Sept 1, 2022
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MAS News, Events & Courses...
Friends,
Well, its official I am now officially a retired person and I wanted to take this opportunity to thank you for making the past 36 years so rewarding. I never thought when I became the Museums Advisor in 1986 that I would still be with MAS in 2022 nor that I would become the Executive Director! I’ve learned so much while working for MAS and been part of so many important projects – Standards for Saskatchewan Museums and SaskCollections to name just two. In my travels around the province, I have learned so much. I long ago lost count of the number of kilometres I’ve driven in various MASmobiles visiting museums from Denare Beach, in the northeast, Consul, in the southwest.
I’m looking forward to puttering in the garden, reading and who knows I may even get around to writing down some of my adventures!
Thanks to all of you for allowing me to the privilege and honour of working with you over the years and make some small contribution to the betterment of Saskatchewan’s museum community.
Until we meet again take care,
Wendy
MAS Fall 2022 Courses and Programs
*Please contact us about pricing, or to enquire about bursaries for those who want to attend but are experiencing financial barriers.
Download a PDF version of the Fall 2022 Education Calendar...
Special Topic Courses
September 15th, 2022 – online (zoom)
Certificate Program in Community Museum Studies
September 23rd, 2022 – September 24th, 2022 – Swift Current Museum
We are Hiring! Learning Program Lead
MAS Job Opportunity
Download Job Details PDF
Learning Program Lead
The Learning Program Lead is accountable to the Executive Director for developing and delivering learning programs and services which work toward the advancement of museums as outlined in the strategic and operational plans of the organization.
Within this, the Learning Program Lead shares responsibility for addressing stakeholders’ needs within established priorities: by collaborating with staff to ensure the overall goals of MAS are achieved; remaining current on trends and issues affecting museums; addressing the broad trends and issues affecting museums through learning program/service development; consulting and communicating regularly with staff, members, and stakeholders; and planning and evaluating programs and services.
https://saskmuseums.org/Learning_Program_Lead
Do you have a website, facebook or instagram account?!
Submit your socials with us to update your member account! We are updating our website submissions and would like to include all your social accounts.
Please email to mas@saskmuseums.org
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Around the Province...
Exemplary tourism team commended in Kindersley
westcentralonline.com
Kindersley Chamber of Commerce Executive Director Kevin Martin works out of the museum building, and noticed first hand how busy the tourism team was all summer long.
"I applaud the efforts. They are always thinking of different things to do," said Martin, recalling one of his favourite times from this summer, "They had this old (fashion show) where people were dressing up in clothing from the 30s, 40s, and 50s."
Once the final summer staff member departs it will be a lot less busy at the museum, but Martin wants people to know that as long as somebody is present the museum is open for seeing eyes. Perhaps they will see more late season traffic after so much promotion into tourism, and strong peak season numbers that were very enticing to see according to Martin.
"You know, they have had just about 3000 people come out there this year. I was quite surprised at that number, I didn't realize it would be that high," shared Martin. "The efforts and stuff they are doing help contribute to that, so they are just trying to keep the museum more relevant and busy."
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Sukanen Museum Threshing Bee to feature new attractions
sasktoday.ca
The grand opening is set for 12:45 p.m. on Sunday, Sept. 11.
Visitors to the threshing bee at the Sukanen Ship Pioneer Village and Museum will find new attractions this year.
The Volman building, housing a farm family’s collection from 1909 homesteading, will have a grand opening this year.
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Métis Cultural Days
Join us at the WDM Saskatoon for the fifth annual Central Urban Métis Federation Inc. (CUMFI) Métis Cultural Days September 8 - 11.
Métis Cultural Days celebrates Métis culture, language, and identity. This year’s theme is “Year of the Family”.
Activities include an Interactive Métis Village, Elder stories, Métis Market, children’s activities, music and dance, traditional games, jigging competition and more!
Learn more >>
Wapaha Sk̄a Oyate: Living Our Culture, Sharing our Community at Pion-Era, 1955 - 69 Exhibit
Visit the new co-curated exhibit Wapaha Sk̄a Oyate: Living Our Culture, Sharing our Community at Pion-Era, 1955 - 69, opening on permanent display at the WDM Saskatoon on September 22.
Every summer from 1955 to 1969, Whitecap Dakota First Nation participated in Pion-Era. Families set up a tipi camp, demonstrated cultural activities and livestock and horsemanship skills as working cowboys, educating visitors about Dakota life.
At Pion-Era, Indigenous people and settlers each showcased their own histories, agricultural practices and machinery, livestock and horse demonstrations, blacksmithing and cultural dances. For 15 years, Whitecap Dakota First Nation’s participation at Pion-Era was central to the success of the show.
