THE GATHERING:

Measuring Impact of the Arts in the Context of Pluralism

PROGRAM

Tue. 23 May 2017 [7 PM - 10 PM] & Wed. 24 May 2017 [9 AM - 5 PM]

The Theatre Centre , 1115 Queen St West , Toronto ON M6J 3T4

Content:

The Gathering - a poem by Whitney French

May 23: Performances

May 24: Morning Sessions & About the speakers

Draft Annotated Bibliography

Research Assistants Bios

We would like to acknowledge the support of the Canada Council for the Arts, Ontario Arts
Council, Toronto Pearson International Airports Propeller Project, the Ontario Ministry of Citizenship
and Immigration and the Applegath Group, CIBC Wood Gundy.
The Gathering
By Whitney French. May 2016.

This poem was written as part of an interactive performance at CPAMOs 2016 The Gathering.

we are gathered here today

at this gathering
to grant voice to the voiceless
to delve deep into our unlearning, awareness
to be truthful to the beat of our hearts
to see the hearts in those
overshadowed by poverty
to be truthtellers
tohonour wisdom keepers
to simply be.
the arts, and all creation
is sacred, and there will be no
completion, no reconciliation
from a community unwilling to support
those in pain, i will come to you
with questions, and mistakes and failings
buti will also come to you with
love and my imperfections
and all the courage i can hold in my hands
volunteer your heart to each other
in the moment at this gathering
we are gathered here
to grow into the humans
our ancestors would be proud of.
Schedule:
MAY 23
7PM - 8PM Performances
8PM - 9PM Artists talks

MAY 24
8:30 AM - 9:00 AM Registration and refreshments
9:00 AM - 9:15 AM Opening remarks by charles c. smith
9:15 AM - 11:15 AM Morning group sessions
11:15 AM - 11:30 AM Break
11:30 AM - 12:30 PM Report back from the sessions
12:30 PM - 1:30 PM Lunch
1:30 PM - 3:30 PM Interdisciplinary group sessions
3:45 PM - 4:45 PM Report to the plenary
May 23: Performances
Letters to the Universe

Letters to the Universe is created and performed by queer woman of colour Shaunga Tagore, and
features five additional queer performers of colour: Jelani Ade Lam, Sze-Yang Ade Lam, Anabel
Khoo, Robin Akimbo and Shadrack Jackman. This play explores ideas and theories from astrology
and physics/quantum physics, and is grounded in individual and collective pursuits for social justice.

Shaunga Tagore is a creator, performer, writer, producer, astrologer and creative coach. She works
with theatre, dance, burlesque, memoir, poetry, song and video. Shaungas play, Letters to the
Universe, is inspired by her own experiences as a queer, brown woman navigating life, death, love
and magic. In this story, Shaunga time travels through alternate dimensions to meet her five Spirit
Guides who teach her the difference between her creative path and her destructive path. Letters
asks us to reflect on what kind of relationship we are actively creating with ourselves, and how
that informs the relationships we create with others, especially in a context of trauma, oppres-
sion and inner/outer violence. Letters was originally presented at Buddies in Bad Times Theatre
in 2016 and is now in its second year of development. Shaunga is thrilled to present a 30-minute
version of the new script at this years CPAMO gathering.

Webiste: www.shaungatagore.com

Adrenaline

Adrenaline tells the story of Jaber, a young Syrian man spending his first New Years Eve in Canada.
Jaber is ready to party tonight after he had to spend last New Years Eve under the bombs in his
war-torn homeland. This is a story about family and home. A story about what it means to be living
in safety while your loved ones are still in danger. The play asks: what is more difficult, to stay in
danger with your loved ones or to live alone in safety? What is the price of safety?
Adrenaline will be performed in Arabic with English surtitles.

Credits: Written and Performed by Ahmad Meree | Directed by Majdi Bou-Matar | Set Design:
Majdi Bou-Matar | Sound Design: Colin Labadie . Music: Original music: Colin Labadie | Song of
Halab: SamihShkeir | Other music: Traditional Music from Aleppo city | Lighting Design: Laura
Johnson-Sherratt. | Stage Manager: Natalie Mathieson

Ahmad Meree. Born in Aleppo in 1991, Ahmad started acting at school in 2005. He is a graduate of
the Higher Institute of Theatre Studies in Cairo. Ahmad played roles in multiple plays both in Syria
and Egypt, and directed Ionescos The Lesson and Chekovs The Bear (Best Directing Award). He
also wrote two plays, Underground (Best Original Script in the University competition, 2016) and
Adrenaline.Ahmad played the leading role in the short film Partially Cloudy. He is also a voiceover
and dubbing professional. He won the Best Actor Award in the Central Theatre Festival in Syria in
2008. Ahmad immigrated to Canada in July 2016 and Adrenaline is his first production in Canada.
Majdi Bou-Matar. Majdi Bou-Matar is a theatre maker and actor from Lebanon. He holds a Mas-
ters Degree in Drama from the University of Guelph. In 2004, Majdi founded MT Space, a re-
nowned theatre company committed to cultural diversity. His work tours nationally and inter-
nationally. His most recent credits include: The Raft,Paradise, Body 13 and The Last 15 Seconds.
Majdi is also the Artistic Director of IMPACT a biennial international theatre festival in Ontarios
Waterloo Region.

