Qu'Appelle Valley Ecomuseum Launched Dec 4 at the Tipi at the Treaty Four Governance Centre in Fort Qu’Appelle

The working group that consists of the Calling Lakes District Planning Commission, File Hills Qu’Appelle Tribal Council, Kairos and The Friends of the Katepwa Park held the official launch of the Qu’Appelle Valley Ecomuseum.  Ecomuseums are community-based “museums without walls” that foster sustainable forms of social and economic development through the conservation and interpretation of natural and cultural heritage. The ecomuseum being developed is one of several demonstration sites associated with the Saskatchewan Ecomuseums Initiative (SEI), a multi-agency research and community engagement project led by the Royal Saskatchewan Museum. The SEI was recently recognized by the United Nations University as an outstanding Regional Centre of Expertise (RCE) flagship project in the category of “Bridging Local Knowledge and Global Perspectives on Sustainable Development.”  The project was singled out in Okayama, Japan at a meeting of over 150 international delegates, including over 70 RCEs on Education for Sustainable Development as well as representatives from UNESCO and other UN Agencies.