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The Commemorating the History and Legacy of Residential Schools component of Celebration and Commemoration Program provides grants and contributions to eligible recipients for initiatives that will increase awareness and commemorate the history and legacy of residential schools, and honour residential school survivors, their families and communities.

The Community Support, Multiculturalism, and Anti-Racism Initiatives Program supports the mandate of the Department of Canadian Heritage by building on Canada's strength as a diverse and inclusive society.

The Program's objectives are to:

• support communities in confronting racism and discrimination, promoting intercultural and interfaith understanding and fostering equitable opportunities to participate fully in Canadian society
• promote and engage in discussions on multiculturalism, diversity, racism and religious discrimination at the domestic and international levels
• strengthen research and evidence to build understanding of the disparities and challenges faced by racialized and religious minority communities, and Indigenous Peoples

The Program has three funding components: Events, Projects and Community Capacity Building. It also includes one separate initiative, the Paul Yuzyk Youth Initiative for Multiculturalism.

Events component — Community Support, Multiculturalism, and Anti-Racism Initiatives Program

The Events component provides funding to community-based events that promote intercultural or interfaith understanding, promote discussions on multiculturalism, diversity, racism and religious discrimination, or celebrate a community’s history and culture such as heritage months recognized by Parliament.

Expected results are that participants and communities will gain knowledge, develop strategies and take action to:

• increase awareness of Canada’s cultural diversity
• increase awareness of issues affecting full participation in society and the economy, related to culture, ethnicity and/or religion
• increase capacity within communities to address racism and discrimination

Read more about who can apply for funding for the Events component.

Projects component — Community Support, Multiculturalism, and Anti-Racism Initiatives Program

The Projects component provides funding for community development, anti-racism initiatives and engagement projects that promote diversity and inclusion by encouraging interaction among community groups.

Expected results are that participants and communities gain knowledge, develop strategies and take action to:

• increase awareness of Canada’s cultural diversity
• increase awareness of issues affecting full participation in society and the economy, related to culture, ethnicity and/or religion
• increase capacity within communities to address racism and discrimination

Read more about who can apply for funding for the Projects component.

Community Capacity Building component — Community Support, Multiculturalism, and Anti-Racism Initiatives Program

The Community Capacity Building component provides funding for capacity building projects that will contribute to the recipient's ability to promote diversity and inclusion of racialized and religious minority communities, and Indigenous Peoples.

Expected results are:

• strengthening governance and building partnerships — building the capacity of organizations and promoting collaboration between service providers
• e-capacity — building and/or strengthening the online and social media presence of eligible organizations
• establishing an overall external communication strategy
• recruitment and training of volunteers

Read more about who can apply for funding for the Community Capacity Building component.

Paul Yuzyk Youth Initiative for Multiculturalism

The Community Support, Multiculturalism, and Anti-Racism Initiatives Program will award grants of $250, $500 and $1,000 to support youth-led projects that promote diversity and inclusion, while addressing issues of racism and discrimination in local communities.

Read more about the Paul Yuzyk Youth Initiative for Multiculturalism.

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The Culture Days Hub sponsorship (CDHS) is not a grant. It is a sponsorship and was set up to support and promote the active engagement of Saskatchewan people in arts, heritage, and cultural activities and programming during Culture Days, including activities that advance Truth and Reconciliation in the province.

Culture Days 2025 will take place September 19 - October 12!

Previously known as Heritage Language Teaching Program, the Language Teaching Program provides financial assistance to SAIL member schools and multilingual organizations to help offset the costs of operating community-based heritage language schools. Language schools are expected to provide 70 hours of instruction to students over the course of a regular school year (typically from September to May/June). Classes must be held in a public facility, i.e. - school operated by a board of education, a church, library, etc. No funding will be provided for schools who teach in private homes.

In order to receive funding from SAIL, each school must be become a member of SAIL.

Provides development assistance, up to 40%, for artistic, cultural and heritage projects in the francophone community. 

Library and Archives Canada (LAC) is providing funding to support Indigenous communities in their efforts to:

• digitize existing documentary heritage related to Indigenous languages and cultures
• build the skills, knowledge and resources needed to digitize and preserve documentary heritage related to Indigenous languages and cultures

What is documentary heritage related to Indigenous languages and cultures?

