Consultation Planning & Delivery

A photo of members of the cultural community talking at the BAE grant launch.

This Phase involves extensive consultation, via different methods, throughout the province. The Consultation process is based on pre-set research objectives. SaskCulture will be researching both foundational (role of funding in relation to entities) and functional (suitability of programs and program impact).

Key objectives of the Consultation will be to:

The understand the role SaskCulture funding has within entities;
To understand the uniqueness of each entities’ role compared to other entities;
To understand the entities’ connection to SaskCulture’s principals, values, Ends and Cultural policy;
To understand how each entity service level fits with SaskCulture;
To understand entities not yet reached and their uniqueness compared to other entities;
To understand the funding needs of these unreached entities;
To understand the barriers to reaching those entities not yet reached;
To understand entities familiarity with the cultural eco-system;
To understand the non-funding needs of entities;
To understand entities current awareness and engagement with IDEA and Truth and Reconciliation;
To understand any barriers to addressing IDEA and Truth and Reconciliation;
To understand entities evaluation processes and identify other processes;
To understand system and process barriers; and,
To understand roles and funding relationships

From these objectives, a Consultation Plan will outline a plan for reaching different groups, developing discussions and questions from the research objectives, and compiling feedback for analysis. The discussions will address:

Reach of funding
Processes and practices
Barriers
Community Needs

Consultation is inclusive of those reached and currently unreached by SaskCulture’s funding programs:

SaskCulture’s membership and cultural leaders from networks in Saskatchewan;
SaskCulture’s grant applicants, clients and volunteers (inclusive of Creative Kids applicants and service providers);
People from equity-deserving cultural communities and leadership who are under-represented and/or under resourced in current funding;
Leadership within the Truth and Reconciliation movement in SK; and,
Residents of Northern Saskatchewan.

The Consultation process will include the use of Participatory Grant-Making as a means to engage key stakeholders at the center of grant-making. This process includes building new relationships, networks and leadership with equity-deserving individuals/groups, the Truth and Reconciliation movement and residents of northern Saskatchewan.