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"This study examines the size and structure of the arts sector and systems of support in major metropolitan areas and identifies strategies for sustainability, with the aim of providing policy recommendations to the city of Philadelphia."
Creator(s): Kevin F. McCarthy, Elizabeth Heneghan Ondaatje, Jennifer L. Novak, RAND Corporation | Date Published: 2007-03
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« Les territoires, et notamment les territoires ruraux, sont assez facilement traités comme les objets d'une action que devraient mener les pouvoirs centraux. Pour éviter leur désindustrialisation, leur désertification, il revient à l'État de mener une politique active. »
Creator(s): Assemblée nationale française | Date Published: 2006-06-07
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"This presentation was made at a forum held at the Scarborough Civic Centre in Toronto, Ontario, on June 23, 2005. The forum “Governments and Neighbourhoods: Finding New Ways to Work Together” was organized by the Intergovernmental Committee for Economic and Labour Force Development (ICE) and the Strong Neighbourhoods Task Force Forum."
Creator(s): Neil Bradford, Canadian Policy Research Network | Date Published: 2005-09-16
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"The Sustainable Calgary State of Our City Project is an in-depth look at the health of Calgary's living environment. The goal of this project is to track Calgary's long term health using a set of sustainability indicators and to inform Calgarians of the city's progress through State of Our City reports."
Creator(s): Sustainable Calgary | Date Published: 2005-03
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"This paper explores the renewal of communities through rethinking the use of community resources and building relationships among these resources for mutually beneficial problem-solving."
Creator(s): Sherri Torjman | Date Published: 2003-12
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"This paper represents a first step in an exploration of the social and cultural dimensions of sustainable development. It also attempts to identify, in the Canadian context, some of the key challenges and opportunities for both governments and others, indeed for society in general, inaddressing the critical questions in this relatively unexplored area."
Creator(s): Dhiru Patel | Date Published: 1998-06-03
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"The National Round Table on the Environment and the Economy (NRTEE) is an independent advisory body that provides decision makers, opinion leaders and the Canadian public with advice and recommendations for promoting sustainable development."
Creator(s): National Round Table on the Environment and the Economy | Date Published: 2005
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"The Population Reference Bureau informs people around the world about population, health, and the environment, and empowers them to use that information to advance the well-being of current and future generations."
Creator(s): Population Reference Bureau | Date Published: 2005
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"One of the rationales for examining culture clusters is to better understand the link between culture and economic development."
Creator(s): Statistics Canada | Date Published: 2004-10
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"Our Land; Consensus Government; The Economy; Building on Our Strengths: Infrastructure; Human Resources."
Creator(s): Government of Nunavut | Date Published: 2004
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"EUROCULT21 – Urban Cultural Profile Exchange Project in the 21st Century was a thematic network financed by the EC-DG RESEARCH under its Environment and sustainable development programme – city of tomorrow & cultural heritage. It brought together representatives of 19 city authorities, 6 academic and research institutions from 12 different European countries and 2 Europe-wide networks (EUROCITIES and ENCATC) to examine the state of play of cultural policy within European cities and make recommendations for the future."
Creator(s): EUROCULT21 | Date Published: 2005
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"Culture is already at the heart of Montréal’s identity, history, and social cohesion. This policy is Montréal’s way of stating also that culture is a key vehicle of its development, economic vitality and future prosperity."
Creator(s): Ville de Montréal | Date Published: 2004-11
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"Sustainable development is a priority for Canadian Heritage. This document — our Sustainable Development Strategy (SDS) for the years from 2004 to 2006 — provides us with an opportunity to share our perspective on this important objective."
Creator(s): Department of Canadian Heritage | Date Published: 2004
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"Panel 2: Culture & Development: The Place of the Arts, Presented during the Second World Summit of Arts and Culture, November 2003 in Singapore."
Creator(s): Iman Al-Hindawi | Date Published: 2003-11
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"The meeting, which focused on Arts Education, Cultural Tourism, and Affordable Housing/Venues, was designed to inform The Plan of Nashville, an 18- month project to develop a community-based vision and design principle for metropolitan Nashville."
Creator(s): Center for Arts and Culture and the Curb Center for Art, Enterprise, and Public Policy | Date Published: 2003-07-10
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"This article presents research completed by the Social Cohesion Network."
Creator(s): Maureen Williams | Date Published: 2001-12-01
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"The arts community encompasses more than existing arts organizations and is continually developing and diversifying. As a result, the focus of discussion expanded to means of advancing collective thinking and action for the benefit of the arts sector now and in future."
Creator(s): Canadian Conference of The Arts | Date Published: 1997-10
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"The Centre Urbanisation, Culture et Societé houses a team of thirty-four full-time social scientists (professors/ researchers) working on a wide range of issues."
Lead Managing Organization: L'Institut national de la recherche scientifique (INRS) | Start Date: 2005
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"In April 1983, City Council initiated a Heritage Conservation Program. Both Council and the Vancouver Heritage Commission (then known as the Heritage Advisory Committee) realized that a comprehensive management program was necessary to identify the city's heritage resources, to develop incentives to assist in the conservation of those resources, and to create a greater awareness and understanding of our built heritage. There are three main components to the Heritage Program."
Creator(s): City of Vancouver | Date Published: 2006
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"The Sustainable Development Strategy for 2004-2006 reflects INAC's continuing efforts to integrate the principles of sustainable development into departmental decision making and, in partnership with First Nations, Inuit and northeners, to assist communities to achieve sustainability. This is a formidable challenge and one we know may take years to achieve."
Creator(s): Indian and Northern Affairs Canada (INAC) | Date Published: 2005
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"The three central themes around which Forum Barcelona 2004 is structured—cultural diversity, sustainable development and conditions for peace—were approved at the meeting of the UNESCO General Conference held in November 1997. The overall framework for the event was thus established: the task that remained was to define a starting point for the activities that were to be carried out."
Creator(s): Barcelona City Council, the Catalan Autonomous Government, Spanish Government | Date Published: 2004
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"Public Art Online is for anyone and everyone involved in public art whatever their discipline and whether new to the field or experienced professional."
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In Focus featured from October 2005 to February 2006 (Photo: Chinatown, Vancouver, Diana Leung)
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