Commitment to Community

Persephone Theatre honours the survivors of residential schools, their families, and communities. While past harms can never be undone, it is important to ensure the pain caused by both past and ongoing colonial actions are fully acknowledged. Public discourse and education are essential to contributing to reconciliation for there can be no reconciliation without first acknowledging the truth.

 COMMITMENT TO RECONCILIATION 

Persephone Theatre believes the performing arts have an essential part to play in the work of reconciliation. We believe our work as a theatre organization can and should consider how it can contribute. Persephone Theatre offers this as an aspirational statement to communicate our dedication to reconciliation with Indigenous peoples in our community, Canada, and throughout Turtle Island.

Persephone Theatre creates theatre in Misâskwatôminihk, meaning “at the Saskatoon berry” in Nêhiyawewin, which is colonially known as Saskatoon. We acknowledge and renew our obligations to the Indigenous peoples who have lived on and cared for these lands since time immemorial, including the Nêhiyawak, Nêhithawak, Anishinabek, Nakawe, Nakota, Nehinawak, Lakota, Dakota and Dene peoples. These lands are also the homeland of the Metis Nation. We also acknowledge the contributions of the Whitecap Dakota and Round Prairie Métis peoples in establishing our city of Saskatoon. Persephone Theatre is located on Treaty 6 territory and we are committed to living in good relations with our Indigenous neighbours, in the spirit with which the Treaties were intended. We extend this same commitment to all Indigenous peoples throughout Canada.

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