. The former engages community members in mapping local geology, and incorporates geologic, cultural and historical knowledge into community posters, which serve as teaching aids for schools. The latter is a course developed in collaboration with University of Alberta for senior undergraduate students in geology.

In addition to ongoing programs, the federal and territorial governments support annual and one-time outreach activities such as community-based information sessions, participation in geology-related Skills Canada Workshops, EDGeo Teachers Workshops, NWT Mining Week, science fairs, classroom visits, public geology hikes, Daring Lake Tundra Science Camp, and distribution of the NWT Geoscape poster and other geology-related educational publications. We work closely with the GNWT Department of Education, Culture and Employment to provide expert advise and resources for the development of school curriculum.