Heritage Saskatchewan

New on the blog! People in Sask volunteer. But how they volunteer has changed. Our researcher, Cat, took a look at how it's changed recently and the influence that's had on our heritage.

Cat writes: "Over the course of the summer I heard a common sentiment across multiple interviews and survey responses: volunteering to safeguarding heritage not only offered a deep sense of satisfaction and fulfillment, but was part of people’s identity."

Read all about it here => https://heritagesask.ca/news/its-a-saskatchewan-thing

This September we invite you to join in all of the additional programming booked for all to attend, leading up to the National Day for Truth and Reconciliation.

Visit our galleries, with two beautifully thought-provoking shows, our two exhibit spaces, and full trail system to enjoy, walking at your own pace. We also have weekend guided programming, dance and music presentations, and special guest presenters through the month.

Sept 21 – Storytelling Feature Day with Rob Malo / TiBert
Sept 28 & 29 – Dance feature weekend and drop in programming
Sept 30 – National Day for Truth & Reconciliation agenda – admission by donation

See all details, and any new programming, on our events calendar here: https://wanuskewin.com/experience/event-calendar/



Tourism Industry Association of Canada
Indigenous Tourism Canada
Tourism Saskatchewan
Discover Saskatoon

Maha Abbas, a summer researcher with Heritage Sask looking at designations, writes about starting her work this summer, and how to understand heritage in Saskatchewan, she had to first reflect on her own heritage.

Maha says: "it became abundantly clear that in order to understand external attitudes and commitment for heritage conservation I needed to better understand why I thought heritage was valuable. To do so, I had to return to my roots."

Read more on our blog! https://heritagesask.ca/news/an-attempt-at-understanding

Does your organization commemorate historical figures, places, events and accomplishments of national significance?

We can help bring your project to life!

The Commemorate Canada Program is open for applications until October 1.

Don't miss this opportunity!
For details: https://www.canada.ca/en/canadian-heritage/services/funding/commemorate-canada.html?utm_campaign=pch-pch-commemoratecanada-24-25&utm_medium=smo&utm_source=fb&utm_content=call-for-proposals-en-240819-pch

Introducing MAS Stickers of Excellence! Standards based recognition of achievement in Saskatchewan museums.

The Museums Association of Saskatchewan (MAS) wishes to celebrate the excellent work within our membership and to help encourage tourism and community pride.

MAS member museums are invited to submit applications for recognition, with accompanying evidence for evaluation. The evaluation criteria are based on the Standards for Saskatchewan Museums, Sixth Edition‘s three main pillars: Governance and Management, Collections, and Communications, as well as recognition of work on Reconciliation and IDEA (Inclusion, Diversity Equity & Access).

Successful applicants will receive a window decal sticker to proudly display, along with a virtual sticker for their website and online promotion in the 2025 year. All recipients will be announced to Tourism Saskatchewan, and MAS will acknowledge annual successful candidates on a dedicated page of our website.

Applications are now open for 2024!

*Please be aware this is a pilot year for MAS Stickers of Excellence, and that limitations on applications or deadlines may change due to capacity.

Guidelines:https://saskmuseums.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/MAS-Stickers-of-Excellence-Guidelines-2024.pdf

Learn more: https://saskmuseums.org/services/mas-stickers-of-excellence/

New on the blog!
One of our summer researchers, Cat Woloschuk, writes about their experience reconnecting with their Doukhobor heritage, and what it means to them now, as an adult.
Cat says: "Growing up in Yorkton allowed me to experience pieces of my ancestral heritage throughout my youth, even if I didn’t fully grasp the importance of participating in various aspects of tangible and intangible cultural heritage at that age."

Read more on our blog --> https://heritagesask.ca/news/childhood-memories-inspire-me

Pictured is the National Doukhobor Heritage Village Inc. and (slightly covered) the Parks Canada National Historic Site plaque.

On Monday some of our staff attended 'Continuing Along the Path: Learning the Legacies of the Residential Schools' at Government House - Saskatchewan. There was a blessing ceremony by Elder May Desnomie, and His Honour the Honourable Russ Mirasty, Lieutenant Governor of Saskatchewan spoke about the creation of the Saskatchewan Residential Schools Memorial at Government House.

