Profile of Small and Medium-sized Enterprises in the Canadian Cultural Industries

Nordicity Group Ltd.

Prepared for:
Department of Canadian Heritage

March 2004

About Nordicity Group Ltd.

Nordicity Group Ltd. (NGL) (www.nordicityl.com) is the rebirth of a successful strategy and policy consulting firm that merged in 1998 with Coopers and Lybrand. NGL started operations in 1981. Prior to its acquisition by Coopers and Lybrand (and subsequent merger with PricewaterhouseCoopers), NGL was one of Canada's leading business and policy consulting firms in the entertainment and media domain.

In 2002, NGL re-launched its operations as one of Canada's pre-eminent communications and media business consulting firms. NGL's principals bring considerable experience from PricewaterhouseCoopers with new skills, talent, and relationships, and now offer a greater range of solutions for enterprise transformation.

The new NGL helps organizations transform their business through sound strategic decisions, shrewd investments and resource commitments, and effective changes in processes. NGL also works with the public sector to assess the economic and business impacts of business conditions and policy or regulatory developments.

The new NGL has offices in Toronto and Ottawa, with associates in other Canadian cities. We also offer global delivery of our expertise through affiliations with international professional services firms.

Acknowledgements

Nordicity Group (NGL) would like to thank the many organizations and people who contributed to the development of this report.

The Department of Canadian Heritage was instrumental in the completion of this report. NGL would like to thank the project manager, Karyn Wichers, as well as Jean-Pierre Gauthier, Director, Film & Video Policy & Programs, Nadia Laham Director, Industry Development, Colin Sparks, Analyst, Industry Development, Katka Selucky, Senior Policy Advisor, Arts Policy, as well as all the members of Canadian Heritage's Departmental SME Working Group. We would also like to recognize the input of the Inter-Departmental Working Group for their assistance and input to the research design and process.

NGL would also like to thank the Research and Communications Section of the Culture, Tourism and the Centre for Education Statistics Division of Statistics Canada. Marla Waltman-Daschko, Tom Gorman, David Coish, Erika Dugas, and Fidel Ifedi provided excellent advice throughout the data collection process. At the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission, Anik Gibeault and Linda Wollenschlager were also very helpful in obtaining and interpreting broadcasting industry data.

We would like to also thank the many industry associations and cultural-industry representatives who took time out of their busy schedules to take part in our interviews and online survey. Without them, this project would not have been possible.

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