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"Over the past several years, increasing attention has been paid to the expanding role that culture plays in the urban economy. Recent work emphasizes the role of the culture sector for encouraging economic growth, urban renewal and improving a city’s quality of life."
Creator(s): Michael Schimpf and Paul Sereda, Statistics Canada | Date Published: 2007-09-10
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"The culture sector has come to be recognized for both its economic and social contributions and the important role it plays in the vitality of a community. In addition to being a key defining aspect of a society, culture is a central element in the liveability of a city. This paper quantifies and assesses the role of culture employment in urban settings in Canada and the United States over the past two decades."
Creator(s): Paul Sereda, Statistics Canada | Date Published: 2007-08-16
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"The culture sector has been identified as a driver of economic prosperity in the urban and rural areas because of its direct and indirect contribution to the economy of a community."
Creator(s): Statistics Canada | Date Published: 2006-06
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"This basic guide has been prepared to help artists and arts professionals understand better the main issues that affect how and what they are paid when they work abroad in Europe."
Creator(s): Judith Staines | Date Published: 2004-03
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"The ways in which artists earn a living, the conditions in which they work and the laws and systems that support (and sometimes hinder) them have become increasingly popular subjects of research in the past fifteen years. Phyllida Shaw provides an introduction to the field and invites ARD readers to share their ideas about research that still needs to be done."
Creator(s): Phyllida Shaw | Date Published: 2004
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"Education in the arts and humanities always has been important to both America’s arts and culture and its competitiveness in a global economy. Indeed, one might well argue that a complete education in the arts and humanities is even more critical today."
Creator(s): Ann M. Galligan | Date Published: 2001-12
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"Multimedia is one of the new knowledge-based industries that is paving the way in Canada for continued job creation, sustained growth and the expansion of trade in the global economy."
Creator(s): Department of Canadian Heritage | Date Published: 1999-12
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