Recreating Community Together (RCT) Events

The RRLIP team has been actively involved in the planning committee for the Recreating Community Together (RCT). This is a year-long program that helps people in Saskatchewan understand different cultures and address racism. The program includes school programs, artist training, community events, and an arts and change conference.

We are pleased to share the following events hosted by RCT. All public events are free of charge.

The Community Comes Together, Who Has Seen nikosis?

March 21, 7:00 PM, mâmawêyatitân centre, free and open to the public.
ASL Interpretation is available for this event, and mâmawêyatitân centre is a wheelchair-accessible facility.

To mark the International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination, On Cue has commissioned a cross-disciplinary, multi-cultural artist collective to create and perform a new work that responds to the experience of racism and colonization. The event will involve a community feast (a cross-cultural taste of Regina), greetings from dignitaries, a community round dance, a talkback with the artists and a sharing circle, and displays by Recreating Community Together partners, including posters created for this occasion.

For more information, please visit the RCT website

From the Margins to the Centre:

March 22, 2:00 PM, mâmawêyatitân centre, free and open to the public
mâmawêyatitân centre is a wheelchair-accessible facility.

Filmed beginning in May 2024, From the Margins to the Centre is a documentation of racial discrimination against Black people in Saskatchewan undertaken by Common Weal Community Arts. The project seeks true change—justice, equity, and diversity, and, eventually, positively influence public policy to support marginalized communities within our province. The afternoon concludes with a talk back focused on calls to action.

For more information, please visit the RCT website

Arts for Change Pre-Conference Workshop: Preventing Burnout

April 3, 1:30 PM—4:30 PM, Luther College, University of Regina. This is a paid event; registration is required. Luther College is a wheelchair-accessible facility.

This session is facilitated by Amanda Guthrie, Ivy & Dean. This workshop will address burnout through a collective community-based approach and will create space to discuss preventative system changes that can be made at an organizational level rather than reactive individual responses.

For more information, contact the Saskatchewan Arts Alliance: [email protected] and visit the RCT website.

Please register here

Arts for Change Conference, April 4-5, 2025:

A Recreating Community Together Initiative - free and open to the public; registration required.
The Arts for Change Conference invites Saskatchewan’s arts community to explore its role in addressing systemic racism and inequities while fostering meaningful diversity and equity. Through conversation, performance, and action-oriented sessions, this gathering will spark ideas and strategies for real social and policy change.

April 4 - Online – Zoom

A day of artist interventions, discussion panels, and small group conversations to examine barriers within the arts sector and highlight successful equity-driven models. Key topics include:

• Funders Panel: Addressing systemic change in grantmaking
• Arts Organization Leaders Panel: Strategies for fostering diversity and equity in arts institutions
• Artist Interventions: Showcasing work that reflects lived experiences and creative responses to inequities
  
  

April 5 - In-Person – Luther College, University of Regina - Luther College is wheelchair-accessible.

An interactive day focused on hands-on activities and collective planning. Attendees will co-create calls to action aimed at:

• Government and public policy
• Funders and grantmaking bodies
• Arts organizations of various disciplines and size
• Individual artists and arts workers

For more information please visit the RCT website.

The Cultural Bridging priority is supported by the RRLIPs Anti-Racism/Discrimination Working Group (AR/D Working Group). The AR/D Working Group has coordinated various learning opportunities for its members and the broader community.