Archival Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FAf68tcwMzU

Life as Ceremony by Red Slam Collective

Red Slam Collective, a TD Toronto Arts Foundation Diversity Arts Award Finalist is an indigenous
hip hop fusion arts movement formed in 2009 and based in Tkaronto; whose 4Directions Urban
Arts workshops, musical projects, artist residencies and audience engaged performances uplift,
self-identify and promote unity through Spoken, Lyricism which Arranges Meaning (SLAM). Red
Slam is a collaborative cipher of medicine wheel Poets, MCs, Musicians, Dancers, Graf Writers and
Beat Makers they represent indigenous nation affiliations across Turtle Island and Internationally.

Red Slam Collective Contributors for Life as Ceremony:

MahlikahAwe:riEnmlgatSaqamasgw (The Woman Who Walks In The Light): is a (Haudenosaunee

Mohawk/Mikmaw) drum talk poetic rapologist; poet, musician, hip-hop MC, arts educator, radio
host, curator, facilitator, Director of Programming for Neighbourhood Impact for the TD Centre of
Learning Regent Park, TAC Cultural Leaders Lab Fellow and founding member of Red Slam Collective.
Awe:ri a KM Hunter OAC Literary Arts Award finalist released the spoken word EP Serpents Skin
in 2011, and is currently published in 6 literary anthologies. MahlikahAwe:ri is an indigenous arts
educator for the Ontario Arts Council; The Aboriginal Education Centre; the Art Gallery of Ontario;
TDSBCreates and TDSB EngagedArts. Recent projects include: The Symposium of the Americas on
Cultural Based Innovation at the Banff Cultural Centre in Alberta; Panelist and Facilitator for the
First Annual Naked Heart LGBTQ Festival of Words; Presenter Emergence Symposium | Arts &Equit:
Leading Social Change; Biology Of The Story featured Artist; Workshop Facilitator and Performer for
the First Nations Metis Inuit Storytelling and Poetry Symposium in Windsor, Ontario; Co-facilitator
for the Arts Equity Courage Lab Series hosted by Sketch and NAN; Emcee for the 4th Annual
Indigenous Arts Festival at Indigenous HipHop Showcase featuring Drezus and Supaman at Fort
York; Feature Poet for 1000 000 Poets for Change and Toronto Poetry Slam; Toronto For Everyone
Farewell to Honest EDs, Black Law Students Association, Lincoln Alexander Award Ceremony,
Osgoode Hall Laws School.

William Charbonneau, is the lead bassist, guitarist and one of the musical composers for Red
Slam Collective, has been with the collective since 2011. William holds a Master of Information,
University of Toronto, and a Bachelor of Arts with Honours, Double Major in Psychology and
Philosophy, York University. He is currently the Public Service Assistant and occasional Branch
Head, at both Centennial Library and Toronto Public Library.
Ruben Benny Esguerra, Indigenous from Bogota, Colombia lead percussionist for Red Slam
Collective since 2015, is a musician, poet, educator, activist and the current P.E.A.C.H: Music
Studio Programme Co-ordinator and Instructor in the Jane and Finch Community and holds
a M.A. of Musicology/Ethnomusicology from York University. As the lead creative behind the
New Traditions Project Ruben has released two recording projects which explore indigenous-
afro identity within South Americaand the Condor and Eagle prophecies of alliance of the South
and the North: New Tradition Album Vol 1, Released 2012; Return of the Kusi, Released 2016.

Classic Roots, Blackfoot and Anishnaabe, from Thunder Bay is a beat maker and DJ for Red Slam
Collective since 2013. As a producer, Classic released Hack the Planet in 2015, which won best
Pop Album at the 2015 Indigenous Music Awards. He is currently touring with DJ Shub, formerly
of Tribe Called Red for his new Electric Pow Wow Project and is featured in the music video,
Indomitable. When hes not making music Classic is also a POW Wow Fancy Dancer and Hip Hop
Workshop Facilitator.

Skratch won, Dene from Alberta, is a live artist, beat-boxer and Emcee for Red Slam Collective
since 2010. About a year and a half ago Skratch won founded Indagenius a hiphop crew about
social awareness through lyricism and clothing designs, and skate boards. Skratch won also
facilitates hiphop education workshops through Sketch and does Murals across Turtle Island.

Social media: http://twitter.com/RedSlam

https://www.facebook.com/RedSlamCollective
www.youtube.com/redslamcollective
May 24: Morning Sessions
1) Dance
- Kate Cornell, Canadian Dance Assembly
- Lata Pada, Sampradaya Dance Creations
- Catalina Fellay, Canadian Alliance of Dance Artists,
Ontario Chapter
- Ann-Marie Williams, CanDance Network

2) Theatre/Literature
- Rebecca Burton, Playwrights Guild Of Canada
- Sedina Fiati, The Storefront
- Sue Balint, Producer
- Banoo Zan, Poet
- Marjorie Chan, Cahoots Theatre
- Bruce Pitkin, Theatre Ontario
- Heather Wood, Equity Task Force The
Writers Union of Canada

3) Youth, Community, Multi-Arts

- Suma Nair, Sampradaya Dance Creations
- Ely Rosenblum, North York Arts
- Victoria Mata, Independent Artist
- Cole Stevens, Youth4Music Ambassador,
Emerging Cultural Leader of Northern Ontario
- milie Charlebois, Prologue to the Performing Arts

4) Multi-Disciplinary/Arts Services
- Jessa Agilo, Management Services
- Kirstiina Lemieux, The Generator
- Goreti Cardoso, B. Arts
- Michael Scarfo, Research Assistant/Humber College
Immigrants in the Arts Project
- Katelyn Buote and Christina Volpini, Humber Arts
Management Arts and Immigrant Settlement
Researchers

5) Visual and Media Arts

- Zainub Verjee, OAAG
- Clayton Windatt, Aboriginal Curatorial Collective
- Noa Bronstein, Gallery 44
- Jason Ryle, Imaginative
- Sally Lee, CARFAC Ontario
About the speakers:

Dance

Kate Cornell, Canadian Dance Assembly

Kate Cornell is a writer, arts advocate, and spokesperson based in Toronto.

