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Centre of Expertise on Culture and Communities
The Centre of Expertise on Culture and Communities (CECC), is a three-year initiative that builds on the Creative City Network’s demonstrated strengths in research, knowledge exchange, and public awareness. With Nancy Duxbury, PhD, as Director, the CECC is located at Simon Fraser University’s Vancouver campus.
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The Centre of Expertise on Culture and Communities, located at Simon Fraser University’s Vancouver campus, is a three-year initiative that builds on the Creative City Network’s demonstrated strengths in research, knowledge exchange, and public awareness.
The Centre of Expertise on Culture and Communities will be a dynamic, creative, and influential intelligence hub. Its activities include three interlinked components: knowledge generation (research), outreach and networking, and awareness/knowledge exchange. COMPONENT 1: Knowledge Generation A detailed and innovative research program has been developed as a comprehensive research framework which will be used to guide the Centre’s own efforts as well as coordinate research efforts of various partners. This framework is organized into three research streams: 1. Culture as the fourth pillar of sustainability: Understanding cultural dynamics, systems and support frameworks Stream 1 addresses the emerging policy-making environment and aims to provide a better contextual understanding of the dynamics, systems, and realities of local cultural development as well as culture’s contributions to community sustainability. 2. The state of cultural infrastructure in cities and communities Stream 2 addresses decision-making and community planning and aims to provide an enhanced understanding of the state of cultural infrastructure, the pressures upon it, and related infrastructure issues. 3. The impacts of cultural infrastructure on cities and communities Stream 3 addresses policy- and decision-making and aims to improve understanding of the impacts of cultural infrastructure on cities and communities, and to assess the measurability of these impacts. COMPONENT 2: Building and Linking Networks Building on the Creative City Network’s municipal membership, academic outreach, and other initiatives, the Centre for Expertise aims to nurture expanding networks and establish additional opportunities for engaging stakeholders. COMPONENT 3: Knowledge Exchange In order to increase awareness and understanding of the importance of cultural infrastructure investment as an integral component of community development, the Centre of Expertise aims to improve the distribution and use of the research generated and to catalyze knowledge exchange. The Centre of Expertise on Culture and Communities is advised by a national multidisciplinary team of project collaborators representing academe, key cultural organizations and agencies, and municipal cultural planning professionals. Director: Nancy Duxbury, PhD Administrator: Sheryl McGraw Centre of Expertise on Culture and Communities c/o CPROST – Simon Fraser University 515 West Hastings Street, Vancouver, BC V6B 5K3 nancy@creativecity.ca cultureandcommunities.ca T 604 268-7978
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