By Tom Taylor Local Journalism Initiative Kyle Napier is achieving big things outside the NWT, but his connection to his home is as strong as it’s ever been. “I go back a few times a year,” the 35-year-old said. “Whenever I cross into the boreal, that’s when I feel home. “It’s a connection you can feel in your marrow.” For Napier, who grew up in Salt River First Nation with Dene/Cree/Metis heritage, home is Fort Smith. However, he currently lives in Edmonton, where he teaches at the University of Alberta, NorQuest College in Edmonton and MacEwan University and remotely at the University of Victoria and Mount Royal University in Calgary. He teaches a number of disciplines, including communications, linguistics and Indigenous studies. He’s passionate about all of the subjects he

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