This January 2005 survey of almost 2,000 Canadians 16 and older shows that a vast majority of Canadians – 87% – read a book for pleasure in the past year. Over half of Canadians read [...]
Using mapping technology, this report examines artists as a percentage of the labour force in various postal regions – “neighbourhoods” –based on 2001 census data. [...]
This presentation, conducted in Montreal in French, summarizes the key conclusions of our report Artists by Neighbourhood in Canada, with a particular spotlight on the most artistic [...]
Full report available at http://www.statcan.ca:8096/bsolc/english/bsolc?catno=89-603-XWE This report highlights the “prose”, “document”, “numeracy” and [...]
The Daily summary of the report is at http://www.statcan.ca/Daily/English/050504/d050504a.htm Based on a survey of 6,700 school principals across Canada, this report examines the existence of [...]
Canadian Books in School Libraries summarizes the results of 125 in-depth interviews with teacher-librarians, library technicians, teachers, principals, school district administrators and [...]
The National Arts & Youth Demonstration Project summarizes the results of research into the impact of selected community-based arts programs on children in low-income communities in Montreal, [...]
The Canada Council’s advocacy resource kit contains sections on key advocacy messages, advocacy tips and strategies, the achievements of artists and cultural organizations in a range of [...]
The Canadian Conference of the Arts’ advocacy primer contains steps to develop advocacy activities, strategies for effective advocacy, tips on how to communicate with candidates, ways to [...]
These reports from the Canadian Conference of the Arts’ Chalmers Conferences provide arts advocacy information and techniques. The 2005 report provides practical tips for communicating with [...]