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Cultural Policy in Saskatchewan
註釋The objective of this paper is to provide an overview of the cultural policy that is implicit in the various agencies and funding arrangements that exist in Saskatchewan, to review funding levels in the province and in other jurisdictions, and to identify the parameters of a framework for the development of an effective and transparent cultural policy. [...] In the case of the Department of Culture, Youth and Recreation, once government overhead is covered, transfers from the GRF flow to the sector indirectly through the Saskatchewan Arts Board, and may also flow directly from the GRF following changes introduced in the fall of 2007. [...] The SAB is governed by the Arts Board Act, 1997, which stipulates the Board's objectives in the following mandate: 1) to support and facilitate public access to and participation in the Arts; 2) to support the Saskatchewan Arts Community; 3) to foster excellence in the arts; 4) to encourage quality in creative expression and management of arts activity; A SASKATCHEWAN INSTITUTE OF PUBLIC POLICY PU [...] It receives funding from the Arts Board and SaskCulture on a contract basis; however, in contrast to the Arts Board and SaskCulture, the SAA does not allocate funding to the cultural sector, but instead supports the arts and culture through: advocating healthy levels of public and private support; encouraging public acknowledgement of the arts; encouraging in assisting in the development of [...] Further, it is apparent that the responsibilities of the major stakeholders in the sector have been subject to change depending on alterations to the funding mix (as influenced by changes in the lottery license fee), and the oft-changing objectives of the government in power.