Kate advocates nationally on behalf of the arts sector as the Co-Chair of the
Canadian Arts Coalition/la Coalition canadienne des arts. Kate has worked in
arts management for a range of organizations including: the Canada Dance
Festival, Toronto Dance Theatre, the CanAsian International Dance Festival,
Canadian Society for Dance Studies/La socit canadienne dtudes en danse,
DanceWorks and many more. Over the years, she has inspired thousands of
children to dance with the Learning Through the Arts program and the
National Ballet of Canadas education programs. In addition, Kate has taught
at several university performing arts and education programs. With a PhD in Communication and
Culture, her graduate research focused on Canadian cultural policy on dance at the federal level.
Her research has been published in anthologies, journals, magazines, and online. Kate Cornell
was the recipient of the Canada Councils John Hobday Award in Arts Management (2016).

Lata Pada, Sampradaya Dance Creations

Lata Pada is the Founder and Artistic Director of SAMPRADAYA Dance Creations,
an award-winning company at the forefront of Indian dance in Canada. She also
heads the SAMPRADAYA Dance Academy, Canadas premiere bharatanatyam
training organization.

She has had an extensive, international career as a bharatanatyam soloist and

her choreographic vision is compelled by her desire to redefine bharatanatyam
in the here and now as it navigates new and uncharted territory resulting in
a stunning range of solos, ensemble works and multi-disciplinary productions.

Pada holds a MFA in Dance from York University and is an Adjunct Professor on the Graduate Program
of Dance at York University.Pada is a recipient of the Order of Canada (2010) and has the distinction
of being the first Canadian South Asian artist to receive this prestigious national honour. Pada has also
received the Pravasi Bharatiya Saman (2011) by the President of India for her outstanding contribution
to the Indian arts in Canada. Recipient of the Queen Elizabeth II Diamond Jubilee Medal, Pada has been
inducted into the inaugural Legends Row of Mississauga. In 2012, Pada was awarded the Chalmers
Foundation Senior Fellowship from the Ontario Arts Council.
Catalina Fellay, Canadian Alliance of Dance Artists, Ontario Chapter

Catalina Fellay-Dunbar is a Toronto based dance professional and academic.

Her professional dance experience, although varied, has long been focused on
Flamenco and Classical Spanish dance. Catalinas academic interests prompted
the pursuit of a BFA and an MA in Dance Studies at York University, an MA from
the Drama Centre at the University of Toronto, and Certification in Movement
Analysis from the Laban Institute for Movement Studies. As a PhD candidate in
Dance Studies at York University, her research interests lie in the intersection
between Canadian cultural policy and dance forms outside of the ballet and
modern dance traditions. Currently, Catalina serves as co-chair of the Canadian Alliance of Dance
Artists - Ontario Chapter.

Ann-Marie Williams, CanDance Network

I am an Arts Manager and Dance Educator. I was a western dance graduate in

the mid 2000s (MA Dance, York; BFA Dance, Ryerson), and have worked at The
CanDance Network of Dance Presenters for over ten years. Im grateful for the
unique curatorial education I received there, through a decade of travelling
to Canadian dance festivals and sharing in the discussions of 45 of Canadas
professional dance presenters. I have served on the boards of the Canadian
Alliance of Dance Artists Ontario, and The Dance Current, and been a dance
juror for the Toronto Alliance for the Performing Arts DORA Awards.

As a dance educator, I design and teach non-gendered, creative movement classes to children
under seven through my own school, Movement Lab, which I opened in 2008. I am the author
of an award winning childrens book, Learn to Speak Dance, published by OWLKIDS Books, and a
regular collaborator with Small Print Toronto, creating unique interdisciplinary arts workshops for kids.

I am a queer wife and mother, both of which profoundly influence my creative and social identity
in beautiful ways. I grew up in a white, settler family in Toronto, which I now know and acknowl-
edge is the traditional territory of the Huron-Wendat and Petun First Nations, the Seneca, and the
Mississaugas of the Credit River.

Theatre/Literature

Rebecca Burton, Playwrights Guild Of Canada

Rebecca Burton has a BA in theatre and history from the University of Guelph,
an MA in theatre history from the University of Victoria, and she is a PhD ABD
from the University of Torontos Graduate Centre for Drama, Theatre and
Performance Studies.

Currently, Rebecca is the Membership and Professional Contracts Manager at

the Playwrights Guild of Canada, where she also co-founded Equity in Theatre
(EIT), a multi-stakeholder initiativedesigned to redress the underrepresentation of women and
other marginalized communities in the Canadian theatre industry.

Rebecca has a wealth of theatre experience, having worked as an arts administrator,editor,

educator, practitioner, and researcher. She wrote Adding It Up: The Status of Women in Canadian
Theatre (2006),the most comprehensive gender-based study of the sector to date. Most recently,
Rebecca co-edited the Winter 2016 Equity in Theatre issue of Canadian Theatre Review; she
edited Long Story Short: An Anthology of (Mostly) 10-Minute Plays, released by Playwrights Canada
Press in the fall of 2016; and she is the author of Playing the Long Game: Some Pros and Cons
of Working Collaboratively, which appears in emPowering Theatre, the spring 2017 edition of
Canadian Theatre Review. Rebecca also sits on CPAMOs Advisory Council.

