groups,” he says. “It’s been a positive experience seeing community members be actively involved in the development and implementation of a grant program designed to meet their needs.” As part of its learning process, SaskCulture commissioned two reports designed to identify practices that help engage and support cultural engagement and access for people with disabilities and 2SLGBTQIA+ communities. Folstad notes that, “Each of these groups face different barriers to accessing cultural funding and these reports are helping us get a better understanding of some of the systemic issues, challenges, as well as funding delivery options already in use by other funding bodies.” Kush adds that much of the work in 2024 will focus on consulting with the wider cultural community. Over the past year, SaskCulture made progress on identifying its research objectives and establishing preliminary consultation plans. “It’s time to take some of what we have learned out to the community to get their input,” he says. “Community input, particularly from equity-deserving groups, will help us in identifying the key changes that need to take place to support an inclusive, diverse, equitable and accessible funding delivery system going forward.”
Progress was made on building equity in arts funding by working with community partners on a new grant. Photo by Ali Lauren, MCoS (2023).
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