Your Snapshot of Saskatchewan's Cultural News, Events, Jobs and Opportunities | | |
SaskCulture is seeking a Grants Administrator. Apply by July 12! | SaskCulture's offices will be closed on July 1 for Canada Day. Regular office hours will be observed on July 2. |
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Check out the 2023-24 Year in Review | SaskCulture’s 2023-24 Year in Review is now available online. Read this Annual Report to learn more about SaskCulture's strategic priorities, the impact of grants, and more. Read more | | |
Welcome to the new SaskCulture Board Members | |
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SaskCulture’s 2024 Annual General Meeting and Member Session took place in person, on Friday, June 14, 2024, at the Conexus Arts Centre.
The SaskCulture membership welcomed the 2024 Board of Directors: Yvonne Hotzak (Chair), Jan Seibel (Past Chair), Sekwun Ahenakew (Arts), Joanne McDonald (Cultural Industries), Kayla Ironstar (First Nations), Larry Pearen (Heritage), Jenni Lessard (Métis), Les Oystryk (Member at Large), Christine Ruys (Member at Large) and Lamarr Oksasikewiyin (Multiculturalism). Read more
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Join the SaskCulture team: Grants Administrator | |
Are you ready to be a part of an inclusive work environment and engage with diverse peoples, worldviews, traditions and experiences?
SaskCulture is seeking a Grants Administrator! This position supports the work of the Program Team to deliver a variety of grant programming and services designed to actively engage communities and increase participation in cultural activity in Saskatchewan. Applications are open until July 12!
For more info, visit the job listing on our website. Read more
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Promote Sask. Arts & Culture Events Guide | |
We need your help to increase the arts, culture and heritage event submissions on Saskatchewan’s Arts & Culture Events Guide. Help us make it a recognized hub for arts and culture enthusiasts!
Go to the Events Guide Promotion page for ready-made graphics and messages to promote the Guide.
Don't forget to post all of your own events on the Arts & Culture Events Guide too! The Arts & Culture Events Guide is a central place where organizations can promote the great arts and cultural activities taking place in the province — free of charge. Read more
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New reading group for SK museums | The Museum Association of Saskatchewan (MAS) launched the MAS Reading Group this month. This online bi-weekly forum provides member museums with an opportunity to discuss and share commentary and experiences related to various reading materials. For the first installment, the group will read the Canadian Museums Association’s Moved to Action report about Activating UNDRIP in Canadian Museums. Read more | Online streaming services to contribute to Canada’s broadcasting system | As a step towards the implementation of the 2023 Online Streaming Act, the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission is now requiring online streaming companies to contribute 5% of their revenues to the funding of Canadian and Indigenous music and audiovisual content, and independent local news. This change will come into effect in the 2024 broadcast year and is expected to bring in around $200 million per year in new funding. Read more | Cultural workers in Canada experience severe affordability challenges | In a recent survey on affordability and working conditions in the cultural sector, Hill Strategies found that most workers are financially stressed and dissatisfied with the affordability of their homes. The survey, commissioned by the Cultural Human Resources Council, found that financial challenges are particularly acute for cultural workers who are D/deaf and/or disabled, IBPOC, LGBTQ2SIA+, gender diverse, women, or young. The risk of attrition in the cultural sector is high, with one-third of responding cultural workers having very seriously considered leaving the sector in 2023. Read more | Equity-deserving groups experience income gap in the arts and culture | |
Hill Strategies released a new analysis of several data sources regarding diversity in the arts and culture workforce in Canada. The findings show trends of pay inequality and exclusion from leadership roles, including that:
- In arts leadership occupations, transgender artists and non-binary artists have lower incomes than cisgender women artists, who have similar incomes to cisgender men artists.
- For all workers in the arts, culture, and heritage, there is a substantial income gap between Indigenous and non-Indigenous workers, although there is almost no difference between Indigenous women and Indigenous men.
- In all cultural occupations, racialized women and men have lower incomes in arts leadership occupations than non-racialized men and women. Read more
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What every new board member should know | |
A non-profit board oversees management and ensures that the organization's affairs are conducted in a way that achieves the organization's strategic objectives. Its role is central to the governance of the organization. Do you have new board members joining your organization this year? Here are some resources to help them understand their roles and bring their best work to the position. | |
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Understanding the role
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| POLL: Is your organization welcoming any new Board Members this year? | | | Looking for more tips? Check out SaskCulture's Organizational Resources. | |
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Promoting Your Events Webinar (Culture Days)
Join this webinar to learn about the benefits of the national and regional Culture Days promotional campaigns, marketing tools, and resources available to event organizers with members of the BC Culture Days and Culture Days Saskatchewan teams.
When: June 27, 2024
Where: Online *Register online
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Medicine Wheel Workshops (City of Prince Albert - Artists in Communities)
On Wednesdays in July, join Lisa Halsall & Alex Powalinsky for Medicine Wheel workshops. This series of workshops uses self-reflection, beading, and medicine wheel teachings to help participants explore their strengths and resources in all aspects of their being. Workshops are for the Indigiqueer community and allies. Participants may attend all sessions or one session.
When: July 3 - 31, 2024
Where: Prince Albert, SK *Register via email
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Treaty Learning Journey Conference (Office of the Treaty Commissioner)
Registration is now open for the Treaty Learning Journey: Let's Talk Truth Conference. Walk with the OTC on a journey at this conference that includes networking and sessions about: BEFORE TREATY - Worldview and Indigeneity, AT TREATY - Numbered Treaties, AFTER TREATY - Breaches of Treaty, and TODAY - Contemporary Indigenous Issues.
When: October 24 -25, 2024
Where: Saskatoon, SK *Register online
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JOBS & OPPORTUNITIES GALLERY | |
Writing program a safe space for youth to explore and create
By: Ana Cristina Camacho
As a child, Warsha Mushtaq discovered a love for words and writing poetry. However, her involvement in a Sage Hill Youth Writing Workshop, instructed by writer Danica Lorer, is where she discovered her voice. 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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