This editorial in the British Medical Journal provides a valuable argument from outside the arts community to support the claim that the arts improve health. The editorial suggests that a diversion of 0.5% of the UK’s health budget to the arts would… View this resource

Like the Canadian Policy Research Networks articles (reviewed in the January Arts Research Monitor) and the Cultural Human Resource Council’s report (reviewed above), this report expresses concern over how the arts sector can ensure adequate leadersh… View this resource

This report, based on a literature review and 175 interviews, focuses on employment status, recruitment and retention, access to training and demand for new competencies in Canada’s cultural sector. The report finds that “the cultural sector appears… View this resource

In this report, Richard Florida and collaborators apply the analysis from his popular 2002 book The Rise of the Creative Class to Canada, with particular emphasis on Ontario. The authors argue that regional economic advantages are no longer based on… View this resource

This website contains a range of useful research articles for the non-profit sector. Two reports deal with the contribution of volunteers to an organization. Measuring the value that your organization contributes to the community is a short fact shee… View this resource