Sedina Fiati, The Storefront

Sedina Fiati is a multidisciplinary artist, activist, producer and creator for stage
and screen. Sedina is proudly queer and of African descent. She holds a BFA
in Music Theatre and is the co chair of Canadian Actors Equity Associations
Diversity Committee and 2nd VP, Member Engagement and co chair of
ACTRA Torontos Diversity Committee. Sedina is also the Managing Producer
of The Storefront Theatre. Career highlights: outreach/rAizn coordinator (b
current), producer (30 People Watching), performer (Driftwood Theatre, 4th
Line Theatre), outreach coordinator (Black Boys at Buddies in Bad Times Theatre).
Sedina has been a part of CPAMO since 2009 and has been excited by the changes in the arts
industry in last 8 years.

Sue Balint, Producer

Sue Balint is a freelance producer who currently collaborates with Aluna Theatre,
Native Earth Performing Arts, Modern Times Stage Company, SummerWorks
and Chocolate Woman Collective. Recent projects include: Festival Producer
for Aluna Theatres CAMINOS and RUTAS panamericanas, Progress (Summer-
Works / The Theatre Centre), and Weesageechak Begins to Dance (Native
Earth); Producer for We Keep Coming Back (Toronto & Poland, Selfconscious),
The Death of the King (Modern Times), Modern Times / Aluna Theatres
acclaimed 2015 co-production of Blood Wedding/Bodas de Sangre; Associate
Producer for Counting Sheep (Toronto / Edinburgh Fringe Festival). Sue recently
co-produced Modern Times Postmarginal project, including the symposium Beyond Representa-
tion: Cultural Diversity as Theatrical Practice.
Banoo Zan, Poet

Bnoo Zan is a poet, translator, teacher, editor and poetry curator, with more
than 120 published poems and poetry-related pieces as well as three books.
Song of Phoenix: Life and Works of Sylvia Plath, was reprinted in Iran in 2008.
Songs of Exile, her first poetry collection,was released in 2016 in Canada by
Guernica Editions.Letters to My Father, her second poetry book, was published
in 2017 by Piquant Press in Canada. She is the founder of Shab-e Sher (Poet-
ry Night), Torontos most diverse poetry reading and open mic series. It is a
brave space that bridges the gap between communities of poets from different
ethnicities, nationalities, religions (or lack thereof), ages,genders, sexual orientations, disabilities,
poetic styles, voices and visions. Her poetry collection, Songs of Exile, has recently been shortlist-
ed for Gerald Lampert Memorial Award by the League of Canadian Poets.

Marjorie Chan, Cahoots Theatre

Marjorie Chan is a multidisciplinary artist born and raised in Toronto, working

as playwright, librettist, dramaturge and director. Her works for the stage have
been performed in the United States, Scotland, Hong Kong, Russia and across
Canada. Marjorie is the recipient of four Dora Awards (3 for writing, 1 for
performance), the K.M. Hunter Artists Award in Theatre, the Entertainment
World Award for Best New Work, as well as a Harold Award for her contribution
to the Toronto theatre community. Notable nominations include the Governor
Generals Literary Award for her playwriting debut, China Doll and the Canadian
Citizen Award for her work with Crossing Gibraltar Cahoots Theatres program
for newcomers and other marginalized communities. She has been artist-in-residence with Factory
Theatre, Banff Playwrights Colony, Tapestry Opera, Cahoots Theatre, Theatre Centre (with 6th Man
Collective), Theatre Direct Canada, SUNY (Geneseo, New York) and Theatre du Pif (Hong Kong).
Current projects include Lady Sunrise (Arts Club - Vancouver) The Monkiest King (Canadian
Childrens Opera Chorus) with composer Alice Ping-Yee Ho, and The Year of the Cello (Factory
Theatre) with composer Njo Kong Kie. Marjorie is the Artistic Director of Cahoots Theatre, since
2013, where her focus has been on artist incubation and development, community arts access as
well as advocacy for a broadening inclusivity in theatre for artists and audiences alike. www.cahoots.ca

Bruce Pitkin, Theatre Ontario

Bruce Pitkin is a trained theatre artist who has performed, directed, produced
and taught in Japan, Germany, the United States, and Canada. Since earning
an MFA in Performance from York University, he has worked with the Tadashi
Suzuki Company (Japan) and Shakespeare & Company (Boston). He was the
Artistic Director at both the Acting Academy (Munich) and the International
Michael Chekhov School of Acting (Munich), and has taught Shakespeare and
Scene Study at the Randolph Academy for the Performing Arts in Toronto since
2007. In 2013, he was named in NOW Magazines Top Ten Artists to Watch for
his directing work.
In addition to his extensive theater background, his business experience in marketing and digital
media has included working with such organizations as TeleFilm Canada, Canada Media Fund,
Capital C Communications, Adeo Communications, Digital Media Studios, alleswirdgut Agency
for Creative Direction (Munich), Schaeffler und Partner Multimedia (Munich), BioID AG (Berlin)
and Dialog Communications Systems (Taiwan).

He has served as a juror for the Dora Mavor Moore Awards and for the Toronto Arts Council, as
well as currently being the Co-chair of the PASO-OPSA (Provincial Arts Service Organization/Lor-
ganisation provinciale de services aux arts de lOntario) Coalition and the Chair of the Advisory
Committee for ArtsBuild Ontario.

