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FAQs about new subscription service
Arts Research Monitor, BlogBelow are answers to some key questions about our new subscription service (via Substack). Statistical insights on the arts will now be distributed as a “newsletter” at statsinsights.hillstrategies.com. Through a subscription model, I will continue t… View this resource
Since 2002, the Arts Research Monitor has provided synopses of qualitative and quantitative research findings in the arts and culture. Because of funding changes, we are distributing our new work at statsinsights.ca.
Face of the Future: A Study of Human Resource Issues in Canada’s Cultural Sector
Arts Research MonitorThis 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
Competing on Creativity: Placing Ontario’s Cities in a North American Context
Arts Research MonitorIn 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
Research articles from the International Year of the Volunteer
Arts Research MonitorThis 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
Mapping the Non-Profit Sector
Arts Research MonitorAs the title promises, this report does the basic work of measuring the size, staffing and composition of Canada’s non-profit sector. Based largely on the same data set as CPRN’s job quality report, this report finds that the non-profit sector is com… View this resource
Job Quality in Non-Profit Organizations
Arts Research MonitorThis report is an important assessment of the quality of jobs in Canada’s non-profit sector compared to for-profit businesses and quasi-government organizations. Drawing on a 1999 Statistics Canada survey, the report examines various aspects of job q… View this resource
