Lecture and Speeches

Join historian Bill Waiser in an examination of the homesteading experience in Saskatchewan, and discover why only 3 out of 5 settlers succeeded.

John and Frank Robinson share their experience of bringing together a small group of friends to build an authentic homestead shack using the tools and craftsmanship of 1910. All Heritage Regina Lectures are free. A suggested $10 donation per person helps fund our educational programming.

Heritage Regina board member John Robinson will look back at the popularity of ‘Catalog homes’ in the early 1900s. Learn how early immigrants to western Canada picked their dream homes by flipping pages.