Heather Wood, Equity Task Force The, Writers Union of Canada

Heather J. Wood was born and raised in Montreal and now lives and writes in
Toronto. Her feminist coming of age novel,Fortune Cookie, was published in
2009, and her young adult novel, Roll With It, was published in 2011. In 2016,
she was nominated for a World Fantasy Award for editing the international
Gods, Memes and Monsters anthology. Heather is the current co-chair of the
Writers Union of Canada Equity Task Force and is the Unions current Nominating
Committee chair. She is also the artistic director and host of Torontos Rowers
Reading Series.

Youth, Community, Multi-Arts

Suma Nair, Sampradaya Dance Creations

Suma Nair is the Asst. Artistic Director of Sampradaya Dance Creations, an

award-winning company at the forefront of Indian dance in Canada. Growing
up in the Middle East, Suma was initiated into the study of Bharatanatyam
when she was seven. She draws upon her training as an Indian Classical dancer
to create the foundation to explore new forms of dance expression that combine
Indian Classical and Contemporary styles.

With a Masters in Mass Communications and having worked in the fields of

Event Management and Public Relations, Suma uses her expertise to build a career in the
performing arts. Suma is a Documentary Film Production graduate from Algonquin College,
Ottawa. She was selected as part of a two-member team to create educational videos for the
NGO Save the Children in post-earthquake Haiti. Suma also holds an MFA in Dance Choreography
from York University and has received the Susan Crocker and and John Hunkin Scholarship in Fine
Arts for 2014-2015.
Ely Rosenblum, North York Arts

Active as an arts and culture educator, Ely Rosenblum has directed documentary
films and produced recordings for the British Library, the Smithsonian Institution,
the MIT Media Lab, and CBC Radio 1. His kaleidoscopic passion for the arts has led
to projects on American Sign Language performance art, West African storytelling
through song, and spoken word poetry in maritime Canada. Ely trained as a
documentary filmmaker at the Centre for Visual Anthropology at Goldsmiths,
University of London, where he co-founded ART/E/FACT, a publication and event
series of art and anthropology. He recently completed a PhD in the Faculty of Music
at the University of Cambridge, where he co-convened the conference and artist residency Sound
Studies: Art, Experience, Politics. Ely is the Development & Communications Manager at North York
Arts, where he is currently working to create an arts hub with expanded capacity in media arts.
He regularly teaches and publishes internationally, while focusing on local initiatives in newcomer arts
as the Chair of the Board of Directors at Airsa Art & Thought Association.

Victoria Mata, Independent Artist

Victoria Mata. Venezuelan-Canadian choreographer, dancer, and director. Matas career has
involved self-directed training, residencies for example at the Banff Arts Centre, Counter Pulse,
African American Art & Culture, and Centro de Investigacin Coreogrfica del Instituto Nacional
de Bellas Artes de Mxico and mentorships with internationally renowned choreographers such
as Debbie Wilson, Nicola Pantin, and Jose Carret. Mata has been an active member of Torontos
progressive arts and activist community and is the co-founder of MataDanZe Collective and con-
SECUENCIAS. Mata is an audacious visionary rooted in community, inspiring risk and utilizing art
as a vehicle for social change, and creating spaces to voice marginalized communities. Matas
emotive work has journeyed through Colombia, Venezuela, Cuba, El Salvador, Mexico, U.S.A. and
Canada. Since completing her Masters of Fine Arts in Contemporary Choreography at York
University, Mata continues to be a catalyst for artistic curiosity and the unpacking the diaspora
experience by exploring migrant identities. Mata is a recipient of the Metcalf Foundation, where
she is exploring a hybrid of languages in performance under the mentorship of Beatriz Pizano,
Dora-award winner, playwright and director of Aluna Theatre.

Cole Stevens, Youth4Music Ambassador, Emerging Cultural Leader of Northern Ontario

Cole Forrest is an Ojibwe artist and spoken word poet based out of Nipissing First
Nation in North Bay, Ontario. He strives to bring his understanding and passion
for the arts to a level that is perpetual. By always seeking new horizons and push-
ing to be the best he can be, Cole is forever learning new techniques to hone his
craft. Cole has trained and learned his craft through the Big Medicine Studio
in Nipissing First Nation and has showcased those skills at various theater,
spoken-word, and multi-arts festivals. Currently, Cole is creating, shooting, and
acting in short films for college and festivals. Cole Forrest is a Youth4Musc
Ambassador and is regarded as an emerging cultural leader of Northern Ontario.
He is proficient in movement, theater, media arts, music, and most notably, writing.
milie Charlebois, Prologue to the Performing Arts

milie Charlebois is the Operations and Program Manager at Prologue to the

Performing Arts. After completing her undergraduate studies at McGill
University (Honours Art History) in her hometown of Montral, she moved to
Toronto in 2011 to pursue a Joint Masters in Communication and Culture at
Ryerson University and York University. Her academic work focused on gender
ideologies and representation, which she further explored in her thesis paper
on portrayals of gender and sexuality in teen television programming. milie
was first introduced to the richness and diversity of Torontos Arts communities
when she launched the Toronto division of The Charlebois Post a volunteer-run online publica-
tion which provided national coverage of Canadian theatre, opera and dance. Throughout her
career, she has worked as an educator and administrator within organizations that are invested
in socially-engaged initiatives that contribute to the empowerment of women and young people,
such as The Girls Action Foundation, The Childrens Own Media Museum, and PAR-L .

