Audio soundscape featuring an interview between Parker Waddell and Niceila Walton regarding Niceila’s experience and opinions looking back a few years later on the 2023 Yellowknife evacuation. Background noise includes the sound of Cameron Falls, a staple in the Northwest Territories, as well as insects.

Photo credits: Town of Hay River In 2023, the Northwest Territories experienced its worst wildfire season since the year 2000. Almost a quarter of the total hectares burned across Canada were burned within NWT borders (Williams, 2024). Ultimately, by August 18th, 2023, over half the population of the Northwest Territories had evacuated from the territory to Alberta…