Hill Strategies Releases Research on Anti-Black Racism in the Arts
/The latest issue of Hill Strategies’ Arts Research Monitor tackles equity, diversity, inclusion and decolonization — specifically, the signs and effects of anti-Black racism in the arts.
The issue features: Insights into equity issues in the arts, particularly anti-Black racism, including the challenging employment situation of racialized workers in Canada’s screen-based industry, insufficient philanthropic investment in Black-led organizations in Canada, the relative lack of diversity on the boards of Canadian not-for-profit organizations, and the pandemic’s effects on racialized arts workers in the United Kingdom. Collectively, the reports remind arts sector leaders that post-pandemic “regeneration” may be required, rather than “recovery” to the pre-pandemic situation.
COVID-19 and the Experience of Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic Creative Entrepreneurs
(U.K. report)
MeWe360, December 2020
Rather than post-pandemic sector “recovery”, this report argues for an investment in “regeneration (i.e., creating new systems, new structures and new leaders)” to develop a sector that is “more equitable and as a result more resilient”.
2020 Status of Canadian Black, Indigenous and People of Colour in Canada's Screen-based Production Sector
Reelworld Screen Institute, 2020
The intent of this report is “to measure and benchmark employment conditions of Black, Indigenous and People of Colour (BIPOC) in Canada and the extent to which they participate equitably in Canada’s booming screen-based production sector and shape screen content”.
Unfunded: Black Communities Overlooked by Canadian Philanthropy
Network for the Advancement of Black Communities and Carleton University’s Philanthropy and Nonprofit Leadership Program, 2021
This report indicates that “the systemic racism and hardships faced by Black people in Canada” demonstrate both insufficient investment from philanthropic organizations and “the inadequacy of public policy in addressing the concerns” of the “1.2 million people that comprise Canada’s diverse Black communities”.
Diversity of charity and non-profit boards of directors: Overview of the Canadian non-profit sector
Statistics Canada, February 2021
This Statistics Canada article provides “a good glimpse into the composition of the boards” of charities and other not-for-profit organizations, including “arts and culture” organizations (17% of respondents).