Multi-Disciplinary/Arts Services

Jessa Agilo, Management Services

Jessa Agilo is an integrated arts producer, manager, entrepreneur, creator, and
development consultant with over 25 years of experience in the contemporary
performing, visual, literary, and media arts across Canada.

Founder, President & CEO of ArtsPond / tang dArts (an emerging national,
multidisciplinary charitable venture platform), Jessas experience includes
Roseneath Theatre, Ontario Culture Days, Music @ The Banff Centre, Workman
Arts, Vancouvers Queer Arts Festival, Montreals Blue Metropolis Literary
Festival, Business for the Arts, Kaeja dDance, Dreamwalker Dance, lb/sq, hum dansoundart, Dance
Umbrella of Ontario, and many more.

With the support of Canada Council for the Arts and Ontario Arts Council, Jessa is also currently lead-
ing the collaborative Arts Working Group (charitable venture platform networking and advocacy),
and Managing Creativity (e-learning content creation for aspiring and emerging artists-producers).
Recipient of the Humberto Santos Award in Administration, Jessas intimate creations have also
received honours including Gaudeamus and SOCAN Young Composers Competitions. www.agilo.ca

Kirstiina Lemieux, The Generator

Kristina Lemieux is an accomplished arts administrator with more than 18

years of experience, and contemporary dancer. Her passion for the arts has
driven collaboration, creation and innovation. A recent transplant to Toronto,
Kristina is the Executive Director of Generator.

Over the past decade, she has worked with many of the Vancouvers art
organizations: Arts Umbrella, New Works, Queer Film Festiva), Vancouver
International Bhangra Celebration, Playwrights Theatre Centre, Canadian Alliance of Dance
Artists/West Chapter (CADA/West), Tara Cheyenne Performance, Theatre Replacement, Progress
Lab 1422, Vancouver International Dance Festival (VIDF), Music on Main, and Vancouver Art Gallery.

In addition to her work at Generator, Kristina is the Artistic Producer for Brief Encounters, a
production company that supports, enhances, and amplifies the work of interdisciplinary artists
and spaces that light the fires of diverse, interdisciplinary creation. Recently, she launched The
Scaffold, a consulting, administration and skill development service designed to support performing
artists and groups.

Goreti Cardoso, B. Arts

Goreti Cardoso is an economic development professional specializing in arts

and culture, founder of B. Arts, a choreographer, and artistic director.
Combining her extensive work experience in the Torontos dance scene, and
the knowledge acquired through the University of Waterloos Local Economic
Development graduate program, Goreti Cardoso recently wrote a paper entitled
Attracting Creative Talent to Toronto: The Experiences of Immigrant Artists. In
this research, she explored what immigrant artists look for when they choose
a place to live, and the barriers they face in the city. As a consequence, her
passion and determination to support the multicultural community of dancers in Toronto grew
even more, determining new goals for her career. She recently founded B. Arts, a non-profit
organization that supports, connects and promotes the work of and serves the interests of
Brazilian dance artists and companies. Previously, Goreti has taught, performed, choreographed
and directed her first dance company, Brazil Dance World for many years, and in 2011, she found-
ed, designed and directed the first Brazilian dance congress in Toronto, the Brazilian Beat: Canada
Dance Congress. This four-day annual festival brought togetherover 100 international, local artists,
and dancers from all over Canada. This event fostered an increased sense of ownership and pride in
her ethnic group, and among the diverse arts communities around the city.

Michael Scarfo, Research Assistant/Humber College Immigrants in the Arts Project

Michael Scarfo is a research assistant for Humber College working on an

immigration and arts project that seeks to discover best practices and new
ways for supporting newcomers in Canada through arts and culture programs.
He has a bachelors degree in Psychology from Ryerson University and
has a strong interest in qualitative research. He is currently finishing his
post-graduate degree in the Research Analyst program at Humber College
with a strong focus on qualitative and quantitative research skills.
Katelyn Buote, Humber Arts Management Arts and Immigrant Settlement Researcher

Katelyn Buote is currently in the process of finishing up her Postgraduate

certificate in Arts Administration and Cultural Management at Humber
College. Having earned her Bachelor of Music from Humber College she is
now applying her knowledge of the music industry through her adminis-
trative intern position with Coalition Music, Canadas Music Incubator and
Tempo Educates. Kate is also a founding member of Alliedoscope Collective, a
group of like-minded individuals who provide a platform for underrepre-
sented artists to show their work. Kate has a passion for all art forms and
has experience in theatre, visual arts and music in both paid and unpaid positions.

Christina Volpini, Humber Arts Management Arts and Immigrant Settlement Researcher

Christina Volpini is a Toronto-based composer, music educator and early-

career arts administrator. With a practice rooted in contemporary classical and
experimental music, her interests lie in built sonic environments, rich textures,
found objects, and the effect of sound in particular spaces. Her commissioned
works have been performed in Toronto, Montreal, Edmonton, and New York.
In 2016, she completed a Masters in Music Composition at McGill University.
There, she also acted as a research assistant in the Music Perception and
Cognition Lab, conducting research into orchestration and timbral blend. This
work has informed her music and artistic practice.

Christina also enjoys work as an arts manager. She holds a post graduate certificate in Arts Ad-
ministration and Cultural Management from Humber College. Her primary interests lie in artistic
programming and production, arts education, and creating opportunities for underrepresented
communities. Christina is a core organizer of the Toronto Creative Music Lab, a grassroots pro-
fessional development workshop for early-career composers and performers promoting collabo-
ration, experimentation, and anti-oppression within the new music community. Christina is also
active in arts advocacy initiatives, such as the Ontario Arts Councils Arts Day at Queens Park and
the Toronto Alliance for the Performing Arts Arts Day at Toronto City Hall.