Today, they are restoring their relationship to once again showcase Dakota history and culture at the WDM.
Wapaha Sk̄a Oyate: Living Our Culture, Sharing our Community at Pion-Era, 1955 - 69 is included with Museum admission. Free for WDM members.
25th Anniversary Celebration
Founded in 1997, Prairie Wind & Silver Sage – Friends of Grasslands Inc. will be celebrating the successes of the last 25 years, and setting the stage for the next 25!
This is an open invitation to everyone, including visitors, founders, members, supporters and partners to join us in Val Marie Labour Day weekend as we celebrate 25 years of promoting prairie conservation and appreciation of prairie culture.
https://pwss.org/
Call for Submissions for the 2022 Heritage Awards!
Check out the link below to learn about the Heritage Awards program and to submit projects for consideration!
Email kgilks@heritagesask.ca with your questions.
Deadline for submissions is September 16.
Award Ceremony will be November 3.
2022 Heritage Awards
Explore the history and mystery of the RCMP Heritage Centre
thestarphoenix.com
At the RCMP Heritage Centre in Regina, visitors can learn about Canada's national police from multiple perspectives.
Visitors to the centre include tourists from across Canada and the world, but many of its programs are particularly well-suited to families from within Saskatchewan. “The programs that we’re offering in the fall are for community groups and for tourist groups,” said Robinson. “For those, we talk about various components like Honouring the Buffalo, the History of the Red Serge, Métis and the RCMP, the Northwest Campaign, and the three different sides of history.”
Other programs are designed to support school curricula. “Those are both regarding the RCMP, but also around Truth and Reconciliation, because it’s very important for us that we are working with Indigenous partners to build these new education programs — working with Indigenous partners and working with the RCMP itself,” said Robinson.
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Professional Development & Funding...
Queer 101: The Power of Pronouns
Facilitated by: Wendy Li with OutSaskatoon
Date: Sept 21, 2022
Location: Zoom Webinar
Time: 1:00pm - 3:00pm
Discover the foundations of identity, terminology and inclusive language. This webinar will teach participants the importance of 2SLGBTQ affirming forms, spaces and services.
For more information, please contact: Chelsey at cjohnson@parklandvalley.ca.
Register
Sales Tax Webinar presented by the Admin Centre for Sport, Culture and Recreation
An upcoming webinar will help non-profits and charities in Saskatchewan prepare for changes to sales tax in the province.
Representatives from Virtus Group will be on-hand to discuss how sales tax will be applied to some admissions, entertainment and recreation activities effective Oct. 1, as well as the specific exemptions announced on Aug. 23.
This webinar is open, at no cost, to all community and provincial sport, culture and recreation organizations. All staff and volunteers involved in administrative activities are encouraged to attend.
Register
Why you should add an online raffle to your next fundraiser
Would you believe it if we told you that as organizations add an additional fundraising driver, their total raised doubles? Well, it’s time to start believing! Modern organizations that are raising more for their causes are approaching fundraising differently. And the secret? They’re adding additional fundraising drivers.
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Designing a Museum Volunteer Program
Does your volunteer program need a refresh?
Look no further than our toolkit, Designing a Museum Volunteer Program. With guidance, policies, worksheets, and more, this toolkit provides the resources and framework you need to create or revitalize a successful and sustainable volunteer program at your museum.
Learn more »
Women and Leadership Free Virtual Workshops
Sask Sport is partnering with Saskatchewan’s seven Sport, Culture and Recreation districts to offer free virtual Women and Leadership workshops, covering eight unique topics, throughout October and November 2022. The workshops will run every Tuesday at 7 p.m. (SK time) starting October 11.
- Effective Communication – Tuesday, October 11
- Effective Networking – Tuesday, October 18
- Women on Boards – Tuesday, October 25
- Leading with Confidence – Tuesday, November 1
- Conflict Management – Tuesday, November 8
- Leading the Way LGBTQI2S Inclusion – Tuesday, November 15
- Influencing Change – Tuesday, November 22
- Life Balance – Tuesday, November 29
Register
Autism Cantech! (ACT!) Employer Partner
AUTISM CANTECH! (ACT!) a federally funded program that focuses on removing barriers to employment in the digital economy for Autistic Youth. They are looking for employer partners with students trained in
- Cataloging and organizing digital assets
- Efficiently finding digital assets
- Helping clarify usage rights and permissions for digital assets
Students can help virtually with
- Social media posting and scheduling
- Organizing any of your media
- Digitization of hard copy to soft copy
- Creating a digital library
ACT have upwards of 10 students looking to apply their skills at no cost. It is a federally funded program.
