The Youth Indigenous Education program offers an immersive and inclusive learning environment that furthers newcomers’ understanding of the land they now call home.
Themed the ‘Year of the Youth’, the 2023 event was designed to engage more young people.
The group’s access to the Small Grant Accessibility Program provided them with the support to continue their role of healing and spreading their message through music.
Some young Regina students are learning and getting immersed in cultures through innovative art program.
How a canoe trip can teach youth about teamwork and leadership.
LIVE Arts goes national
How the Saskatchewan Aboriginal Writers Circle is building a community of Indigenous Storytellers
Learning about Métis traditions during Culture Days
The Northern Sport, Culture and Recreation District brings community together
Discovering our past down the South Saskatchewan River
Meme-making workshops help Northern youth reconnect to their roots
Workshop tour creates an inspiring experience for both artists and students
Creative project provides technological opportunities
Learning traditional knowledge of plants and healing
St. Francis School in Saskatoon partners with artists from the Gordon Tootoosis Nīkānīwin Theatre to create a Cree language play interpreted from the Hollywood movie Jumanji.
Top teacher is a life-long learner
Students bring together art and science in the classroom
Youth finding their own voices in history
Getting from then to now
Introducing Saskatchewan artists to students
Northern Saskatchewan students build their own stories
Culture camp nurtures relationships
Students find a creative outlet through music
Connecting youth to their Indigenous culture
Youth spearheading fundraising efforts in support of Creative Kids
Gaining confidence through dance
Youth can have an important voice in important national discussion
How SYCAP is transforming lives through creativity
An annual Indigenous celebration brings school kids together to restore language and culture
Young participants recently had the opportunity to spend a week surviving without many of our modern conveniences.
The Saskatchewan Archaeological Society engages newcomer youth in uncovering the past.
Saskatchewan students are taking an active interest in their heritage thanks to a school program designed to explore history and culture.
Joyce Vandall has been a passionate community volunteer for over 30 years.
Several years ago, CARFAC Saskatchewan (Canadian Artists’ Representation/le Front Des Artistes Canadiens) identified a gap in terms of its service to, and engagement with, the Aboriginal artist community.
The Junior Curators Program was established in June 2013 to give local children an opportunity to become further involved with the museum.
Every fall, for nearly 30 years, a troupe of Saskatchewan artists has jumped aboard a van and hit the road to provide arts workshops to students in schools all across the province.
This past summer, from July 5-7, 2013, Saskatoon’s AKA Gallery and a group of renowned artists to create Saskatoon’s first annual street meet Festival.
The village of Hazlet in southwestern Saskatchewan has become an international cultural intersection point.
Since 2010, SaskCulture has hired Saskatchewan artists, from a variety of disciplines, to interest people – planners and public - in participating in Culture Days, a three-day event held during the last weekend in September each year.
People of all ages from the Prince Albert area have been discovering their inner artist thanks to a partnership between the Mann Art Gallery and a local business.
In May 2013, students from Oskayak High school in Saskatoon travelled north to the shores of Waterhen First Nation by the Meadow Lake Provincial Park.
Live theatre has the power to touch audiences in a way few other art forms can. The play The Trial of Louis Riel has been reaching out and touching people with its story for 47 years.
It is said that music changes lives, and a musical collaboration between a local school teacher and an internationally acclaimed blues musician has done just that.
In August 2012, the Saskatchewan Writers’ Guild (SWG), in partnership with the First Nations University of Canada (FNUC), hosted the first annual Bringing Back the Buffalo: Aboriginal Youth Writers’ Retreat in Regina.
In the 1980’s, Sam Herman, then mayor of La Loche, encouraged community members to dress up in old-time clothing for a culture day celebration at the local elementary school. Thus, the Yanessa Days were born.
Art and creativity can be a powerful tool to bring people together and help them to learn from one another. This concept is something that the MacKenzie Art Gallery (MAG) in Regina has recognized and has been working with for several years.
Building a sense of home and place can sometimes be a daunting task for newcomers, especially youth. The Saskatchewan Organization of Heritage Languages (SOHL) and the Saskatchewan Filmpool Cooperative partnered to present a one-day workshop.
The Aboriginal Arts and Culture Leadership Grant (AACL) was launched by SaskCulture in 2007 following a funding model developed by the Saskatchewan Arts Board. The AACL grant is aimed at increasing the capacity in Aboriginal communities.
Teachers from local school divisions from across the curriculum and grade levels participated in the two- day workshop to collaboratively create three lessons plans in a given subject and grade level that supported Treaty and Aboriginal education.
The youth in the northern Saskatchewan Village of Sandy Bay felt they had nothing to do, or at least that is how they saw it until a group of artists known as Culture Synk came to the village for six days to create a collaborative music video project call
It’s no secret that being involved in cultural, sport or recreation activities during childhood can have many benefits. Participation can foster a greater sense of belonging and develop valuable life skills.
Over the past five years PAVED Arts has made outreach programming a priority for Saskatchewan’s media arts community.
It was a surprise to Broadview School student Adam Wyatt when his mother asked him if he would like to travel to Toronto to participate in a new program focused on youth leadership initiated by ArtsSmarts called the 21st Century Youth Creativity Challenge
For many organizations, keeping up with technology can be a daunting task, such as using new tools in the workplace, incorporating new skills into daily life, or keeping up with social media trends.
As reality shows, such as Canadian Idol or So Youth Think you Can Dance, continue to capture the attention of aspiring talent, Saskatchewan’s northern youth have an even better opportunity to show their stuff.
Saskatchewan artist, Gabriel Yahkakeekoot of Beardys and Okemasis First Nations was hard at work this past year helping First Nations youth connect to the arts.
Ramses Calderon is a busy man. The El Salvadorn-born resident of Regina is a writer, musical scholar and innovative musician who incorporates traditional instruments and rhythms into his compositions.
