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Supporting youth shapes the future of culture

April, 2026 Arts, General Culture
A group of young Spark program participants posing with performers from an event they helped organize.
The cover of this issue of Engage. The cover photo shows two young people posing in front of a colourful mural. One of them is holding up a microphone, speaking.
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Volume 16, Issue 2, Spring 2026

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If youth really are the future, and we say that a lot, the question becomes: how is the cultural sector preparing for it?

In this episode, we’re joined by Shawn Bauche from the Creative Kids Saskatchewan charity and Skip Taylor from the Organization of Saskatchewan Arts Councils’ (OSAC) Spark program.

Their work supports youth in different ways: helping families financially to afford arts and culture classes for their children and creating leadership opportunities for young cultural organizers. Together, these programs directly impact local youth and help shape the future of the arts and culture sector.

"We want to see young people being given that voice and having that impact and not being tokens."
- Skip Taylor

Listen to this episode for a discussion about what the future of the arts and cultural sector could look like, and how young people are already shaping it.

OSAC receives Annual Global Funding from the Sask Lotteries Trust Fund. Also, thanks to support from the Sask Lotteries Trust Fund, SaskCulture is able to cover all administrative costs for Creative Kids. This means that 100 per cent of all donations to Creative Kids go directly to helping children and youth participate in arts and cultural activities.

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