In March 2006, UNESCO organized a World Conference on Arts Education entitled Building Creative Competencies for the 21st Century. The themes discussed at the conference related to advocacy, implementation of arts education, the social, cultural and… View this resource

This report identifies six measures to gauge immigrants’ social and civic participation: volunteer rates; donation rates; membership in non-profit community groups; voting rates; the “consumption” of current affairs; and informal gi… View this resource

This report, based on findings from the 2001 Census and the 2003 International Adult Literacy and Skills Survey, highlights how Canada is becoming increasingly diverse, with significant immigration from non-European countries. “Between 1991 and… View this resource

This 2006 survey conducted for the Department of Canadian Heritage examines the arts attendance, involvement in the arts, and attitudes towards the arts of six target population groups in Toronto, Montreal and Vancouver. The six target groups are Chi… View this resource

This British report, with contributions from 40 different people, highlights the case for greater diversity, the complexities of diversity, the current diversity of the U.K.’s cultural organizations, examples of how other sectors engage with di… View this resource