INNOVATION & RESILIENCE
IN CANADA’S CULTURAL SECTOR

ABOUT THE PROJECT

Resilience and innovation during the pandemic

This project highlights innovative practices and sources of resilience among 29 artists and cultural organizations during the COVID-19 pandemic. Also, search or download a list of over 200 innovations found by the researchers or submitted by the cultural community. Or read our synthesis report, showcasing 12 key themes (pdf, 1.6MB). READ MORE

Browse or search in-depth profiles of 29 stories of innovation and resilience.

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Browse, search, or download a list of 200+ innovations based on a survey and our research.

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Featured Stories

Tangled Art + Disability

Tangled Art + Disability’s Crip Times: A podcast series that enhances awareness and engagement

Reflecting on having to close its space and halt its programming as a result of COVID-19, Tangled…

Woodland Cultural Centre

Preserving and promoting Indigenous history, art, language, and culture through popular virtual tours

The Woodland Cultural Centre innovation is timely as a result of the high profile of issues relat…

Queer Songbook Orchestra

The Queer Songbook Orchestra’s QSO Kids project: A renewed focus in an uncertain landscape

In 2020, QSO Artistic Director Shaun Brodie had to grapple with the new landscape of touring, and…

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Arts Ed Search

Arts Research Monitor

The focus of this internet-based clearinghouse is “on research examining how education in the arts – in both discrete arts classes and integrated arts lessons – affects students’ cognitive, personal, social and civic development, and how… View this resource

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Reinvesting in Arts Education

Arts Research Monitor

This American report examines the state of arts education, its benefits for students and classrooms, as well as potential improvements in arts education provision. The report argues that “building capacity to create and innovate in our students is ce… View this resource

October 15, 201215 October 2012

Partnerships between Schools and the Professional Arts Sector

Arts Research Monitor

This evaluation document, as well as the accompanying literature review, examines the impacts of artist-in-residence and exposure-to-arts programs in schools and arts venues in Victoria, Australia. Data for the report were collected from “primary and… View this resource

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Encourage children today to build audiences for tomorrow

Arts Research Monitor

This report examines the relationship between childhood arts experiences and adult arts participation, based on a survey of 13,500 English adults who were asked to recall their childhood arts experiences. Overall, the report found that “being exposed… View this resource

October 15, 201215 October 2012

The Arts and Achievement in At-Risk Youth

Arts Research Monitor

Based on four longitudinal datasets, this American report examines the association between in-depth arts engagement and academic or civic outcomes for at-risk youth. Most of the comparisons in the report are between children with either low or no art… View this resource

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