Measuring Up: Canadian Results of the OECD PISA Study
Arts Research MonitorThis report provides a detailed examination of the performance of Canadian 15-year olds in science, reading and mathematics in 2006. As noted in Statistics Canada’s Daily article highlighting the report’s findings, “Canadian 15-year-old students stil… View this resource
Factors in Canadians’ Cultural Activities in 2005
Arts Research MonitorThis report examines demographic and other factors involved in book reading (as well as three other cultural activities), based on data from Statistics Canada’s General Social Survey of 2005, an in-depth telephone survey of about 10,000 Canadians 15… View this resource
The Book Retail Sector in Canada
Arts Research MonitorThis report provides a profile of the retail book market in Canada. A key argument in the report, prepared for the Department of Canadian Heritage by Turner-Riggs, is that “the supply of books in the Canadian market is growing much more quickly than… View this resource
Strategies for Creating Diverse Audiences
Arts Research MonitorThere are four resources available as part of the Communicating Value conference’s panel on engaging diverse audience. Kim Kruger’s presentation on Ilbijerri’s “Blak Bums on Seats” initiative notes that Ilbijerri makes “theatre by Blakfellas for Blak… View this resource
The Case against Arts Marketing / Exploiting the Value of our Empty Seats / The Golden Rules of Persuasive Copy Writing
Arts Research MonitorAndrew McIntyre provides three resources on engaging audiences for the Communicating Value conference. In The Case against Arts Marketing, he argues that arts marketing practices commonly in use today do not constitute best practices. He asks where a… View this resource


