SPRA Blog

We recently received feedback from Courtney Domoney of the Lifesaving Society on how the SPRA Community Diversity Inclusion Grant helped develop New Canadian WaterSmart^® Presentation materials that helped educate newcomers to Canada about water safety. 

Every summer, young members of the Saskatchewan Wildlife Federation branches travel to to the north end of Candle Lake, Saskatchewan for a week unlike any other.  They hunt, fish and learn survival skills. They discover a self-confidence they never knew they had. They build lifelong friendships. They attend the Saskatchewan Wildlife Federation Youth Conservation Camp.

Karen House has 8 years in the recreation sector and is currently the Leadership and Evaluation Consultant with SPRA and a student in the CPRA PDC program. Her paper on Capacity Building in Recreation was developed as part of the program requirements.

In 1997, eight years after the Swift Current Broncos hosted their first and only Memorial Cup Championship, our small city wasn’t braced for the impact of Sheldon Kennedy, a star player for that Championship team, disclosing to the world that he had long suffered sexual abuse at the hands of his former Broncos coach, Graham James.

Located in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, the Bridge City Bicycle Co-op is a volunteer-run, openly accessible, non-profit coopera­tive that offers drop-in workspace, tool and supplies and participatory bicycle maintenance education.

At the SWDCRS’ first Friends Around the Table meeting - a networking event for individuals from both the cultural and recreation fields - the idea of targeting Newcomers as volunteers was identified as a common interest. 

The snow-covered school grounds in Montreal Lake Cree Nation have always had skiers slide the slopes during the cold winter months, but over the past few years the number of skiers has been increasing with the Saturday Skiing program.

The Ehrlo Sport Venture Program (Sport Venture) is a community outreach program in Regina that aims to provide inner-city youth, New Canadians and families with control of, and access to, recreation programs.

In stressful situations, in classrooms and in hospital care, St. John Ambulance Therapy Dog teams have been proving their worth both through the anecdotal evidence and through scientific observation. Educators and health professionals can add Therapy Dog teams to their tool box when developing plans for their clients.

For more information, visit the St. John Ambulance website at www.sja.ca or email cs.coordinator@sk.sja.ca.

Many Community groups are looking to reach out to newcomers in their areas and searching for advice on how to connect with them and make current programs more culturally inclusive. The following are some tips or guidelines suggested by the Regina Open Door Society’s Community Connection Program.