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Directories & Summaries

Includes a directory of BC-based organizations and associations with a stake in the cultural sector, and similar resources.

Cultural Sector HR Strategy Reports

Human Resource development strategies from other sources.

Cultural Sector Labour Force Studies by Area

Region/location-based studies.

Cultural Sector Labour Force Studies by Industry or Subsector

 

Other Relevant Research & Information

Directories & Summaries

Stakeholder Directory

• This 87-page directory contains brief descriptions of the mandates, locations and services of stakeholder organizations and groups throughout British Columbia. (297 k) Last updated: Fall 2004

Literature Search

• As part of the background research preliminary to our community consultation process, completed by InfoACT at the Vancouver Public Library. This document is in Word format. (922k) Last updated: Fall 2004

Symposium Report - Royal Roads

• Report of process and recommendations from a day-long gathering of cultural sector leadership in BC. Robert Blackwood. This document is in Word format. (188 k) Date of publication: Fall 2002

Cultural Sector HR Strategy Reports

Building On Success: A Human Resources Development Strategy for the Cultural Sector

• A pan-Canadian strategy for the cultural sector. Prepared for the Cultural Human Resources Council by T.J. Cheney Research, Inc (7770 k) Date of Publication: 2004

Cultural Sector Labour Force Studies - by area

Canada's Cultural Sector Labour Force

• Executive Summary of a Report commissioned by the Cultural Human Resources Council with funding from HRSDC under its Sector Council program. Hill Strategies Research for CHRC. (4442 k) Date of publication: 2004

North Central BC Cultural Sector Labour Market Study

• Prepared for Island Mountain Arts by Ecogistics Consulting,Wells,BC. (154 k) Date of publication: March 2002

Yukon's Cultural Labour Force

• Study commissioned by the Yukon Arts Commission with funding from HRSDC, (Zanasi, Taggart & Leaf) (210 k) Date of publication: February 2004

Cultural Sector Labour Force Studies - by industry/subsector

An Industry in Transition: The Sound Recording Industry in B.C.

Appendices

• Prepared for the Ministry of Community, Aboriginal and Women's Services, Canadian Heritage and Western Economic Diversification. Two documents. (357 k) Date of publication: January 2004

Other Relevant Research and Information

Creative Management Discussion Paper

• Discussion Paper identifying and focusing on issues specific to management in the cultural sector in Canada. authored by Jocelyn Harvey for the CCA & CHRC. This document is in Word format. (123 k) Date of publication: June 2002

Job Quality in NonProfits

• The Canadian Policy Research Network (CPRN) has been completing a series of studies into the working conditions of paid staff in not-for-profit organizations in Canada. As this is the organizational form that many cultural employers take, the information coming from this work is very informative for people working in, or planning a career in, the arts. This report is just one of the outputs of this work, and more recent information can be found on the CPRN website. McMullen & Schellenberg, CPRN 2003. (555 k) Date of publication: January 2003