Visual and Media Arts

Zainub Verjee, OAAG

Zainub Verjees (Executive Director, Ontario Association of Art Galleries) work

has shaped culture policy at all levels of government as well as growth of
cultural institutions and organizations. As the inaugural Director, Office of Arts
and Culture at Mississauga, Verjee set up the citys first Culture Division and
developed the first comprehensive Culture Master Plan. As Senior Policy Advisor,
Arts Policy Branch, Department of Canadian Heritage and Program Officer at
the Canada Council for the Arts, she served on cross-sectoral portfolios and
developed initiatives in Digital Culture and Artist as Researcher. Prior to her
work with the Federal government, she was the Executive Director at the Western Front, Vancouver,
and co-founder and Co-Director of In Visible Colours. She was engaged by Gordon Campbell,
Canadian diplomat and the 35th Mayor of Vancouver on his landmark Vancouver Arts Initiative,
and among many appointments to Boards, she is proud of her work at the B.C. Arts Board that led
to the formation of the B.C. Arts Council. She is published widely and is invited to speak nationally
and internationally on culture policy, contemporary art and cultural diplomacy.

Clayton Windatt, Aboriginal Curatorial Collective

Clayton Windatt. Born in St. Catherines, Clayton Windatt has lived in the North-
eastern region of Ontario for most of his life and is a Mtis Multi-artist. After
previously working as Director of the White Water Gallery Artist-Run Centre
for seven years he now works as Interim Director of the Aboriginal Curatorial
Collective and as an independent curator. He works actively with several arts
organizations locally, provincially and nationally on committees and boards of
directors including the National Arts Service Organizations planning committee,
the Visual Arts Alliance and CARFAC Ontario. Clayton maintains contracted
positions with various theatre programs and works as a writer for Muskrat
magazine and Dispatch magazine. He works with the Aanmitaagzi, ON THE EDGE fringe festival,
Future In Safe Hands Collective and with Business for the Arts as a Mentor for their ArtsVest program.
He is a writer, designer, community engaged artist, curator, performer, theatre technician, consultant
and is an active visual and media artist.

Noa Bronstein, Gallery 44

Noa Bronstein is a curator and writer based in Toronto. She is currently the
Executive Director of Gallery 44 Centre for Contemporary Photography.

Jason Ryle, Imaginative

Jason Ryle is the Artistic Director of the imagineNATIVE Film + Media Arts Festival
based in Toronto, Canada. imagineNATIVE is the worlds largest showcase of
film, video, audio and digital media works created by Indigenous media artists.
In his capacity as Artistic Director, Jason oversees all artistic and programming
aspects of the annual Festival and the organisations year-round activities,
including international co-presentations. He is a lapsed filmmaker but has
recently produced his first short film, SNIP (2016), which premiered at the
Toronto International Film Festival and screened at Berlinale Generation
where it won a Special Mention in its category.
Sally Lee, CARFAC Ontario

Sally Lee is Executive Director of artists rights organization CARFAC Ontario.

She also serves on the board of Wavelengths Music, the Advocacy Committee
of the Toronto Arts Foundation, and the Advisory Board of Reel Asian. She is
also a 2016-17 TAC Cultural Leaders Lab Fellow. With over 25 years experi-
ence working in the arts, she served as ED at the Reel Asian International Film
Festival, and has held management position at larger institutions such as TIFF
and Soulpepper Theatre Company. Other groups she has worked with as a
staff or volunteer board/committee member include the Canadian Filmmakers
Distribution Centre (CFMDC), Liaison of Independent Filmmakers of Toronto
(LIFT), the Images Festival, Artists for Peace and Justice Canada, Samara Canada, Pan Am Path,
BorderLines Magazine and the Womens Press. She has participated in the production of several
independent films music videos, and also currently plays bass and sings in Toronto band Long
Branch. She attended McMaster University and has a BA from the University of Toronto, where
she studied in the Philosophy and Literary Studies program at Victoria College.
Draft Annotated Bibliography
Belfiore, Eleonora, and Oliver Bennett. Beyond the Toolkit Approach: arts impact evaluation
research and the realities of cultural policymaking. Journal for cultural research 14.2 (2010): 121-
142. Web. 19 April, 2017. http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/14797580903481280

In this theoretical essay, the authors critique the notion that assessments of the impacts of
arts-related programming should be conducted exclusively through the methodology of the
social sciences. In contrast to this toolkit approach, the authors propose a humanities-based
methodology that avoids the simplifications required in analogizing between different art forms
and their impacts on different communities. The authors proposed approach involves scruti-
nizing the values and beliefs that are at stake in matters of cultural policy practice. The authors
argue that assessing the value of cultural policies in merely instrumental terms affects the way
in which policy-makers frame and orient themselves towards problems by broadening the
sphere of research to include evaluations grounded in the humanities, the authors hope to
raise issues, probe assumptions, [and] stimulate debate regarding existing approaches to policy-
making.

Boschma, Ron A., and Michael Fritsch. Creative class and regional growth: Empirical evidence
from seven European countries. Economic geography 85.4 (2009): 391-423.

