INNOVATION & RESILIENCE
IN CANADA’S CULTURAL SECTOR

The concept of creativity, as applied to people, classes, neighbourhoods and cities, has been thrust into the limelight by the success of Richard Florida’s book The Rise of the Creative Class. In this analysis, people want to live ‘where things happe… View this resource

This report examines the link between the use of digital technologies and the literacy scores of Canadian adults. The study finds that “people who do not have access to computers … have significantly lower literacy skills than computer u… View this resource

This report provides a detailed examination of the results of Canadian adults with regard to their “prose”, “document”, “numeracy” and “problem-solving” skills in 2003. As noted in Volume 4, No. 3 of th… View this resource

Full report available at:http://www.statcan.ca/bsolc/english/bsolc?catno=89-552-MIE2006014 Prepared on behalf of Statistics Canada, this report by two University of Ottawa economists makes a statistical link between literacy and per capita income lev… View this resource

Full report available at http://www.statcan.ca/bsolc/english/bsolc?catno=89-617-XIE This report highlights the “clear association between literacy and earnings”, based on a 2003 survey of the literacy skills of 23,000 Canadian adults. Overall, “Canad… View this resource