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The Community Cultural Engagement and Planning (CCEP) grant is open for applications until Feb. 15. |
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Upcoming webinar: Strengthening Your Social Media Marketing in 2024 | |
Register now for SaskCulture’s upcoming webinar! Join Diane Ell, Communications Manager, SaskCulture, on January 24 from 12:00 to 1:30 p.m. for this lunch & learn on Strengthening Your Social Media Marketing in 2024.
At this session, we will explore the ever-evolving social media landscape in 2024 and how we can adjust our promotions, posts and campaigns to have a greater impact. This is an opportunity to start the year off by exploring some of the latest trends, tools and strategies that will help you leverage your social media channels to support your organization’s growth, goals and success.
Registration is open until January 23. Open to all at no cost.
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Funding available for cultural planning | |
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Get your applications in! The SaskCulture Community Cultural Engagement and Planning Grant (CCEP) is open for applications until February 15.
The grant’s eligibility guidelines have been updated to include non-profits. Starting in the current round of funding, CCEP is now open to Saskatchewan cultural non-profit organizations working in partnership with at least one municipality or First Nation or Tribal Council, Métis Local or Métis Region. CCEP was previously open to only municipalities, First Nations, Tribal Councils, Métis Locals and Métis Regions. Organizations can contact Outreach Consultant Tara-Leigh Heslip with questions before applying.
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WDM announces community memberships | The Western Development Museum (WDM) has announced a new Community Membership category created exclusively for non-profits. This new initiative gives non-profits that purchase a membership unlimited weekday and weekend regular admission year-round to all WDM locations for group visits. With this new option, the WDM aims to better support members of communities served by non-profit organizations, and increase accessibility to cultural heritage. Read more | Survey shows changes in language behaviour at home | The 2022/2023 Canadian Social Survey examined the changes in language behaviours at home by comparing the languages spoken most often at home at the time of the survey and those spoken most often at home five years earlier. The survey has found that the groups more likely to have made a language change include immigrants admitted to Canada in recent years, and people who did not speak the language of the majority most often at home. Overall, people were more likely to change language behaviours the younger they were. Read more | LIVE Arts: Upcoming Theatre/Movement sessions | The next Live Interactive Video Education (LIVE) Arts program will take place from January 24 to 26. The Theatre/Movement with Angela Christie sessions are aimed at Grades 1 to 8 and are open for registrations. The LIVE Arts dynamic distance education arts program for students in Grades 1 to 9 allows educators to bring professional artists to classrooms at no cost. The 2023-24 LIVE Arts programs are running until May, with sessions also available on demand. Read more | | |
Student Work Placement program still receiving applications | |
The Cultural Human Resources Council's Student Work Placement (SWP) program is still open for applications, with rolling intake. The SWP program offers internship subsidies for the cultural sector, and cultural organizations are eligible to apply for wage subsidies to hire post-secondary students for placements between April 1st, 2023 and March 31st, 2024. Read more. | |
Strategic planning: Where to start | |
Planning is one of the most important responsibilities of any non-profit in its capacity to serve the public. It is not something an organization can afford to ignore or postpone, because it is through the planning process that an organization can figure out where it is, where it wants to get to, and how it will get there. Here are some resources to help you start the year thinking about strategy: | | |
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Looking for more resources? Check out SaskCulture Organizational Resources. | |
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Strengthening Your Social Media Marketing in 2024 (SaskCulture)
This webinar, led by Diane Ell, Communications Manager, SaskCulture, is an opportunity to start the year off by exploring some of the latest trends, tools and strategies that will help you leverage your social media channels to support your organization’s growth, goals and success.
When: January 24, 2024
Where: Online via Zoom *Register online
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Blanket Exercise (Rivers West District for Sport, Culture & Recreation)
The Blanket Exercise is based on using Indigenous methodologies and the goal is to build understanding about our shared history as Indigenous and non-Indigenous peoples in Canada by walking through pre-contact, treaty-making, colonization and resistance. By engaging on an emotional and intellectual level, the Blanket Exercise effectively educates and increases empathy.
When: February 21, 2024
Where: St. Walburg, SK *Register online
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JOBS & OPPORTUNITIES GALLERY | |
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Relationship-building key to careful
interpretation of Indigenous artifacts
By: Ana Cristina Camacho
As heritage organizations field more and more questions about Indigenous artifacts, the need for strengthening relationships with local Indigenous communities grows more evident.
The Saskatchewan Archaeological Society (SAS) is one group that has been working on including Indigenous perspectives in its resources. Read more
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SaskCulture's E-Update is a bi-weekly electronic bulletin that includes information on upcoming SaskCulture events, programs and activities, along with other information and events that may be useful to cultural organizations, or individuals, interested in building a culturally vibrant community.
SaskCulture receives financial assistance from Sask Lotteries.
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