Your Snapshot of Saskatchewan's Cultural News, Events, Jobs and Opportunities | | |
The Small Grant Accessibility Program has launched a new funding round for cultural initiatives! Apply by February 10, 2023. | The Community Cultural Engagement and Planning Grant is open for applications. Apply by February 15, 2023. | SaskCulture's Offices will be closed in the afternoon of December 15 for an all-staff function. |
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Change a Life This Holiday Season | |
Thank you to our donors and sponsors for helping to raise $13,933.51 on Giving Tuesday; added to SaskTel’s $10,000 matching campaign support, that’s a total of $23,933.51 for Saskatchewan children and youth to participate in a creative activity!
The Holiday Campaign continues until the end of December so don’t delay, give the gift of creativity and change a life!
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Registration Open for Threads 2023 | Threads: Cultural Conversation will take place on January 25-26, 2023. The free online conference, organized by Saskatoon Open Door Society, will showcase speakers and performers from across Canada, exploring the question "How can people from different cultures, geographies, and religions learn to live with each other so that all can flourish?" Read more. | Canada Summer Jobs Announces Funding Priorities for 2023 | The employer application period for the Canada Summer Jobs 2023 program has started, with a deadline on January 12, 2023, to hire young Canadians next summer. This year, the funding priorities are: youth with disabilities, Black and other racialized youth, Indigenous youth, small businesses and non-profit organizations that self-report as having leadership from groups that are under-represented, and small business and non-profit organizations in environmental sectors. Read more. | Community Service Recovery Fund to Open Applications | The Government of Canada announced that applications for the Community Service Recovery Fund will open on January 6, 2023. Organizations can prepare by exploring Applicant Resources and signing up for a How to Apply Webinar on January 12. The fund is a $400 million investment aimed at supporting charities and non-profits as they adapt to the long-term impacts of the pandemic. Read more. | | |
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New Provincial Indigenous Tourism Association Launched
The new association Indigenous Destinations Saskatchewan aims to provide leadership, product development and marketing support for Indigenous tourism businesses throughout Saskatchewan. It is the result of the 2020 memorandum of understanding between Tourism Saskatchewan and the Indigenous Tourism Association of Canada to collaboratively support Indigenous tourism development. Read more.
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Statistics Canada Reports Shortage of New Volunteers
New Statistics Canada data shows that most of the non-profit sector is experiencing challenges related to volunteerism, with 67 per cent of organizations reporting a shortage of new volunteers, and 51 per cent reporting retention issues. Additionally, the data shows the impacts of reduced volunteerism on organizations, including increased hours for permanent staff, and decreased services. Read more.
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How To Evaluate Your Organization's Governance Approach
Each organization's governance approach should be designed and evaluated with the organization's specific needs and values in mind. Overall, good governance reinforces good leadership, and helps ensure board members have the means to evaluate the work of the organization and recognize issues before crisis management is required. Explore these resources to get you started:
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Pajama Party Politics: Access through solidarity, Sask Arts Alliance & Listen to Dis'
A cultural conversation with Max Ferguson and Traci Foster on accessibility and accommodation. This event will kick off LTD’s and SAA’s initiative to create a living document on accessibility in the province that would support a broader understanding of access through the disability cultural lens.
When: December 8, 2022
Where: Online via Zoom *Register online
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JOBS & OPPORTUNITIES GALLERY | |
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Examining Bias First Step in Creating Access
By: John Loeppky
"From my perspective, if a disability activist says they aren’t biased they’re either lying or disillusioned.
In order to create access, we have to sit with the uncomfortable truth that we are, at least in part, the sum of our experiences. It can be easy to see this on a one-to-one basis, but what happens when you’re trying to create access at an organizational level? For me, it has to start with self-reflection."
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Promote Your Next Event for Free!
SaskCulture operates and maintains a free Events Calendar for organizations in Saskatchewan to promote their events. Help spread the word about your upcoming events using the calendar today! Events submitted through the events calendar can be highlighted in E-Update, shared through SaskCulture's social media pages, and can help further highlight your next event!
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Invite SaskCulture to Your Next Member Event
SaskCulture is interested in connecting with you and your members. If you would like a SaskCulture Board Member to attend one of your next member events, in-person or virtually, please let us know. Connections with member groups helps us learn, grow and continue to provide programs and services that meet your needs. Contact Nichole Williams, Executive Assistant, SaskCulture at 306-780-9259 or nwilliams@saskculture.ca to make arrangements.
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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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