Saskatoon has a lot to offer visitors

Leslie Jen’s comments in the Feb. 2 edition of the Star-Phoenix, taken from her article in the Toronto-based Canadian Architect magazine, certainly do justice to the Remai Modern Art Gallery.

She aptly describes this celebrated gallery. It is an architectural beauty, inside and out, with ambitious and diverse public programming and a wide array of exhibits, permanent and rotating.

It never ceases to amaze me, however, that a Torontonian (although born and raised in Saskatoon), somehow manages to cast a Toronto-centric attitude toward their Western counterparts, namely in this case, Saskatoon.

Jen “wonders whether tourists will make the trek to Saskatoon just for the gallery.” I read her entire article in the Canadian Architect magazine where she further goes on to describe Saskatoon as a “relatively remote prairie city.” Remote from what?

Perhaps it is her now-hometown of Toronto that is remote from this vibrant, creative beauty of a city called Saskatoon that has well known and respected artists from various disciplines in music, art, film, theatre and literature, plus cultural diversity, festivals all year round, a gorgeous university, a synchrotron, world-class scientists, the largest sector of young people per capita in Canada, outdoor activities within minutes and hours away, miles of cycling and walking paths winding along the beautiful South Saskatchewan River and quick access to both the gorgeous northern and southern parts of Saskatchewan.

Travellers from all over the world will have much to experience in Saskatoon.