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Recipient Community Discipline Program Year Amount Description
Badger, Joanne Sturgeon Lake — Share and Connect 2023-2024 $11,780 To introduce the practice of porcupine quill placement on birchbark to Nehiyawak(Cree Peoples), on Treaty Six Territory.
Petit, Marcel Saskatoon — Share and Connect 2023-2024 $10,000 To create a first draft of the documentary film Queer Seniors by editing twelve existing interviews of queer Indigenous Elders and settler senior citizens.
Wanuskewin Heritage Park Saskatoon — Share and Connect 2023-2024 $2,000 Offering a free, drop-in art collaboration in with Metis artists Holly Tennant and Leah Dorion to connect with the Prince Albert Indigenous community through art.
Belanger, Maureen Saskatoon — Share and Connect 2023-2024 $6,084 The funds will assist in the creation and development of new material for Kokum Ernestine and her pet bird Muckatoon (puppet) .
Friesen, Marcy Carrot River — Share and Connect 2023-2024 $6,084 I would like to carry out a mentorship that is shaped by ideas of matriarchy and intergenerational relationships.
Pewapsconias, Janelle Paynton — Share and Connect 2023-2024 $9,900 For youth descendants of Indian Residential School to capture survivance stories through family tree art, spoken word, and storytelling for Orange Shirt Day 2023.
GGFN Elders @level1.client.city@ — Share and Connect 2023-2024 $19,752 Create an after-school program aimed at First Nation Arts in collaboration with Students, Elders, and community members, showcasing students' work in a final celebration.
Marion Graham Collegiate Saskatoon — Artists in Schools 2023-2024 $7,940 Marion M. Graham will host the spoken word poet/hip hop artist Dash Reimer for a 1 month arts residency.
Bert Fox Community High School Fort Qu'Appelle — Artists in Schools 2023-2024 $16,000 In collaboration with the Artist, we will build solid relationships with several Indigenous female students whom have expressed interest in reconnecting to their culture.
Ledoux, Maureen Saskatoon — Share and Connect 2023-2024 $12,664 To hold a three day Moccasin-making class in Mistawasis reserve.
Big River Metis Local #59 Big River — Share and Connect 2023-2024 $17,000 The project connects community through stories, music and connection to our land by highlighting knowledges of past to create new pathways forward.
Knight, Lindsay Saskatoon — Share and Connect 2023-2024 $16,336 To plan, present, mentor and perform "The TMRWS" Indigenous Women in Hip Hop Festival in Treaty Six Territory on July 12, 2024.
Indigenous Poets Society Saskatoon — Share and Connect 2023-2024 $10,000 Publish a Zine of indigenous writing, artwork in early 2024 of 50 pages. Create digitally and send to printers at SK and ON branches distribution.
Gladue, Raeanne Regina — Share and Connect 2023-2024 $1,000 Fund research hours for cultural film. Documentary on a native man's journey how sixty scoop and residential schools had an impact on cultural self identity.
Cando Metis Local 55 Incorporated SASKATOON — Share and Connect 2023-2024 $18,000 We'd tell the story of the Cando and District Metis. Cando, Willowfield and Beljennie had a big Metis population with a story to tell.
Anderson, Skyler Regina — Share and Connect 2023-2024 $10,000 To lead, mentor, and direct a group of young and emerging indigenous artists from Treaty 4 through a devised performance at the Treaty 4 Grounds.
Chief Payepot School Zehner — Artists in Schools 2024-2025 $40,000 Language, Arts Festival cultural residency using visual arts to explore, themes of self discovery for students to create art projects/mural through traditional & contemporary themes.
Cowessess First Nation Cowessess — Share and Connect 2024-2025 $12,957 Urban Indigenous Art Workshops: Learn traditional techniques and contemporary expressions in Indigenous art, Revitalizing cultural connection and creative exploration.
Badger, Joanne Sturgeon Lake — Share and Connect 2024-2025 $16,834 To continue teaching the art of porcupine quillwork at an intermediate level on the Sturgeon Lake First Nation, Saskatchewan.
Ledoux, Maureen Saskatoon — Share and Connect 2024-2025 $15,000 We will have a Women's Wellness Weekend at Wanuskewin Heritage Park for Adult Indigenous Women aged 30 and up.
Stobart Community School Duck Lake — Share and Connect 2024-2025 $2,500 We wish to start a hoop dance program to accompany our existing drum and dance program. Requiring funds to make hoops and hire an instructor.
