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Building healthy, active and creative lifestyles through sport, culture and recreation.
November 2025
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Celebrating the Volunteers Who Make Our Communities Shine!
This December and January, Lakeland District is taking time to recognize and celebrate the incredible people who brighten our communities through their dedication to sport, culture, and recreation.
If you know someone whose passion and volunteer spirit make every day a little brighter, we’d love to highlight their impact in our upcoming celebration campaign!
✨ Nomination Deadline: November 30th
Help us shine a light on the volunteers who make the Lakeland District a vibrant and welcoming place to live, work, and play.
For more information reach out to Jessie Strasser, Community Consultant.
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Join us for the Saskatchewan Winter Games!!
Lakeland District is excited for the Saskatchewan Winter Games and wants YOU to join our team!!! If you are looking to attend and want to check things out behind the scenes then join us as Mission Staff and cheer on the athletes first hand!!!
If you are interested please submit your expression of interest here!!!
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Congratulations to the Lakeland District Communities that participated in the 2025 Saskatchewan Communities in Bloom Program.
The Saskatchewan Parks and Recreation Association (SPRA) is pleased to announce the winners of Saskatchewan’s Communities in Bloom program in 2025 and recognize all 46 provincial participants. Participants enhanced their communities and were evaluated in the following criteria: Community Appearance, Environmental Action, Heritage Conservation, Tree Management, Landscape, and Plant & Floral Displays. Participants are recognized with a Bloom Rating, and through the program’s Evaluation, Special Recognition Awards, and a Photo Contest.
Communities in Bloom Provincial Competition Winner!
Population Category 3001-4999
Nipawin, SK
4 Blooms
Special Mention for Tourist Information Centre
We also acknowledge Melfort, who represented Saskatchewan in the 2025 National Communities in Bloom Edition. Their achievements were recognized at the 2025 Communities in Bloom National Symposium featuring the National and International Awards Ceremonies on October 18, 2025 in Stratford, ON.
Melfort – Participant in the Circle of Excellence Category, non-evaluated
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This workshop will highlight how museums, archives, and private collectors, can and should return Indigenous cultural items and relatives to their home communities in a respectful way. Join Dr. Jaime Lavallee, from USask’s College of Law and the Indigenous Law Centre, as she discusses her experiences with this important work from a legal and nēhiyawēwin perspective.
Date: Wednesday November 19, 2025
Time: 1:30 to 3 pm (Saskatchewan time)
Location: workshop (online)
Presenter: Dr. Jaime Lavallee, College of Law, USask
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FREE Sport Medicine & Science Zoom Workshops – Registration Open NOW!
Softball Saskatchewan partnered with The Sport Medicine & Science Council of Saskatchewan to bring you FREE virtual workshops to elevate your coaching and playing game!
To register & learn more: https://www.softball.sk.ca/content/sport-medicine-and-science
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On December 9, 2025, the City of Prince Albert (MCAP), the Prism Project (WFCG), and LDSCR are coming together to host a learning opportunity designed to build safer, more connected spaces across our city.
Led and facilitated by 2SLGBTQIA+ members of the Prism Project team from Studio Q, this workshop supports leaders and staff in understanding the experiences of 2SLGBTQIA+ people within our organizations and communities. Through storytelling, workshop exercises, and shared learning, participants will explore ways to strengthen inclusion, deepen relationships, and co-create a community where everyone feels valued, respected, and able to contribute.
Date: Dec. 9, 2025
Time: 10 am to 1 pm
Location: Ches Leach Lounge, Art Hauser Centre, Prince Albert
Register Today!
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Sponsorship & Advertising off the Corner of your Desk with Coralie Bueckert
Date: Wednesday, December 3, 2025
Time: 12:00 - 1:00 p.m.
Location: Zoom
Facilitator: Coralie Bueckert
Registration Deadline: Monday, December 1
Language & Approach: Respectable Approaches to Including People with Disabilities
Date: Wednesday, December 10, 2025
Time: 12:00 - 1:00 p.m.
Location: Zoom
Facilitators: Jenelle Fortier & Shandrea Verboom-Brodner, Inclusion Saskatchewan
Guest Speaker: Leanne Madsen
Registration Deadline: Monday, December 8
Best Practices for Disability Inclusion in Recreation with Taryn Barry
Date: Wednesday, January 14, 2026
Time: 12:00 - 1:00 p.m.
Location: Zoom
Facilitator: Taryn Barry, Ph.D., Project Manager, The Active Living Alliance for Canadians with a Disability
Registration Deadline: Monday, January 12
Volunteer Leduc: A Case Study of Volunteer Impact on the Community with Elana Hansen
Date: Tuesday, March 3, 2026
Time: 12:00 - 1:00 p.m.
Location: Zoom
Facilitator: Elana Hansen
Registration Deadline: Monday, March 2
More Information!
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Lii sport poor la bonn saantii (Sports for Good Health) is a brand-new pilot program specifically for registered Métis youth, ages 13-18. This pilot program provides up to $500 of financial support for individual Métis youth with expenses associated with their sport.