There are interpretive panels near the Saskatchewan Residential Schools Memorial at Government House (visible in the photo with His Honour), and new exhibits at Government House. These are "Where Are the Children? Healing the Legacy of Residential Schools" is presented by the Legacy of Hope Foundation and Library and Archives Canada, and "A National Crime: The Residential School System in Canada," presented by the Legacy of Hope Foundation and Department of Heritage Canada.

It's almost the end of ! Our researchers were out and about last week, this time in Yorkton! They visited the amazing Yorkton Flour Mill and received a tour, including a demonstration of how to grind flour with a bike!
Thanks to everyone in Yorkton who toured and helped our researchers during their visit, including Larry Pearon & Samuel Hove from Yorkton Flour Mill, and Lisa Washington & Hayden DeGrow from the City of Yorkton.
Remember to enter the by using the hashtags, and tagging the historic place you visited and National Trust for Canada / Fiducie nationale du Canada!

Reminder! These two surveys close tomorrow!
Please take 15-20 min out of your Monday and fill them in - we'd really appreciate it!
https://heritagesask.ca/volunteerism-survey
If you have questions please reach out to us.

Hello volunteers and heritage organizations who have volunteers!
We're looking at the importance of volunteers to heritage places and organizations, so if you do something and aren't paid for it, or have people who help conserve, transmit or help out with heritage-related activities 𝒘𝒆 𝒘𝒂𝒏𝒕 𝒕𝒐 𝒉𝒆𝒂𝒓 𝒇𝒓𝒐𝒎 𝒚𝒐𝒖!

Find both our surveys on our website: https://heritagesask.ca/volunteerism-survey
They should take no more than 20min to fill in and close July 16 2024, so make yourself a coffee and share what volunteerism means to you!

Update from the road for the kickoff of 2024!

Our researchers are out and about again! That's them at the very top of what looks like a lighthouse in the middle of the prairies - say hello to the Humboldt Water Tower! The water tower supplied Humboldt with clean water until it retired from duty in 1977. The water tower and will be celebrating it's 110th anniversary next year - doesn't look a day over 65!

You can learn more about the water tower, including how to visit it, on the City of Humboldt's website --> https://humboldtmuseum.ca/water-tower/experience/ or on the Historic Places Days website --> https://historicplacesdays.ca/places/humboldt-water-tower/

Don't forget to visit a heritage place near you and take a selfie for

Reminder for sites to register! If your site is registered you can win $500 (see https://historicplacesdays.ca/contests/ for details).

Don't miss your chance to participate in the Historic Places Days photo contest! Several prizes are offered, and you could be the lucky winner! The contest starts tomorrow! Visit our website to know how to register.

N.B.: Photo contest ends on Wednesday, July 17, 2024. Contest rules apply. Visit the link for additional information: https://buff.ly/3OeK6i4

Our researchers have hit the road! First trip - Gravelbourg!
This wonderful, and heritage packed, town in southern Saskatchewan is home to several incredible heritage sites, including the pictured Our Lady of Assumption Co-Cathedral. Our researchers are there to talk about heritage funding, volunteers and designations.

Thanks to Ariel, Toos and Nathalie for showing our summer researchers around during their visit!

(and if you haven't already, check out our volunteerism survey and see if it applies to you before it closes July 16th - https://heritagesask.ca/volunteerism-survey)

Hello volunteers and heritage organizations who have volunteers!
We're looking at the importance of volunteers to heritage places and organizations, so if you do something and aren't paid for it, or have people who help conserve, transmit or help out with heritage-related activities 𝒘𝒆 𝒘𝒂𝒏𝒕 𝒕𝒐 𝒉𝒆𝒂𝒓 𝒇𝒓𝒐𝒎 𝒚𝒐𝒖!

Find both our surveys on our website: https://heritagesask.ca/volunteerism-survey
They should take no more than 20min to fill in and close July 16 2024, so make yourself a coffee and share what volunteerism means to you!