L'Hirondelle, Cheryl Saskatoon — Share and Connect 2024-2025 $17,752 To share, with Metis songwriter Berk Jodoin, my method of co-writing songs with incarcerated relatives in 2 SK correctionals & arrange/record/produce/master a song from each.
Stonechild, Jacob Regina — Share and Connect 2024-2025 $2,000 I am currently looking for funding to continue my art projects not only to share but to teach those who might be interested thank you
Prairie Spirit Connection Regina — Share and Connect 2024-2025 $10,000 The teepees will be centralized for teaching, ceremony, song, providing connection to heritage, for families, children, youth, and foster parents to experience culture connections.
Armstrong, Audrey Saskatoon — Share and Connect 2024-2025 $2,000 Large visual artworks identify Treaty 6 and Métis territory. A community art wall invites participants to deepen their awareness of and relationship to this land.
Gabriel Dumont Local #11 Saskatoon — Share and Connect 2024-2025 $20,000 3 different cultural arts workshops including a Capote making workshop, a series of 3 different forms of beading workshops and a finger woven sash workshop
Moosomin, Miranda North Battleford — Share and Connect 2024-2025 $9,104 beading, capes, moccasins, leggings, hair ties, earrings, cuffs, sewing; ribbon skirts, shirts, jingle dresses, shirts, traditional day dresses. for ceremony purposes in Alberta and Saskatchewan.
Big River Metis Local #59 Big River — Share and Connect 2024-2025 $19,550 Connecting communities through stories, music and a sense of place that can foster a deeper understanding and appreciation of cultural heritage.
Asapace, Laten Raymore — Share and Connect 2024-2025 $2,000 A project to share and preserve First Nations culture through dance, beadwork, and singing, fostering community healing, learning, and cultural pride.
CARFAC Saskatchewan
Linda Duvall		 Regina — Artists in Communities 2025-2026 $40,000 CARFAC SASK’s Travelling Mentorship program supports a dedicated intake of rural artists with artistic mentorship facilitated by 2025/26 Artist-in-Residence: Linda Duvall.
Saskatchewan Health Authority
Jade Wolfe		 Swift Current — Artists in Communities 2025-2026 $40,000 To provide professional classes utilizing art to encourage well-being, connection, storytelling, and empower long-term care residents, highlighting the value of preserving inter-generational relationships.
Farnan, Colin
Spinal Cord Injury (Saskatchewan) Inc.		 Saskatoon — Artists in Communities 2025-2026 $40,000 The Artist in Residency proposal is a partnership with artist Colin Farnan and Spinal Cord Injury Sask. A physical disability advocacy organization in Saskatchewan
Smith, James Muskoday — Share and Connect 2025-2026 $18,000 Building a medicine wheel based on stories and actual testimonies from Elders and existing wheels. Making a legacy project to last for generations.
Northern Village of Ile a la Crosse Ile-a-la Crosse — Share and Connect 2025-2026 $18,000 Kihteyak kiskinahihmewak oskayak (Elders teaching youth) This project is in preparation of the Ile a la Crosse 250th celebration in 2026.
Brass, Philip Balcarres — Share and Connect 2025-2026 $16,400 Artist(s) Philip Brass and Stephanie Bellefleur will partner with Mid Summers Arts Festival to create a Public Art Mural for Fort Qu'Appelle Valley Friendship Centre.
Knight, Lindsay Saskatoon — Share and Connect 2025-2026 $10,000 Two streaming online musical performances similar to NPR Music Tiny Desk Concerts with Indigenous artists from Saskatchewan.
Muskoday First Nation Community School Muskoday — Share and Connect 2025-2026 $20,000 We need to inspire Indigenous youth through cultural regalia making classes. We will hold afterschool sessions with students and their families as support.
Hundt, Paige Battleford — Share and Connect 2025-2026 $600 The Blessing Box is an unlocked, accessible place where you can donate gently used items for others to take whenever they need.
Half Breed Creations Maple Creek — Share and Connect 2025-2026 $2,000 To establish a collective to apply for funding in January 2026 for an arts and culture day at Nekaneet First Nation during Culture Days 2026.
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Photo Credit: Artist Evie Ruddy partnered with UR Pride Centre for Sexuality & Gender Diversity on a photography project featuring trans and non-binary people. Photo by Charity Marsh.