Visible Minority Women Programming

The Truly Alive Youth and Family Foundation Inc [TAYFFI] is a Saskatoon-based non-profit organization. They are launching phase 1 of I-CAN – Inclusive Capacity Advancement For Newcomers. I-CAN Women and Youth program is specifically designed to empower racialized women and youth through series of training and leadership activities including exposure to community leadership, social engagement, safe space conversation circle, youth volunteer work placement, among others.

The I-CAN project will not only raise collective consciousness on Canada’s multiple identities; it will assist women and youth to tap into their innate potential and connect them to the pathways towards achieving their dreams, attaining self-reliance, and becoming contributing members of the society. I- CAN will be a journey for the participants from I-CAN to I WILL and leading to I HAVE!

• Download: I-CAN Mentor Recruitment Poster (jpg)
• Download: TAYFFI Just Women Coffee Talk (jpg)
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The Saskatchewan Sports Hall of Fame (SSHF) is a non-profit organization that for the past 52 years has preserved the great sport history of Saskatchewan and is always trying to reach out to new organizations to come for a visit!  As well as day time tours, SSHF is now offering evening openings!

Although the SSFH is just admission by donation, it does honour the Cultural Access Pass, especially if the groups would like a tour format. The SSHF is a culturally diverse organization and its inductees come from 20 different countries!

Are your members/groups looking for something fun and inexpensive to do in the daytime or evenings? Now you can! Every third Thursday each month the SSHF will remain open until 8:00 p.m. Please see attached posters for details.

• SSHF Poster 1 – overtime hours (jpg)
• SSHF Poster 2 – promotional (pdf)

If you just want to bring a small group to look around, the admission by donation policy would apply. If you want a more guided tour around the facility, implemented and run by one of the SSHF staff, the cost would be $1.00 per person and must be pre-booked. This applies to both day time and evening openings.

For more information, contact:
Vickie Krauss, Education Coordinator
Saskatchewan Sports Hall of Fame
306.780.9232 or ss***@sa*****.net

The Regina Immigrant Women Centre is offering a new session for Career Focus. This is a wage subsidy work placement program funded by the Service Canada. The Career Focus program aims at facilitating the transition of highly skilled young immigrants to a rapidly evolving labour market.

This 12 week program provides 35 hours per week of career-related work experience to the eligible participants who will benefit from assistance to start or advance their career.

Employers will benefit from 12 weeks wage subsidy, entering a pool of highly skilled young candidates and from getting a potential new employee with no financial risk.

For more information contact:
Regina Immigrant Women Centre (RIWC)
Justyna Zawislak-Kosek, Career Focus Program Coordinator
306.359.6514 or email ju*****@re*******.ca

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The Saskatchewan History & Folklore Society (SHFS) issued a news release today that points out the resistance by many to accept the true impact of the settler society, particularly its impact on Indigenous peoples. The release notes the important role historians and folklorists play in reconciliation efforts, through ensuring that the history of Canada, and in particular the prairies, includes and reflects the experiences of First Nations and Métis people.

The release follows a February 23 op-ed piece about reconciliation in the Leader-Post by Keith Thor Carlson, president of SHFS’ board of directors.