Saskatchewan's Cultural Policy

Pride of Saskatchewan: A Policy Where Culture, Commerce and Community Meet is a plan that encourages collaboration around common goals, guides decision-making and recognizes that culture is at the heart and soul of this great place we call Saskatchewan. (View Pride of Saskatchewan in French: La fierté de la Saskatchewan 2010)

It is a plan that makes culture an important part of government's priority of improving quality of life, building pride and sustaining economic growth.

Pride of Saskatchewan sets out:

• a long-term vision that focuses on the economic and social benefits of culture;
• principles to guide our collective actions;
• goals for working together to foster artistic excellence, creative expression, shared stewardship, accessibility and engagement, community capacity and commercial viability; and
• outcomes to gauge progress.

Pride of Saskatchewan responds to more than 25 years of cultural policy discussions and is based on extensive dialogue and research, which is summarized here: Research and Dialogue.

In the coming months, the Ministry of Tourism, Parks, Culture and Sport will:

• work with organizations and communities to use the policy as a planning tool;
• implement The Arts Professions Act;
• continue to support Culture on the Go, Creative Industry Growth and Sustainability program and Building Pride;
• research best practices to strengthen the sector;
• showcase Saskatchewan's culture through events like the Prairie Scene;
• develop outcome measurements to gauge progress and report on success; and
• work with other ministries to implement the policy across government.

Meeting the challenge of implementing Pride of Saskatchewan will require collaboration amongst all those who have a role in the culture sector.  This collaborative approach around common goals creates synergy that helps strengthen the sector.

For a hard copy of Pride of Saskatchewan please contact:

Cultural Policy Branch
Saskatchewan Tourism, Parks,
Culture and Sport
2nd Floor, 1919 Saskatchewan Drive
Regina, Saskatchewan S4P 4H2
(306) 787-7757