MCoS Funding and Info Sessions
Strategic Initiatives
Sep 15, 2022. Learn more here. Apply now for activities taking place/starting by March 31.
Regional Multicultural Councils
Sept 15, 2022. For designated organizations. Please contact Rhonda at exec@mcos.ca.
Multicultural Education Initiatives
Oct 30, 2022. Learn more here.
Microgrants - Applications accepted at anytime. Learn more here.
Sponsorships - Applications accepted at anytime. Learn more here.
MCoS Funding Info Session
When: September 7 and 8, 2022
There are two scheduled option times to choose from:
- Wednesday, September 7, 2022, 12:00 p.m. – 1:00 p.m.
This is an afternoon session on MCoS funding ONLY. Register Here
- Thursday, September 8, 2022, 7:00 p.m. – 9:00 p.m.
This is an evening session on MCoS funding and additional funding information from our funder (SaskCulture). Register Here
*Once registered, you will receive the meeting link.
Register
Sport, Culture & Recreation District Upcoming Opportunities...
The seven Saskatchewan Districts for Sport, Culture, and Recreation around the province offer many diverse professional development opportunities on an ongoing basis.
- South East Sport, Culture and Recreation District
- South West District for Culture, Recreation, and Sport
- Parkland Valley Sport, Culture and Recreation District
- Prairie Central District for Sport, Culture, and Recreation
- Rivers West District for Sport, Culture, and Recreation
- Lakeland District for Sport, Culture, and Recreation
- Northern Sport, Culture and Recreation District
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In other news...
Equity Benchmarking Survey
Do you have 15 minutes to spare? Please help us understand what the nonprofit sector is doing to advance equity, diversity and inclusion.
A national survey on equity, diversity and inclusion practices in Canada’s nonprofit sector is currently being conducted by Imagine Canada and several partner organizations including Saskatchewan Nonprofit Partnership. All Canadian charities and nonprofits are invited to participate in this important survey. The results will be made available free of charge later this year and can be used to help organizations like yours set goals, and measure and track your progress.
COMPLETE THE SURVEY NOW
LINK: https://icanada.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_etaMw8xnV8YDMh0?sce=36e2e
McGill University Library Map Collection Now on Canadiana
CRKN is pleased to announce that approximately 22,000 digitized Canadian maps have been added to the Canadiana Collection in partnership with McGill University Library. In addition to being publicly accessible on Canadiana.ca, the digitized maps will also be preserved in the Canadiana Trusted Digital Repository (TDR). These digital maps and data support longitudinal historical research and may be of interest to cross-disciplinary researchers studying land use and environmental change over time, including industrial development, urban studies, climate change, and more.
The maps, digitized by McGill University Library, are from the 1:50,000 scale National Topographic Series and date from 1905 to 2012. The maps depict in detail ground relief (landforms and terrain), drainage (lakes and rivers), forest cover, administrative areas, populated areas, transportation routes and facilities (including roads and railways), and other human-made features such as buildings, power lines and dams. The collection includes both colour and grayscale maps.
This collection represents the first time the Canadiana Collection has included a non-textual document type and is the first large-scale addition of CRKN member content to the Canadiana collection. The map collection benefits from Canadiana’s newly updated user interface, which includes an International Image Interoperability Framework (IIIF) viewer, with pan and zoom capabilities. Read more about the updated Canadiana interface.
Portions of the 1:50,000 scale National Topographic Series Map Collection are also available through Scholars GeoPortal and Borealis, where maps have been georeferenced to create geospatial datasets for open use in research and historical analysis. Digitization, georeferencing, metadata, and infrastructure support are provided through funding from the University of Toronto Libraries, McGill University Libraries, and Compute Ontario.
This release builds on the role that academic libraries continue to play in preserving our national heritage and supporting digital research use of collections. To view the 1:50,000 scale National Topographic Series Map Collection, visit the Canadiana website.
For questions, comments, or feedback on the collection, please contact Francesca Brzezicki, Communications Specialist, at fbrzezicki@crkn.ca.
Lougheed House exhibition explores Metis residential school history
CTV News
A new exhibition at Lougheed House explores the Metis residential school experience in a broad context, and the Lougheed House connection to the story. The exhibition, presented in two parts, is being done in partnership with the Metis Nation of Alberta, Region 3, with support from the Alberta Museums Association. The first part is Forgotten: The Metis Residential School Story from the Legacy of Hope Foundation, while the second part is Remembered: The Story of Metis Children at St. Joseph's-Dunbow Industrial School. "This exhibition is interesting in that it shares both a broad perspective, and the history of local Métis experience here in Calgary. It will help grow awareness in our communities of the history that has shaped the world we live in today," said Lougheed House executive director Naomi Grattan.
