Established in 1991.

LSSAP Mandate is to enrich communities by promoting and seeking to improve library services for Aboriginal peoples through a network of partnerships.

Members Include:

Saskatchewan Aboriginal Storytelling Project

Sponsors and organizes workshops, training, awareness and professional development relating to Aboriginal content in libraries

Major Initiatives

Since 2003, Saskatchewan Aboriginal Storytelling Month has been celebrated throughout our province in February of each year to promote First Nation and Métis oral traditions and the use of public libraries.

In 2014, 279 sessions were held in 81 locations with a recorded 17,305 participants.

Saskatchewan Aboriginal Storytelling Month Project

2015 Launch Hosted by Wheatland Regional Library

“Voices of Librarians Serving Indigenous Peoples of Canada: Sharing Sound Practices in Library Services”, April 21, 2015

Digital Aboriginal Imaging Project SAS Workshops Storyteller in Residence Pilot “Take a Book, Leave a Book” Project Aboriginal Stock Photos

Current Projects

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CHAIR: Harriet Roy, Assistant Director,Pahkisimon Nuye?ah Library System

Linda Demers-Guillet, Resource Centre Coordinator, Treaty Six Education Council

TREASURER: Marilyn E. Belhumeur, Librarian, Gabriel Dumont Institute Library

Wendy Sinclair, Branch Head, Albert Branch, Regina Public Library

Kathie Tenold, School Library Consultant,Northern Lights School Division 113

Deborah Lee, Librarian, Indigenous Studies Liaison & Aboriginal Engagement, University of Saskatchewan Library

Zenon Zuzak, Director of Libraries, Saskatoon Public Library Rosalyn Michael, Librarian, Willow Cree Education Complex

Brendan Edwards, Librarian, First Nations University of Canada Darren Okemaysim, Languages Consultant, Saskatchewan Indian Cultural Centre

Becky Szeman, Digital Ecosystems Librarian, Saskatchewan Polytechnic – Kelsey Campus

Tony Murphy, Regional Director and CEO Wapiti Regional Library

Lonette Pelletier, Aboriginal Library Services Coordinator, Provincial Library & Literacy Office

Cheryl Piprell, Library Services Consultant, Prince Albert Grand Council – Education

Honorary Member: Phyllis Lerat, MLS Jessica Generoux, U of S MLIS Student

On-Leave: Edna Mirasty, Librarian, Senator Myles Venne School Public Library

Joanne Cunningham, First Nation and Métis Education Coordinator, Horizon School Division #205

On-LeaveLinda Jones, Executive Director,Southeast Saskatchewan Literacy Link Inc.

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