This report highlighted income levels and the challenges faced by individuals and organizations in terms of selling tickets, leading to financial instability. Overall, this data source helped pinpoint areas that required more attention to build a healthy sector by drawing comparisons from previous actions.
Setting the Bar: A Guide to Achieve New Standards for Reconciliation within the Heritage Sector
/Understanding heritage as the human imprint on the earth, Heritage BC recognizes that heritage professionals, volunteers, and enthusiasts must fully commit to learning about and respecting the diversity and inclusivity of experiences and perspectives that form our local and provincial heritage.
Read MoreCOVID-19 B.C. Arts & Culture Sector Impact Survey: Fall 2021 Sector Impact Report
/This November, GVPTA and arts service organizations across the province invited individual artists, arts workers, and arts, culture and heritage organizations throughout British Columbia and across all disciplines to help convey a better understanding of where they are at now by completing the Fall 2021 edition of the COVID-19 B.C. Arts & Culture Impact Survey.
Read MoreCulture + Community in a Time of Transformation: A Special Edition of Culture Track
/LaPlaca Cohen is excited to share the new phase of the “Culture + Community” research in collaboration with Slover Linett and Yancey Consulting. The second wave of this national study, Culture + Community in a Time of Transformation: A Special Edition of Culture Track, includes an even broader frame for culture (from libraries to parks, music venues, and festivals), as well as deeper involvement with small, rural or BIPOC-serving organizations.
Read MoreIt Feels Like Having a Sugar Daddy. But in the Worst Way”: Thoughts from Racialized 2SLGBTQ+ Youth Artists in the Toronto Scene
/In 2018, the little sister team decided to do some community-based research on the experiences of QTBIPOC youth artists in the Toronto and GTA area. this report was the result of our findings.
Read MoreA promising path to developing data governance in the performing arts sector: Exploring charters and principles for data governance
/This report, commissioned as part of the Linked Digital Future Initiative, is a culmination of exploratory activities to develop a governance framework for open and shared data in the performing arts sector.
We thank the Canada Council for the Arts and the Government of Canada for their continued support of this foundational work.
Read MoreTowards gender equality in the cultural and creative sectors
/This report focuses on the role that culture plays in promoting gender equality and, more importantly, how to achieve gender equality within the cultural and creative sectors (CCS). The EU Member States identified gender equality for the first time as a priority for action in the Work Plan for Culture 2019-2022. Indeed, there are many reasons that this topic should receive the attention it deserves. Gender equality is a core value of the EU fundamental rights and a key principle of the European Pillar of Social Rights. It is also a precondition for cultural diversity. The promotion of gender equality and the fight against gender discrimination are twin goals of the EU, including in culture.
Read MoreGVPTA Spring 2021 COVID-19 Impact Report→
/GVPTA’s third report on COVID-19's impact on the arts and culture sector across British Columbia, published in Spring 2021.
Read MoreSpace for Community: Understanding the Real Estate Challenges Affecting the Social Purpose Sector in BC→
/This multi-year project / partnership explores affordability, suitability and security of tenure for the not-for-profit, social enterprise and artists sectors. This study combines a background research report, online survey of 630+ space/facilities in the affordability challenged regions of BC, and learning opportunities, to provide recommendations for moving forward.
Read MoreImpacts of the COVID-19 Pandemic on the Arts→
/Insights from Hill Strategies research on the impacts of the coronavirus pandemic on the arts and culture sector in Canada.
Read MoreCanadians’ Arts Participation, Health, and Well-Being→
/Probes the relationships between 15 arts, culture, and heritage activities, and aspects of health and well-being. The research shows important linkages between the arts and health, linkages that are particularly important within the current pandemic and eventual post-pandemic recovery: a strong connection between cultural participation and overall health, and solid evidence of a connection between cultural participation and mental health.
Read MoreArt & Well-Being: Toward a Culture of Health→
/A publication from the U.S. Department of Arts and Culture, exploring the importance of art in building a culture of health.
Read MoreValue Study of GLAMs In Canada
/Report on the quantitative and qualitative value of Canadian galleries, libraries, archives and museums. Canadian GLAMs receive an estimated 150 million visits a year, contributing nearly $8.6 billion of economic value, and promote heritage while providing access to resources for education, research, learning and artistic creation.
Read MoreArtists in Canadian Municipalities in 2016→
/An analysis of artist demographics in Canadian municipalities. In Canada, there are 158,100 artists, representing 0.87% of the overall labour force,
Read MoreDigital Culture 2019→
/Findings from Arts Council England and Nesta on the impact and use of technology in the arts and culture sector. The study provides detailed insight on digital for arts and cultural organisations to affect change within their own work, along with an in-depth analysis of the major trends to guide policymakers and sector support organisations.
Read MoreCulture in the Implementation of the 2030 Agenda→
/Outlines the inclusion of culture in the United Nations 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, as part of the 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). With 10 years left to implement the 2030 Agenda, monitoring, measuring, and implementing culture as part of the SDGs is identified as an urgent priority. The report provides recommendations for placing culture at the heart of sustainable development.
Read MoreDemographic Diversity of Artists in Canada in 2016→
/This report, based on data from the 2016 census, focuses on four demographic groups of artists: women, Indigenous people, members of racialized groups, and members of official language minority groups. Demographic and income data is included.
Read MoreCultural Activities Linked to Lower Mortality→
/Research from the British Medical Journal shows substantial reductions in mortality for participants who engaged in cultural activities at the initial assessment point when adjusted for all identified demographic, socioeconomic, health related, behavioural, and social factors. Visiting museums, theatres, concerts and art galleries once or twice a year can reduce the risk of death by 14%, with more regular attendance lowering the risk by as much as 31%.
Read MoreSocial Impacts of Culture and the Arts WA→
/This Social Impact study from Australia identifies and quantifies social benefits in the broader community that are generated through participation or attendance at artistic and cultural activities. An extensive literature review was undertaken to identify positive social impacts clearly linked to artistic and cultural activities. The review covered a diverse spectrum of studies and identified three main social instrumental impacts that have the potential to be quantified: health, education, and social capital.
Read MoreCulture & Working Conditions for Artists→
/This UNESCO study uncovers persisting and emerging challenges artists and cultural professionals face and examines how countries around the world are addressing these issues through policymaking. While the role of music, books and films in our lives may be vivid and evident, the labour that goes into making these products often remain under-recognized and undercompensated.
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