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This November, GVPTA and arts service organizations across the province invited individual artists, arts workers, and arts, culture and heritage organizations throughout British Columbia and across all disciplines to help convey a better understanding of where they are at now by completing the Fall 2021 edition of the COVID-19 B.C. Arts & Culture Impact Survey.
Read MoreIn 2018, the little sister team decided to do some community-based research on the experiences of QTBIPOC youth artists in the Toronto and GTA area. this report was the result of our findings.
Read MoreThis report focuses on the role that culture plays in promoting gender equality and, more importantly, how to achieve gender equality within the cultural and creative sectors (CCS). The EU Member States identified gender equality for the first time as a priority for action in the Work Plan for Culture 2019-2022. Indeed, there are many reasons that this topic should receive the attention it deserves. Gender equality is a core value of the EU fundamental rights and a key principle of the European Pillar of Social Rights. It is also a precondition for cultural diversity. The promotion of gender equality and the fight against gender discrimination are twin goals of the EU, including in culture.
Read MoreGVPTA’s third report on COVID-19's impact on the arts and culture sector across British Columbia, published in Spring 2021.
Read MoreThis multi-year project / partnership explores affordability, suitability and security of tenure for the not-for-profit, social enterprise and artists sectors. This study combines a background research report, online survey of 630+ space/facilities in the affordability challenged regions of BC, and learning opportunities, to provide recommendations for moving forward.
Read MoreInsights from Hill Strategies research on the impacts of the coronavirus pandemic on the arts and culture sector in Canada.
Read MoreReport on the quantitative and qualitative value of Canadian galleries, libraries, archives and museums. Canadian GLAMs receive an estimated 150 million visits a year, contributing nearly $8.6 billion of economic value, and promote heritage while providing access to resources for education, research, learning and artistic creation.
Read MoreAn analysis of artist demographics in Canadian municipalities. In Canada, there are 158,100 artists, representing 0.87% of the overall labour force,
Read MoreThis UNESCO study uncovers persisting and emerging challenges artists and cultural professionals face and examines how countries around the world are addressing these issues through policymaking. While the role of music, books and films in our lives may be vivid and evident, the labour that goes into making these products often remain under-recognized and undercompensated.
Read MoreProvides an in-depth examination of the number and incomes of artists in each province and territory of Canada, based on the 2016 census. The report also provides a brief summary of the situation of cultural workers in each province and territory. There are 726,600 cultural workers in Canada, including heritage occupations (such as librarians, museum workers, and archivists), cultural occupations (such as designers, editors, and architects), and the nine arts occupations. Cultural workers account for 4% of the overall labour force. British Columbia has the highest concentration of artists (1.18%) and the second-highest concentration of cultural workers (4.7%) in the country.
Read MoreResults of a survey of performing arts presenters and festivals, showing the broad range of performing arts practices in Canada and their social and economic impact. Includes a communications toolkit with infographics and copy.
Read MoreA comparative analysis of research methods for understanding artists’ career paths, work conditions, and incomes, published by the Canada Council for the Arts. Identifies best practices and lessons learned in methodologies and approaches.
Read MoreThis report from Hill Strategies Research’s Statistical Insights on the Arts series provides an in-depth examination of the working lives of artists in Canada, including statistics on: the overall number of artists (over 180,000, more than auto workers or utilities workers), artists by occupation and industry, demographic information, and incomes.
Read MoreThis report from WorkInCulture profiles Ontario's Culture Sector labour market at an individual and organizational level, and identifies the challenges and opportunities the sector is facing, and recommends ways to move forward.
Read MoreBased on a survey of 3,156 members of Canadian Actors’ Equity Association (CAEA) in 2015, this report includes extensive demographic information as well as members’ views and experiences of barriers to employment.
Read MoreThe Calgary Arts Professionals Survey aimed “to learn how art is made in Calgary, what the lifestyle patterns and living conditions are for those working in the arts, and how Calgary is perceived as a supporter of arts activity”, based on a survey of 721 arts professionals. A key finding of the survey is that 53% of respondents had gross individual incomes below $35,000 in 2016.
Read MoreThe Writers’ Union of Canada’s 2018 income survey. The declining incomes of writers (from writing) is a key finding of the report. The survey found that, in 2017, “the average net income from writing was $9,380, while the median net income was less than $4,000”.
Read MoreAn extension of Statistics Canada’s Canadian Culture Satellite Account and the Provincial and Territorial Culture Satellite Indicators, that monetizes the exports and imports of culture in Canada and compares cultural exports between the provinces. Canadian cultural exports ($16.0 billion) represented 2.5% of all exports from Canada in 2016. Imports of culture products were $20.8 billion, or 3.1% of all imports to Canada in 2016.
Read MoreA review of the existing research on the status of women in the arts and cultural industries in Canada (with a particular focus on Ontario) commissioned by the Ontario Arts Council. Covers six sectors: visual arts, dance, theatre, literature, music, and media arts/screen. Key findings include employment inequality (divided by sector) and a gender-based income gap, despite equivalency in education and training.
Read MoreStudy to measure investment in capital projects in the cultural sector finds that 107 new cultural facilities opened across the world in 2017, costing a combined $9.9 billion, up from the $8.45 billion spent in 2016.
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