The Cultural Mosaic Initiative is more than a cultural entertainment event. It is a partnership-based community capacity-building activity designed to demonstrate how communities can create meaningful opportunities for people and organizations from different cultural and lived experiences to connect, participate, learn, and build relationships.

Southwest Saskatchewan Immigration Partnership (SSIP) and the Southwest Multicultural Association (SWMA) jointly own the initiative.

Through this initiative, community organizations, cultural groups, Indigenous partners, municipalities, educational institutions, and other stakeholders are brought together around a shared experience of culture, learning, connection, inclusion, and belonging.

A key component of the Cultural Mosaic Initiative is its educative nature. The program uses music, performance, storytelling, humour, and cultural expression as engaging tools for exploring cultural intelligence, diversity, cross-cultural understanding, and inclusion.

For this reason, schools, colleges, and other post-secondary institutions are encouraged to bring students and pupils to the event for educational purposes. Educators can use the experience as an opportunity to expose learners to different cultural perspectives and encourage discussion about diversity, identity, belonging, cultural differences, and respectful relationships between communities.

The initiative therefore provides an opportunity for learners to experience cultural education in an interactive and engaging environment while connecting with the broader community.

Connecting the Initiative to Welcoming Week

The Cultural Mosaic Initiative is shaped by the spirit of Welcoming Week— the idea that welcoming communities are built through meaningful relationships, participation, inclusion, and opportunities for people to connect with one another.

The timing of the initiative is also intentional. The events will take place on September 28, 2026, with the Maple Creek event at noon, and the Swift Current event in the evening, during Culture Days and in the lead -up to the National Day for Truth and Reconciliation.

This timing provides an opportunity to approach the celebration of diversity alongside a commitment to learning, relationship-building, and respectful engagement with Indigenous peoples and communities.

SSIP is particularly interested in creating opportunities for intentional engagement among Indigenous partners, cultural communities, municipalities, and broader community organizations. The initiative creates space for participants to come together, learn from one another, and explore how relationships across cultures and histories can contribute to more welcoming and inclusive communities.

Two Community Celebrations

The Cultural Mosaic Initiative will take place at two locations in Southwest Saskatchewan on Monday, September 28, 2026:

Maple Creek

Jasper Cultural Centre
311 Jasper St., Maple Creek

Doors open at 11:00 a.m., and the event starts at 12:00 p.m.

Swift Current

The Lyric Theatre
227 Central Ave N, Swift Current

Doors open at 5:30 p.m., and the event starts at 6:30 p.m.

Attendees will experience an engaging cultural program featuring Wilbur Sargunaraj and Mathew Olabisi, using music, rhythm, performance, storytelling, and cultural expression to create opportunities for learning, connection, and dialogue.

Let's celebrate diversity, connection and belonging!

Registration

We encourage organizations, partners, municipalities, Indigenous communities, educational institutions, and other participants to register.

Register for the Cultural Mosaic Initiative:
Cultural Mosaic Initiative Registration Form

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