On the weekend, I attended SaskCulture's Gathering "Leadership 101" along with approximately 200 other Saskatchewan residents who work and volunteer for non profits in the province. I took in several workshops including Strategic Thinking facilitated by Vic Huard, Program Evaluation with Corinne Bokitch and the Partnerships session with Flo Frank.
While all of the sessions and networking opportunities were of great value, for me, the greatest takeaway, was the reassurance that the renaming from Core to Heritage was the correct choice by the community. The interim head of Heritage Saskatchewan, which launched its membership recruitment and website (http://www.heritagesask.ca/) at the Gathering, spoke at the luncheon on Saturday:
"Many people think of heritage solely in terms of buildings, but it is our legacy from the past.
Heritage is all of those things that we are custodians of from the past. That includes natural environment, the built environment and our cultural heritage--our stories, our values, our way of living. As stewards and custodians, we have an obligation to pass that on to future generations in a way that they find useful and to use it in the present."
(Leader-Post, October 26, 2009)
"Heritage" seems to be the perfect name.
Marci Brisbourne
HCA Administrator
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