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The Canadian Cultural Observatory lists publications as a public service only and does not promote or endorse them in any way.
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"This toolkit is excerpted from a paper that reports on a research and technical assistance effort to examine creative-economy initiatives in upstate New York and how they can be translated into strategies for community and regional development in small and medium-size cities."
Creator(s): Susan Monagan, Susan Christopherson and Suzanne Loker | Date Published: 2007-08
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"Mapping the Arts & Health 2006 is an inventory of arts and health initiatives and resources in Alberta. This inventory is intended to provide information to enable effective networking among organizations, institutions and practitioners working in arts and health."
Creator(s): Alberta Foundation for the Arts | Date Published: 2007-07-24
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« C.H.O.R.U.S., l’un des 20 réseaux thématiques du programme URBACT, a traité de la question de la valorisation du patrimoine culturel dans une perspective de développement urbain. »
Creator(s): Délégation interministérielle à la ville | Date Published: 2007-06
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« Le présent document rend compte des échanges d’artistes et de créateurs issus de différentes disciplines artistiques, disciplines qui laissent une place plus ou moins grande à la relève et aux pratiques émergentes. »
Creator(s): Culture Montréal | Date Published: 2007-06
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"This Study is designed as an exploration of concepts such as ‘community’ and 'local cultural content'; the relationship of arts and culture to local communities; a review of previously completed research on the economic and social benefits of the arts and culture; and a review of quantitative and qualitative database on Canadian communities."
Creator(s): CONNECTUS Consulting Inc. | Date Published: 2007-05-31
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« Pour analyser certains projets, Culture Montréal s’est dotée d’un Comité sur les grands projets de développement et l’aménagement du territoire (GPAT). »
Creator(s): Culture Montréal | Date Published: 2007-03-26
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« Culture Montréal propose de doter Montréal d’une réelle “ capacité d’organisation stratégique de notre sphère d’influence dans le secteur culturel ”. »
Creator(s): Culture Montréal | Date Published: 2007-02
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Report using the Longitudinal Administrative Database (LAD) and the Longitudinal Immigration Database (IMDB) data to determine relationship between education and poverty levels of new immigrants within the past twenty years.
Creator(s): Garnett Picot, Feng Hou and Simon Coulombe | Date Published: 2007-01-30
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« L’objectif du présent essai est de passer au crible les arguments en faveur des PPP, sans autreconsidération morale ou politique que le respect de valeurs les plus consensuelles qui soient, comme la flexibilité (souhaitable au moins du point de vue des décideurs municipaux), l’imputabilité des élus, la transparence et ainsi de suite. Et à la fin de la démarche, il faudra tenter de voir si, l’un dans l’autre, le jeu en vaut la chandelle. »
Creator(s): Hamel, Pierre J. | Date Published: 2007
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"Vital Signs is an annual check-up conducted by community foundations across Canada that measures the vitality of our communities, identifies significant trends, and assigns grades in at least ten areas critical to quality of life."
Creator(s): Community Foundations of Canada | Date Published: 2007
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"This report introduces a definition of cultural vitality that includes the range of cultural activity people around the country find significant. We use this definition as a lens to clarify our understanding of data necessary, as well as the more limited data currently available, to document arts and culture in communities in a consistent, recurrent and reliable manner."
Creator(s): Urban Institute | Date Published: 2006-12-15
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« La construction du Centre hospitalier de l’Université de Montréal (CHUM) dans l’arrondissement de Ville-Marie et le développement urbain qui en résultera interpellent au plus haut point Culture Montréal. »
Creator(s): Culture Montréal | Date Published: 2006-12-11
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"Key Messages / What We Heard."
Creator(s): Collaborative Community Speaker Series | Date Published: 2006-10-26
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"Agenda 21 for Culture is the first document with a worldwide mission to establish the groundwork for cities and local governments to undertake cultural development. United Cities and Local Governments (UCLG) is the largest association of local governments in the world."
Creator(s): United Cities Local Governments | Date Published: 2006-10
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"This report summarises the outcome of IFACCA’s 25th D’Art question, which was a collaboration between IFACCA and Arts Research Digest (www.arts-researchdigest.) to produce an international literature review on arts and culture in regeneration to serve as background to the third World Summit on Arts asnd Culture, held in NewcatleGateshead, England, in June 2006 (www.artsummit.org)."
Creator(s): The International Federation of Arts Councils and Culture Agencies (IFACCA) | Date Published: 2006-08
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"The External Advisory Committee on Cities and Communities (EACCC) was created in February 2004 to help rethink the way Canada and its communities are shaped to ensure Canada will be a world leader in developing vibrant, creative, inclusive, prosperous and sustainable communities."
Creator(s): Government of Canada | Date Published: 2006-06-15
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A report prepared for the External Advisory Committee on Cities and Communities.
Creator(s): Enid Slack, University of Toronto, Larry S. Bourne, University of Toronto, and Heath Priston | Date Published: 2006-03-03
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«La culture est déjà au cœur de l’identité, de l’histoire et de la cohésion sociale de Montréal. Par cette politique, Montréal affirme aussi que la culture est un moteur essentiel de son développement, de son dynamisme économique et de sa prospérité future.»
