The latest news on BC's arts, culture and heritage sector.

Spotlighting Mass Culture: Empowering Arts Through Data, Research, and Strategy

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Mass Culture, an organization that supports the arts and culture community in harnessing the power of data and research to develop strategies and insights, had invested $25,000+ over the past year into their Creative Data Fellows program. Creative Data Fellows is a cohort of 12 cultural organizations that work directly with Mass Culture-verified Data Coaches to map and apply data approaches for free. Over 12 months and 200+ data coaching hours, these 12 organizations have grown their data skills and ability to use data to understand organizational impact.

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Arts and Culture Engagement: The Key to Better Physical Health, Improved Mental Wellbeing, and Slower Biological Aging?

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A recent 2026 study published in the Innovation in Aging journal by Daisy Fancourt, PhD, Lehané Masebo, MSc, Saoirse Finn, PhD, Hei Wan Mak, PhD, and Feifei Bu, PhD provides the first evidence that arts and culture engagement is associated with a slower pace of biological aging.

Using data from 3,556 adults in the 2010-2012 UK Household Longitudinal Study, epigenetic (biological aging) clocks, and regression techniques, the study found that arts and culture engagement was related to slower biological aging in 3 of the 7 measured epigenetic clocks, with a relationship comparable in magnitude to that between physical activity and slower biological aging.

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Diversity On Screen Audit Report of Canadian Broadcasters 2022

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Diversity On Screen Audit Report of Canadian Broadcasters 2022

The Vancouver Asian Film Festival (VAFF), Racial Equity Screen Office (RESO) and Elimin8Hate jointly released its Diversity On Screen Audit Report of Canadian Broadcasters 2022, which specifically reviews Asian representation on four national broadcasters – CBC, Citytv, CTV, Global TV–and one provincial broadcaster, Knowledge Network.

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NEWS: Two Cultural Workers Surveys

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They want to know. They really want to know! Two surveys are currently underway to gather information on cultural workers.

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The situation and needs of Canadian senior artists

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Monday, October 5: 7 PM – 9 PM at Scotiabank Dance Centre, Faris Family Studio, 677 Davie Street 

Tuesday, October 6: 2 PM – 4 PM at PAL Vancouver, Cardero and Georgia Streets

If you are an artist and 60 or over, please participate in this action-oriented research project about artists in all disciplines.

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Culture in rural communities

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cc-logo As we get ready to roll out our provincial advocacy campaign, it seems like a good time to point you to some important research being released by the Creative City Network of Canada (CCNC). The CCNC has partnered with the Alberta Recreation and Parks Association (ARPA) to develop a project on cultural development in rural communities.

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Hill Strategies Reports on Cultural Participation and Social Benefits of Culture

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In this issue: Four reports from Canada and the US on cultural participation, public perceptions of the benefits of culture, the value of the performing arts in communities, and the correlation between arts participation, health, and well-being. 

Arts and Heritage in Canada: Access and Availability Survey 2012

Department of Canadian Heritage, November 2012
Author: Phoenix Strategic Perspectives Inc.

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