Sports and recreational programs are essential to the health and wellbeing of our younger generations, and this pilot program aims to empower our young people to stay active, healthy, and connected to their community. Because this pilot is also about overall youth wellness, the application includes a few short questions about vaping and tobacco use to help us understand needs and design better supports.
Funding is limited and available on a first-come, first-served basis.
Don’t wait! Apply now! https://formstack.io/89144
For questions about this program, or applications, please contact sportsandrec@mns.ca
For details and guidebook on this program please visit https://metisnationsk.com/about-sports/
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Nominate for Saskatchewan Sport Awards - Excellence Awards
The 41st Annual Saskatchewan Sport Awards will be held on January 29, 2026 at the Queensbury Convention Centre in Regina.
Saskatchewan Sport Awards Excellence Awards
- Athlete of the Year – Male/Female
- Youth Athlete of the Year – Male/Female
- Coach of the Year
- Team of the Year
Nomination Deadline: December 20, Excellence Awards
https://www.sasksport.ca/celebrating-sport/saskatchewan-sport-awards/
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CARFAC SASK is thrilled to announce artist Linda Duvall as Travelling Mentor from September 1, 2025 - June 30, 2026!
The Travelling Mentorship program welcomes Sask-based artist participants at any stage of their career, working in any medium, living on rural routes, hamlets, villages, towns, and cities other than Regina and Saskatoon to apply for this 10-month mentorship opportunity: https://carfac.sk.ca/travelling-mentor
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Visit the Saskatchewan Games Council webpage for information on Getting Involved with Team Lakeland at the 2026 Saskatchewan Winter Games hosted by Flying Dust First Nation and the City of Meadow Lake.
Sports Schedule
February 15-18
February 18-21
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ATTENTION SASKATCHEWAN INDIGENOUS HOCKEY ATHLETES!
Team Saskatchewan is gearing up for the 2026 National Aboriginal Hockey Championships (NAHC) in Regina, SK - and we’re hosting ID Camps to identify athletes for our male and female teams!
First ID Camp - December 27 & 28, 2025 Saskatoon, SK – Canlan Ice Sports (Agriplace, Rink 2)
Registration: $100/athlete (Cash only)
Must attend at least ONE ID camp to be eligible for the final roster
Eligibility:
- Female & Male athletes born 2008–2012
- Must provide valid proof of Aboriginal ancestry
- Player waiver signed by athlete & parent/guardian at camp check-in
Second ID Camp - February 2026 (Location & dates to be announced)
Athletes selected after the second camp will represent Saskatchewan on home ice at the 2026 NAHC!
For more information, contact: Mason Medynski - mason.medynski@fsin.com
www.teamsasknaig.ca
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SARP Connect with Melanie Baumann, SARP's new Executive Director.
She's spent 10+ years leading multi-ministry initiatives at Parks, Culture and Sport—the kind of work that requires equal parts strategic vision and political finesse. She's guided major organizational transformations, served on public sector boards, and earned her Master's in Kinesiology researching equity in sport for underrepresented communities.
She knows how to move big systems. She knows how to build coalitions. And she's bringing that lens to SARP.
She's also a lacrosse mom, a football mom, a runner who'd rather be at the lake than anywhere else. Someone who volunteers, loves to read, and says yes to adventure.
Which is to say: she gets it. She lives the recreation sector, not just leads it.
Want to hear her vision for where SARP is headed? Join us November 19th for SARP Connect.
November 19th at 12pm
Register now
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Webinar: Succession & Workforce Planning
Join SaskCulture's upcomming webinar, the third of a four part series focused on succession and workforce planning.
Stephen Eger from, Knibbs HR Consulting will guide attendees through practical tools to help organizations identify key roles, assess future talent needs, and strengthen leadership continuity.
This webinar will take place on November 19, from 12 to 1 p.m. Register now and share with anyone who may be interested. The meeting link will be sent to registered attendees.
Register!
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New Insights on Inclusion and Accessibility in Parks
On Thursday, Nov. 20, Join CPRA at 1:00 PM EST for a special webinar and learn the results of the research emerging from the 2025 Canadian Inclusive Green Spaces Symposium.
This interactive session will highlight key findings regarding a national research project and explore how parks and green spaces can be reimagined to advance inclusion, accessibility, equity, and reconciliation across Canada.
Sign Up!!
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Decolonized Communications: Best practices for communicating with, for and about Indigenous Peoples
Does your organization or team communicate with, for and about Indigenous Peoples? Are you anxious or concerned about how your communications come across? If so, this webinar is for you! Learn some best practices to ensure your communication is culturally-aware, appropriate and respectful.
Presenter: Michelle Lean, Communications Director
Fee: CAD 50
Date & Time: Nov 25, 2025 01:00 PM
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Learn about Saskatchewan arts and cultural funding
SaskCulture, SK Arts and Creative Saskatchewan provide funding to Saskatchewan's arts and cultural sector. Each funder has a different focuss on what can be supported. To gain a better understanding of what each funder does take a look at the the Arts and Cultural Funding in Saskatchewan pamphlet.
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