Creator(s): Ville de Montréal | Date Published: 2005-08-30
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Forthcoming International Journal of Urban and Regional Research
Creator(s): Jamie Peck, Department of Geography, University of Wisconsin - Madison | Date Published: 2005-06-19
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"The Wallace Foundation's Community Partnerships for Cultural Participation (CPCP) initiative was intended to encourage community foundations to expand audience-building programs and provide direct support for local cultural organizations and artists."
Creator(s): Francie Ostrower | Date Published: 2005-06
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"With the flurry of recent attention and excitement around creativity and cities, it is worth reflecting on a simple question at the outset: what are creative cities for? In other words, why should we be interested in promoting the development of creative cities, and what societal benefits or objectives should we strive for when doing so?"
Creator(s): Meric S. Gertler, Canadian Policy Research Network | Date Published: 2004-08-13
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"This issue of The State of the World’s Cities report examines the cultural impact of globalization on cities – on how they are governed and planned, on the make-up and density of their population, and on their cultures and economies."
Creator(s): UN-HABITAT | Date Published: 2003
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"Since 1995, the Council has adopted a series of new priorities, with a greater emphasis on assisting artists and creators in under-served communities, Aboriginal communities and youth. These efforts will continue, and the Council looks forward to providing even more resources and assistance to artists and creators in rural and remote communities in the future."
Creator(s): Canada Council for the Arts | Date Published: 2001-12
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"This report discusses crucial ways in which America’s communities can be identified with, and supported and enhanced by, their art and culture.2 Art and culture are intrinsic to nations and to communities within nations."
Creator(s): Elizabeth Strom | Date Published: 2001-09
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Projects & Programs |
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"The Thompson Rivers University-based research program focuses on mapping quality of life and the culture of Canada's small cities, with a specific emphasis on Kamloops, Nanaimo, Prince George, Port Moody, and the cities of the Comox Valley."
Lead Managing Organization: Community-University Research Alliance (CURA) | Start Date: 2006
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"An international forum for research and policy on migration, diversity and changing cities"
Lead Managing Organization: Metropolis Project Team at Citizenship and Immigration Canada | Start Date: 1996
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Guides & Case Studies |
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"The Cultural Mapping Toolkit has been designed to take you through the entire mapping process, from creating an inventory to drawing up and presenting your map."
Creator(s): Creative City Network | Date Published: 2007-02-23
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Statistics |
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"This Internet report presents the highlights of the population and dwelling counts release from the 2006 Census of Population. Numerous coloured maps, figures and tables illustrate the latest trends and geographic patterns observed in the population data."
Creator(s): Statistics Canada | Date Published: 2007-03-13
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"The "Trends and Conditions in Census Metropolitan Areas" series of reports provides key background information on Canadian census metropolitan areas (CMAs) for the period 1981 to 2001."
Creator(s): Statistics Canada | Date Published: 2005-09-21
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"Statistics at a glance."
Creator(s): SaskCulture | Date Published: 2003-09
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"These profiles contain free information for all Canadian communities (cities, towns, villages, Indian reserves and Indian settlements, etc.), for counties or their equivalents and for metropolitan areas, as well as data for 2003 health regions."
Creator(s): Statistics Canada | Date Published: 2001
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Related Materials
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"The Institute for Research on Public Policy has just pre-released a chapter from a forthcoming book entitled Belonging? Diversity, Recognition and Shared Citizenship in Canada."
Creator(s): Katherine A.H. Graham and Susan D. Phillips | Date Published: 2006-11-30
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"The last 200 years of civilization are largely defined by our disparate visions of cities."
Creator(s): World Bank | Date Published: 2006-06
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"The long-term goal of the Framework Project is to have an accessible source of baseline information about municipal planning, policy, programming, and support in municipalities across Canada. Phase One is about designing the structure – the framework – for storing and retrieving this multifaceted body of information. This report summarizes, in tables and commentary, what we learned about municipal involvement in arts, heritage, and culture in 30 municipalities across Canada through a survey initially distributed in 2003."
Creator(s): Creative City Network | Date Published: 2006-03-22
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"Most Canadians live in cities, and many of these citizens are children and young people, but few of our cities are child-youth friendly. Growing Up in Cities Canada (GUICC) is a program about increasing child and youth involvement in cities."
Creator(s): Growing Up in Cities | Date Published: 2005-12-14
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"An examination of artists in Canada's provinces, territories and metropolitan areas, based on the 2001 census. This follows the September release of our national study of artists."
Creator(s): Hill Strategies Research Inc. | Date Published: 2004-10
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"CSC is a not-for-profit, charitable organization dedicated to consistently high standards for learning resources."
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"Established in 1978, the Centre for Creative Communities is an independent charity with extensive national and international experience."
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"The International Society for Third-Sector Research (ISTR) is a major international association promoting research and education in the fields of philanthropy, civil society and the nonprofit sector."
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"The Ontario Trillium Foundation is a catalyst that enables Ontarians to work together to enhance the quality of life in their communities. We believe that communities across Ontario are rich in talent, creativity and drive, and our grants stimulate communities to build on these assets."
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Creative City News
Creator(s): Creative City Network
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Featured from June to August 2004
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