In the context of dismal earnings statistics for visual artists (average earnings of only $18,700 for visual artists and $15,500 for artisans and craftspeople, well below the average earnings in [...]
Some major themes explored at the Summit include: Artists, Art Practice and the Arts Market Gallery Collections Public Engagemen Education and Visual Literacy Policy, Politics and Funding
The 2007 Visual Arts Summit opened with the announcement that the Canadian Art Museum Directors Association (CAMDO), Canadian Museums Association (CMA), Canadian Artists’ Rights/Front de [...]
A big thank you to all who participated! As part of a market research study for La Nouvelle Scène in Ottawa, Hill Strategies conducted a French-language survey of theatre and cultural [...]
The intent of Learning Literacy in Canada, based on an assessment of 2,000 adult Canadians from all literacy levels, is to understand “the nature of [Canada’s] adult literacy [...]
The key finding of Statistics Canada’s report on the relationship between reading ability and educational outcomes is that “students with lower levels of reading at age 15 face [...]
This 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 [...]
This report examines demographic and other factors involved in book reading (as well as three other cultural activities), based on datafrom Statistics Canada's General [...]
This 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 [...]