Documentary heritage related to Indigenous languages and cultures includes records that are important to Indigenous communities. For example, written accounts of traditional practices, photographs of community ceremonies, or traditional stories or oral histories recorded on cassette or VHS tape. The item may be in any language if the community determines that the content is culturally significant.

Digititzation of documentary heritage related to Indigenous languages and cultures:

For example:

• Digitize documentary heritage from formats such as textual documents, photographs, audio cassettes, reel-to-reel, VHS tapes and video cassettes
• Prepare items for digitization by creating an inventory of your collection or prioritizing those items in danger of being lost
• Describe and organize items in their digital and/or original formats
• Develop a business case for a shared digital preservation system

Training:

For example:

• Train staff on digitization
• Create training materials to build digitization skills
• Develop and run a training program to help communities digitize their own collections

Equipment:

For example:

• Buy or repair digitization equipment
• Purchase software to digitize textual, photographic or audiovisual materials

Funding cannot be used to:

• Acquire or create new collections
• Create new oral history recordings
• Digitize or share material without appropriate rights and/or permissions
• Digitize books or other published material
• Create books, articles or other products related to Indigenous languages and cultures

Eligible costs include:

• Digitization by your organization, a partner or a third-party
• Consultants and professional services related to digitization
• Purchase, rental or repair of equipment or software to digitize and preserve material
• Description, transcription and development of finding aids
• Shipping and insuring material
• Salaries and wages to finish your project
• Training and workshop activities
• Travel for project staff (must follow the National Joint Council's Travel Directive)
• Honorariums and small gifts to Indigenous Elders
• General administration costs such as office supplies, long-distance telephone calls, postage, project management fees, messenger services (This cannot be more than 20% of the funding we provide)

Ineligible costs include:

• Day-to-day operations and maintenance such as office space rent/lease, management, heating, etc.
• Entertainment and gifts
• Developing applications for funding programs
• Employment Insurance, Canada Pension Plan and other benefits
• Taxes
• Expenses that took place before signing the contribution agreement with Library and Archives Canada

Review Committee and Criteria:

An Indigenous review committee will assess applications and make recommendations for funding. This committee will be external to LAC and made up of First Nations, Inuit and Métis Nation representatives from across Canada.

The review committee will base funding recommendations on:

• Project feasibility and approach
• Urgency of the work due to the condition of the collection
• Benefits of the project for the applicant organization, partner organizations, communities, researchers and/or Canadians

Note: All committee members are subject to the terms and conditions set out in the Conflict of Interest and Confidentiality Agreement. Any member in real or potential conflict of interest with regard to the review process is required to disclose the conflict and will be removed from participating in the review of the application in question. All enquiries about applications or the review process should be addressed to the Listen, Hear Our Voices team at ecoutezentendrenosvoix-listenhearourvoices@bac-lac.gc.ca.

Building Communities Through Arts and Heritage – Local Festivals component provides funding to local groups for recurring festivals that present the work of local artists, artisans or heritage performers. This includes the celebration of LGBTQ2+ communities and Indigenous cultural celebrations.

Funding assists local nature societies and other affiliate organizations to support guest speakers, field trips, or projects and to help establish new societies. Start up funds available.

The Museum Grant Program (MGP) provides operational funding to help foster strong, vibrant, community-based Saskatchewan museums that are valued and supported by society. This funding enables museums to focus on excellence in their programs and operations and to contribute to the understanding of the world and our place in it - our past, our present, and our future. There are three tiers of funding available, depending on the size of the museum.

The Northern Youth Cultural Fund (NYCF), delivered in partnership with the Northern Sport, Culture and Recreation District (NSCRD), provides funding for cultural, artistic or creative interactive activities for children and youth ages 4 to 19 that take place within the boundaries of the Northern District.

Funding opportunities for students and SAS members.

The Saskatchewan Heritage Foundation provides grants to individuals, community groups, municipalities and corporations working to preserve our heritage.

Provides funding to member institutions for planning events to celebrate Archives Week in February.

Provides funding to member institutions to undertake projects that increase access to original Saskatchewan archival materials.

Subsidy program for archivists and archival institutions.

The Small Grant Accessibility Program (SGAP) aims to provide support to grassroots, unique and innovative cultural initiatives that respond to emergent needs or changes in the cultural sector, and create access and pathways for first-time and underserved applicants.

The Teacher Recruitment and Retention Strategy in Minority French-Language Schools supports various strategies and activities aimed at countering the teacher shortage in Francophone minority schools.