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Alberta Museums Association Conference 2022
The Alberta Museums Association will be hosting their 2022 Conference in-person, in Edmonton, on September 17, 2022, and online on September 23, 2022. Themed Inside Out: Reconsidering Museum Culture, this conference aims to explore how the sector is reconsidering the nature of museum work. The curated program will examine issues around trust and authority, activism, and social responsibility to create a framework in which museums can see themselves as leaders and advocates for social change.
The CMA is proud to announce that, with funding available from the Reconciliation Program, they are able to support the Incorporating Reconciliation and Inclusion at Historic Forts session, and will be able to attend this event, being held so close to the launch date of the long-awaited report on TRC Call to Action #67.
To learn more about the conference or to access the program, click here. To register for the AMA Conference 2022, click here.
Interested in having your attendance funded? Apply for a CMA Bursary!
Items for Transfer
There are many artifacts that have been deaccessioned by Saskatchewan museums that are available for transfer to other institutions on a regular basis. They are posted to the MAS Google Group. If you would like to see these items, please see the Google Group and/or request to join if you do not already have a login. If you have any questions, please contact Sarah Durham at advisor@saskmuseums.org.
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Events
Check out our Events Calendar on our Website!
Shurniak Art Gallery: Meeting for Teas: On the Road to Decolonization
Shurniak Art Gallery and the Meeting for Teas Artist Collective are pleased to present
Meeting for Teas: On the Road to Decolonization, a series of events exploring local and global tea culture including World Tea Salon Assiniboia, art exhibition, Mad Hatter Children’s Show, public talks & a land interpretive walk. Everyone is welcome. Free entrance, free cups of tea!
Meeting for Teas: On the Road to Decolonization is a collaborative research and community outreach project led by artists. It is an opportunity to reflect on the impact of the colonial tea trade while celebrating Indigenous traditions of sharing cheyaka tea and performative tea ceremonies. Why tea and why now? In an age in which increased human sensitivity has become such an obvious need in all areas of human involvement, the sharing of tea constitutes an antidote to the forces of insensitivity.
World Tea Salon Assiniboia September 15 to 17
Thematic tea gatherings and art performances in the Shurniak Art Gallery.
The World Tea Salon Assiniboia will resemble a traditional teahouse with artworks, objects of curiosity and magnificent tea utensils, including those belonging to the Bill Shurniak Collection. Everyone is encouraged to meet over bowls and cups of tea. Animated by tea master and calligrapher, Bryan Mulvihill, truly one of Vancouver’s “living cultural treasures,” audiences of all ages will be introduced to multicultural tea gatherings. First Nation herbal tea events will be led by artist and educator Kimisoo Goodtrack. Saskatoon-based Xiao Han and Qiming Sun will present unique performances exploring storytelling and the significant history and practice of tea with its origins in China. Mad Hatter Children’s Tea and puppet show on Sept. 17th! See below for the full list of public-friendly tea gatherings.
Art Exhibition: Just Looking - Tea Gatherings, On the Road to Decolonization September 15 7:00-8:30PM. Public Opening. Free to All. Refreshments will be served.
Walking Between Earth and Sky: Indigenous Plants and Teas
September 15 12:00-4:00PM
An interpretive walk led by Kimisoo Goodtrack to identify the medicinal and practical uses of specific trees and plants historically harvested for food, medicine, tea or art. Advance sign up required.
https://shurniakartgallery.ca/
WDM Virtual Coffee Club
Virtual Coffee Club is back! Grab a cup of coffee and settle in as we explore the WDM collection while you connect and reflect with others on experiences from the past.
All sessions take place via Zoom. There is time for questions after the presentation. Each session takes place from 10:00 - 11:00 am unless otherwise indicated.
- Sept. 20 - Prairie Cooperation
- Oct. 13 - The Great Depression
- Oct. 27 - The Spirit and Intent of Treaties 1 through 7
- Nov. 15 - Wapaha Sk̄a Oyate: Living Our Culture, Sharing our Community at Pion-Era, 1955 - 69
- Dec. 20 - Holiday Traditions
Learn more and register >>
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MAS respectfully acknowledges that we are situated on Treaty 4 territory, traditional lands of Saulteaux, Cree, Dakota, Lakota, and Nakota peoples, as well as the homeland of the Métis.
Please excuse cross postings. Please distribute widely.
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