Critical Commentaries on the Creative Class In the February 2003 issue of the Arts Research Monitor, we noted that the statistical correlation between educated people, artists, foreign-born [...]
A Short Summary of the Theory Richard Florida’s 2002 book, The Rise of the Creative Class, has garnered a lot of interest from arts communities in many parts of the world and has generated [...]
The Rise of the Creative Class… and How it’s Transforming Work, Leisure and Everyday Life Richard Florida, 2002 (Now available in paperback form.) Many of Richard Florida’s articles [...]
This report aims to provide a guide to increasing arts participation, with a particular eye to the meaning and values involved in arts participation. Participants’ perceptions, benefits, [...]
This short fact sheet provides tips to maximize dance audiences, based on research underpinning the Scottish Arts Council’s 2002 Dance Strategy. Many of the tips provide information about [...]
This report provides a brief summary of dance programs, policies and challenges in various countries. Some challenges that a number of countries are grappling with in the development of dance [...]
This fact sheet “examines data on the participation rates of women as primary creators in professional Ontario theatre companies”, based on Ontario Arts Council Theatre Office records [...]
In an effort to facilitate access to cultural data, Statistics Canada has made a wide range of survey data available online for free. Site users can access culture surveys, data and analysis from [...]
The donors report (http://www.hillstrategies.com/resources_details.php?resUID=1000032) shows that 451,000 Canadians 15 years of age or older made direct financial donations worth about $47.9 [...]
Based on a survey of almost 2,400 Canadians, this report focuses on Canadians’ attendance at and views regarding Canadian museums. The survey results show that 48% of Canadians visited a [...]
