INNOVATION & RESILIENCE
IN CANADA’S CULTURAL SECTOR

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 books for pleasure “every day” or “al… View this resource

Full report available at http://www.statcan.ca:8096/bsolc/english/bsolc?catno=89-603-XWE This report highlights the “prose”, “document”, “numeracy” and “problem-solving” skills of adults in Canada and six other countries in 2003. About 15% of Canadia… View this resource

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 school libraries, the number of teacher-librarians and lib… View this resource

Canadian Books in School Libraries summarizes the results of 125 in-depth interviews with teacher-librarians, library technicians, teachers, principals, school district administrators and education department officials in mid-2004. The report finds w… View this resource

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, Toronto, Winnipeg, Vancouver, and a rural town in Onta… View this resource