Summary of the Final Report of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada.
Read MoreVancouver Cultural Plan 2008-2018→
/Creative City Task Force, 2008. The central vision of this ten year Culture Plan is to promote and enhance the culture and creative diversity of the City of Vancouver.
Read MoreBC Arts Council Quick Facts Sheet→
/Important and up-to-date facts & figures about the BC Arts Council.
Read MoreCreative City Network Cultural Planning Toolkit→
/A guide for the process of cultural planning in a community. It includes an adaptable model and practical checklists for navigating and charting progress. Background material and additional details are provided on a companion website.
Read MoreBC Creative Economy Strategy→
/In 2014, Premier Christy Clark directed the Ministry of Community, Sport and Cultural Development to develop a plan to grow the creative economy.
Read MoreBC Government Arts + Culture Facts & Stats Sheet→
/2014 Provincial and Territorial Culture Satellite Account facts & figures highlighted by the Province of British Columbia.
Read MoreBC Arts Council Strategic Plan 2014-2018→
/This plan will serve to guide the Council’s development of policy and program priorities as it strives to support the creative and innovative capacity of the arts and cultural community and represent the interests of the creative sector.
Read MoreCulture: Urban Future Report→
/Makes the case that culture needs to be fully integrated into urban strategies to ensure their sustainability, as well as a better quality of life for residents.
Read MoreMaking a Single Case for the Arts: An International Perspective→
/Addresses challenges faced by Canadian arts and culture organizations in advocating for the arts and examines successful cases in other countries.
Read MoreBC Arts Council: Strategic Plan: 2014-2018→
/Serves to guide the Council's development of policy and program priorities as it strives to support the creative and innovative capacity of the arts and cultural community.
Read MoreBriefing Notes for Hiring Committees→
/Argument for a commitment to increased diversity and inclusion in hiring practices for leadership positions in the arts.
Read MoreA Model Succession Process: Vancouver International Writers Festival→
/Analysis of the process that the Vancouver International Writers Festival used in planning and implementing the succession of its founding artistic director. Describes that procession in detail so that other cultural organizations might use it as a model.
Read MoreArts & IT: Technology Adoption and Implementation in Arts Organizations→
/Examines how organizations use, implement and plan for technology. The report finds that two areas of greatest difficulty regarding technology implementation among arts organizations are "building/maintaining technology infrastructure and writing grants for technology."
Read MoreBC’s Music Sector – From Adversity to Opportunity→
/Highlights BC’s wealth of talented artists and music assets—sources of economic diversity and job creation in communities throughout the province—and the factors that have put these assets at risk.
Read MoreIn Search of the Creative Economy: Analyses of the Provincial and Territorial 2015-2016 Budgets from the Perspective of Arts, Culture and Heritage→
/Annual analyses of provincial and territorial budgets from the perspective of the cultural sector.
Read MoreCultural Value and the Crisis of Legitimacy: Why culture Needs a Democratic Mandate→
/Addresses the culture sector's "crisis of legitimacy," which is the loss of support and public investment from government over time due to a general lack of understanding about culture's benefits. The author calls for cultural professionals to take the lead in solving the problem, and outlines the process for doing so.
Read MoreMaking It Work: The Education and Employment of Recent Arts Graduates→
/Examines the situation of graduates of arts and arts-related programs. Three key findings from the surveys are that arts-related graduates “have found meaningful employment, are satisfied with their lives, and are pleased that they chose to go to an arts school”.
Read MoreUnderstanding the Value and Impacts of Cultural Experiences→
/International literature review, organized through the dual portals of 'individual impacts' and 'orgnizations' creative capacity'.
Read MoreProject: Understanding Audiences for the Contemporary Arts (UACA), UK→
/UK study in audience development strategies for contemporary artistic work.
Read MoreInside, Outside, Beyond: Artistic Leadership for Contradictory Times→
/Recommended reading: This Bluecoat initiative articulates the need for support of existing + emerging arts leaders and sets out “a simple framework for artistic leadership in the future, one which can be used to develop ways of working, organisations and networks which can be adaptive and resilient and which can produce the kind of rich cultural value desired.” Bluecoat is Liverpool’s centre for the contemporary arts and the UK's oldest arts centre.
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