Tourism Saskatoon photo
Wanuskewin Heritage Park received the National Aboriginal (Indigenous) Cultural Tourism Award, sponsored by the Aboriginal Tourism Association of Canada. Located outside of Saskatoon, the national historic site has been a gathering place for more than 6,000 years and is the longest continually operating archaeological excavation site in Canada. Read more.
Heritage Canada last week announced the first Saskatchewan recipients of Canada 150 funding. SaskCulture’s multi-partner project, Resilience and Respect: Canada 150 and Beyond, was among the 19 projects announced.
A $400,000 grant will help a new partnership, made up of several Saskatchewan cultural groups, will build new and respectful relationships between Canada’s Indigenous and non-Indigenous peoples through language, literature and arts engagement throughout 2017 and beyond, according to SaskCulture’s website. Resilience and Respect: Canada 150 and Beyond will acknowledge the resilience of Indigenous peoples and celebrate the potential of Indigenous cultures, languages and arts in the province.
Activities taking place as part of Resilience and Respect: Canada 150 and Beyond include:
And a final cultural gathering to showcase activities and ensure a legacy, organized by SaskCulture.
Colby Hough of Eston and Ellery Nelson of Regina picked up awards for their video projects.
From Nov. 26-29, twenty-six students from across Canada met in Ottawa for Canada’s History Society’s 3rd Annual Young Citizens Youth Forum. Two winners from each province and territory were selected based on video projects that they completed as part of 2016 Heritage Fairs. Our Saskatchewan winners were Colby Hough of Eston, and Regina’s Ellery Nelson. View their winning videos here!
From The Heritage Trust:
Today, a Private Member’s Bill to create tax credits for rehabilitation of historic places was tabled in the House by Peter van Loan (Conservative critic for Canadian Heritage and National Historic Sites). Bill C-323 is designed to limit the destruction of Canada’s heritage buildings, and encourage rehabilitation of properties in the Canadian Register of Historic Places. For more information visit:
http://www.parl.gc.ca/
This is an idea that has had widespread support from heritage advocates, federal, provincial, territorial and municipal governments, and the Federation of Canadian Municipalities over the years. It’s exciting to see it tabled in the House and given first reading. We know that the tax system can be a powerful tool to stimulate private investment in heritage buildings. In the United States, the introduction of a 20 percent federal tax credit for rehabilitation of heritage buildings 40 years ago revolutionized the way developers think about old buildings and launched a booming and competitive preservation industry.
Students at Batoche National Historic Site. (Parks Canada photo, Hogarth Photography 2011.)
The My Parks Pass program has launched the sixth edition of the Canada’s Coolest School Trip contest. This year’s winning grade eight/secondary two class will visit Parks Canada places in Nova Scotia, including a visit to Canada’s first national historic site, Fort Anne, on a five-day, all-expense-paid trip to celebrate Canada 150 and the 100th anniversary of National Historic Sites in Canada. For more information visit www.myparkspass.ca.
What could your community do with $40,000? Take up your tablets, click on your cell phones and head to your computers! The National Trust for Canada is pleased to announce the launch of the 2016 This Place Matters competition. This online, social media-driven competition allows Canadians to vote and donate to save places that matter to them.
Fourteen communities from across the country are participating in this national crowdsourced competition with the chance to win $40,000. In addition to earning votes, participating community groups can use this innovative web platform to raise money for their projects and gain access to training and tools to help them run a successful campaign. Canadians are invited to visit www.thisplacematters.ca to view the participating projects and vote for the project that resonates with them.
This Saturday explore culturally and historically significant landmarks, events, and people in Regina’s Downtown. With the help of Heritage Regina and some of Regina’s most passionate historians, join us for a 1.5-hour walking tour that will highlight the launch of a new tour for the downtown and dig into the fascinating history of the city, province, and country.
Saturday, October 1st at 10:00am and again at 1:00pm Meet guide Jackie Schmidt (Heritage Regina) at the Victoria Park cenotaph and learn about the formative events, historic buildings and the cultural heritage that have shaped the evolution of Downtown Regina.
This activity is part of a larger Cultural Trailways project that was launched by Heritage Regina, Downtown Regina and the Cathedral Village Arts Festival in the spring.
Visit reginacultualtrails.com for a downloadable audio tour version of Saturday’s walk, as well as online tours of the Cathedral Area and North Central.
City council has approved municipal heritage status for the Regina Indian Industrial School cemetery on September 26, 2016 with councillors voting unanimously in favour of the designation.
An unknown number of students died at the residential school, and as many as 40 are believed to be buried in the cemetery, located near Pinkie Road and Dewdney Avenue. The school was built in 1891 with the goal of assimilating First Nations children. The school was originally built in 1891 and closed in 1910.
Chief Lynn Acoose, from the Sakimay First Nation, said the cemetery is an important link to the past.“At this point in our history, where there is a need to come together and collectively work on moving beyond the painful legacy of Indian residential schools, that’s what that graveyard does for us,” Acoose said.
Acoose also said the area has become a place for learning and classes have started going there to learn about the history of residential schools.
“It may look like an insignificant piece of land, but it’s already become a place of learning and reconciliation,” she said. The cemetery, which is located on Pinkie road, has 36 different plots, but it’s unknown how many children were buried there.
A Vancouver laneway suite
At City Council on Monday, Sept. 26, the pilot project for laneway suites was approved. Heritage Regina presented on behalf of 2990 Albert Street, the Hill Coach House. Read the presentation.
Kristin Catherwood is the ICH Development Officer for Heritage Saskatchewan, a folklorist, storyteller and historian.
A series of workshops in three Saskatchewan locations, as well as lectures in Regina and Saskatoon, will explore the concept of intangible cultural heritage and community engagement. Intangible Cultural Heritage (ICH) includes our community’s living cultural traditions, those ways of speaking, doing things, and understanding of our local environment that shape who we are and how we view ourselves in the world. The workshops will be led by Dale Jarvis, ICH Development Officer for Newfoundland and Labrador, and Kristen Catherwood of Heritage Saskatchewan, and will take place in Indian Head (September 19 & 20), Swift Current (September 22 & 23) and Wanuskewin (September 26 & 27). Dale Jarvis will also deliver free public lectures in Saskatoon (September 26) and Regina (September 28).
For full details, see the poster