New on the blog!

Faith Boser, one of our Researchers this summer, writes about the influences that heritage places had on her growing up, including on her curiosity and identity.

Faith says: "As we become adults, these spaces continue to have significance in our lives, connect us to our identities and communities, and build an attachment to the places around us."

Read all about it here --> https://heritagesask.ca/news/a-personal-reflection-on-our-attachment-to-place-how-interactions-with-heritage-impact-us-in-our-youth

Tomorrow is National Indigenous Peoples Day in Canada.

Events are being held in communities across the province. To find one near you check your local news, or the Events page of the Office of the Treaty Commissioner: https://www.otc.ca/attend_an_event.html

Read about some places celebrating Indigenous culture from the National Trust for Canada, including Duck Lake, SK! https://nationaltrustcanada.ca/online-stories/national-indigenous-peoples-day-in-five-passport-places

Congratulations! What a great project, and thanks to Provincial Archives of Saskatchewan for sponsoring the Archives Award and sending volunteering!

We spent the last few months work on a new look for our website! The url is the same as before, www.heritagesask.ca, but we recommend you double check anything you've bookmarked or links you've saved.

If you can't find something, just reach out to us!

HUGE thanks to OH! Media for the work they've done with us, and continue to do! We think the new site look fantastic, and will be much easier for you all to use!

The Provincial Heritage Fair is underway at Government House! Look at those amazing projects! Well done to every student for getting this far
Thanks to Government House - Saskatchewan for hosting once again, and thanks to the volunteers, teachers and all those who helped the students get to this point.

It's Provincial Heritage Fair time! All our Regional Fair winners (like the students who showed at the WDM Moose Jaw) will be gathering in Government House - Saskatchewan and showing off their work!
Best of luck and we hope they all have SO MUCH FUN! We're always very impressed and proud of the work these students do.
(And teachers, parents, guardians and volunteer judges - thank you to each of you for your support along the way 😊)

The WDM Moose Jaw would like to send our best wishes to the finalists from the Moose Jaw Regional Heritage Fair going on to the Provincial Finals tomorrow, June 5 at Government House - Saskatchewan!

Here is a list of the Provincial Heritage Fair Finalists (Top Projects) from our region:

1. The Great Depression (Joseph Stone, Grade 8, Davidson) - TOP SCORE
2. Viola Desmond: The Face On Our 10$ Bill (Cambrie Morey, Grade 8, Davidson) - RUNNER-UP SCORE
3. Grey Owl (Eliana Dahl, Grade 8, Davidson)
4. The Halifax Explosion (Matilda Lopez, Grade 5, Moose Jaw)
5. The Battle of Lundy's Lane (Jennifer Nguyen, Grade 6, Moose Jaw)
6. Pier 21 "Gateway to Canada" (Tristan De Jager, Grade 4, Caronport)
7. The Burgess Shale (Rinoa Agravante, Grade 6, Moose Jaw)
8. Mary Bonnie Baker (Emberley Loveridge, Grade 4, Moose Jaw)
9. Nancy Greene (Brooke Manz, Grade 8, Davidson)
10. The Red Fox (Kohan Henrikson, Grade 4, Moose Jaw)

You can view these projects on Heritage Saskatchewan's website here: https://heritagefairssk.ca/regional-fairs/regional-fairs/moose-jaw

Fantastic resource!

Some Saturday morning reading for you from our Researcher David Siebert!

Today on our website we have “For What Use? Using and Re-using Wooden Crib Grain Elevators” by . Link in bio!
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This is the third post in the Relict Landscapes and the Past in the Present series edited by
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Image: Grain elevators in Nanton AB, September 26, 2017. Photo by Bernard Spragg. NZ on Flickr.
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https://niche-canada.org/2024/05/17/for-what-use-using-and-re-using-wooden-crib-grain-elevators/
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We were in Saskatoon for the Regional Heritage Fair which took place this week! Wow we're so proud of the students who took part! Look at those great projects.

Also a massive thanks to all the volunteers who helped on the day, and the teachers, parents and guardians who helped leading up to the day of.

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