Four Directions is located in North-Central Regina promotes individual, family and community health and wellness. It provides healing, inclusive of all people, honouring individual uniqueness, meeting community needs through the use of the Medicine Wheel and holistic practices to help people get, and stay, healthy. Involvement of community Elders, residents and staff have brought a distinct Aboriginal character to the Four Directions Community Health Centre. Four Directions offers primary health care, addictions services, prenatal programming, programming for families, programming for children and food security programs. Many of the programs have an educational aspect to them. For instance, the prenatal programming includes prenatal classes as well as the "Healthiest Babies Possible Program".
Ongoing
informal awareness
Urban Canvas Project is a Monday to Friday arts skills and personal development training program for youth at risk, ages 16 to 30. The project consists of practical experience and public art portfolio building obtained through community art projects, skill enhancement workshops, life skills training, and post-project employment preparation.
The project is 35 weeks in length. It runs week days 10 to 5:30.
Intensive art skills development comparable to first year university.
Tribe: A Centre for the Evolving Aboriginal Media, Visual and Performing Arts Inc. is a registered non-profit corporation that works with members of the local arts community, and both Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal University of Saskatchewan Art and Art history Students. As an artist run centre, Tribe seeks to provide educational opportunities for Aboriginal artists to further their professional potential, and to create contemporary art. Contemporary Aboriginal media, visual, and performance art is offered in a manner in which challenging and critical responses can be facilitated. Although Tribe does not have a permanent collection, Tribe partners with other organizations to facilitates exhibits that are educational and work as a means of communicating Aboriginal cultural artistic expression. Partnerships and collaboration allow for Tribe to have a unique cross-cultural audience on local, regional, and national levels, and present artistic works that are both artistically appealing and educational. Tribe also presents ongoing lecture series that allows for community and artist education, and the facilitation of dialogue on contemporary and historical Aboriginal art.
Ongoing.
Informal - awareness, professional training.
A Centre for the Evolving Aboriginal Media, Visual and Performing Arts Inc. is a registered non-profit corporation that works with members of the local arts community, and both Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal University of Saskatchewan Art and Art history Students.
The North Central Shared Facility aims to build sustainable community and culture by developing a shared, comprehensive facility in which formal education and informal community education can occur. Learning will occur across the community, and a strong emphasis will be placed on fully integrating the learning needs of the community with the learning needs of students at Scott Collegiate. Through the use of elders, mentors, apprenticeships, special projects, and connecting organizations, business, the community of North Central grows and learns together. A strong focus will be placed on ensuring that the North Central Shared Facility has elements of First Nations culture and community. By placing community organizations and businesses within the learning space of students, the North Central Shared Facility aims to build partnerships and enable students to learn from and with community organizations and businesses. Although the North Central Shared Facility is still in the planning and development phases, community involvement has been strongly encouraged and emphasized. As development and completion of the project continues, the North Central Shared Facility will be a strong element in the community and cultural sustainability of the North Central community.
Ongoing
Formal - School, Informal - Community Learning, Awarenes
A strong focus will be placed on ensuring that the North Central Shared Facility has elements of First Nations culture and community. By placing community organizations and businesses within the learning space of students, the North Central Shared Facility aims to build partnerships and enable students to learn from and with community organizations and businesses.
Community capacity and sustainability are built through speakers presenting on new or in development rural and agricultural alternatives. The series of speakers aims to address the economic and social needs of rural communities, and improve the marketability and regional identity of the community. Sustainability for rural community and culture is fostered through information being conveyed on farming and production alternatives that can occur within the community instead of outside. Awareness is stimulated in a forum in which community members are able to come together to share and learn while stimulating economic growth and diversification of products that are local and uniquely branded. The Craik Sustainable Living Project has developed partnerships with other rural and agricultural organizations to develop more opportunities through the seminar series for rural areas sustaining the sense of culture and community that exists within rural areas.
Ongoing
Informal - awareness
CARDS - Canadian Adaptation and Rural Development Saskatchewan, CTRC - Carleton Trail Regional College, and the Craik and Davidson Co-ops.