This empirical study seeks to test the theory that the presence of members of the creative
class in specific geographic regions has a causal relationship with economic growth in those
areas. In order to test this hypothesis, the authors conduct multivariate regression analyses
of demographic and economic data for approximately 500 regions in in Europe. The authors
findings indicate that there exists evidence of a correlation between the presence of members
of the creative class and increased levels of employment and entrepreneurship. However, the
authors note that the nature of the nature of the causal relationship between the two is not
clear, in that it could be that the presence of the creative class is a cause of improved economic
outcomes, or the reverse, or a combination of the two. Creative class membership is also found
to be strongly associated with a climate of tolerance and openness (i.e. demographic diversity),
as well as population density. In further distinguishing between members of the creative core
(idea-generators), creative professionals (lawyers, business people, etc. who work for arts-
based organizations), and bohemians (those engaged in cultural and artistic occupations), the
authors find that these sub-categories show different levels of correlation with other regional
factors; public infrastructure (health and education) is shown to a significant factor for the
creative core, but not creative professionals or bohemians, A cultural opportunity index
(representing the percentage of the population working in cultural industries) is strongly cor-
related with the presence of bohemians, but is only found to be significant for the creative
core and creative professionals when bohemians are excluded from the analysis, which may
indicate that bohemians are particularly attracted to regions with high levels of employment
opportunity in the cultural sphere. The presence of cultural and regional amenities were
found to have negligible effects on the presence of the creative class.
Brandellero, Amanda. Crossing Cultural Borders? Migrants and Ethnic Diversity in the Cultural
Industries. Amsterdam: Amsterdam Institute for Metropolitan and International Develop-
ment Studies University of Amsterdam, 2009. Web. 24 Feb. 2017. https://pure.uva.nl/ws/
files/870607/79722_brandellero01.pdf

This study investigates the extent to which cultural industries enable the expression of diversity
within a community, with a particular focus of the contributions of migrant artists working in
Europe. The study aims to shed light on three main dynamics within these industries: 1) the
extent to which ethnic diversity fuels innovation in the processes of commodification of
culture; 2) the dynamics through which cultural industries shape the boundaries between ethnic
and non-ethnic cultural products; and 3) the ways in which ethnicity acts as an advantage or
disadvantage from the perspective of creative workers. The original research presented in this
paper is drawn from interviews with thirty cultural entrepreneurs working within the archi-
tecture, music, and fashion industries. The authors note that the role of ethnicity in cultural
production and consumption is strongly affected by globalization the broadening awareness
of other cultures creates increased demand for creative output grounded in those cultures,
while at the same time creative workers are themselves exposed to a greater variety of cultural
influences. In this sense, interactions between majority and minority cultures are not so much
a matter of one-way assimilation as they are a process of interpenetration of cultural practices
and beliefs. Applying an approach grounded in economics, the authors suggest that that diversity
within large cities serves to shape an opportunity structure that enables migrant cultural workers
to make use of their backgrounds as a valuable resource, but which can also act as a constraint by
shaping the expectations of consumers and gatekeepers within the cultural marketplace. Based
on their findings, the authors identify values and methods to be applied in the areas of advocacy,
access, and development, with the aim of enhancing intercultural dialogue through the activities
of cultural industries.

Bridgwood, Ann, et al. Focus on Cultural Diversity: The Arts in England Attendance, Participation
and Attitudes. Arts Council England, 2003. Web. 24 Feb. 2017. http://www.bfi.org.uk/sites/bfi.
org.uk/files/downloads/uk-film-council-focus-on-cultural-diversity-the-arts-in-england.pdf

A survey exploring the state of the arts scene in London, England as of 2013. Explored various
detailed facets of the diverse communities that make up the London arts and culture scene,
with exact numbers and feedback from survey participants. Paid particular attention to African-
English and Asian-English participants in the audience and artists sub-groups. In the later half of
the project, the paper also explored general sentiments and attitudes towards the arts from
respective minority groups. Unfortunately, there were no specific recommendations made
based off of these survey results, seeming to have been designed for the purpose of reference
for future policy makers and programming coordinators and designers.
Brown, Alan, and Noval. Jennifer. ASSESSING THE INTRINSIC IMPACTS OF A LIVE PERFORMANCE.
N.p., 2007. Web. 27 Mar. 2017. http://kristinalemieux.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/
WB-Intrinsic-Impacts-Live-Performance.pdf

This research explores the multi-dimensional, intrinsic impacts of live performance programming
from surveying individuals attending a cross-section of 19 theatre, music and dance presentations
over a six-month period in 2006. The purpose of the study was to examine individual, short-term
benefits of intrinsic impact in order to spark discussion on how the information can be used by
presenters in their programming choices and achieve a higher level of effectiveness going for-
ward. This qualitative research explored and tested a number of hypotheses and several research
questions. The author argues that intrinsic impact, instead of satisfaction measures, provide art
presenters with strategic evidence for mission fulfilment on touring programs and outcomes. The
methodology design included a two-tiered use of questionnaires focused on three constructs to
understand readiness-to-receive the art (context, relevance and anticipation) before a show and
six constructs on its intrinsic impact (captivation, intellectual stimulation, emotional resonance,
spiritual value, aesthetic growth and social bonding) after the performance. Focusing on eight
presentations from indigenous and ethno-racial artists, a positive correlation exists between
context about the performers/ work and higher levels of impact. Two prominent companies
(Ailey and Soweto Gospel Choir) achieved the highest responses of intrinsic impact with
inspirational dance and songs; high captivation, spiritual value; and anticipation and focus by the
audience. Marketing/communication methods revealed that buyers opt into art experiences that
reinforce cultural identity and validate preference and tastes. The authors specifically highlighted
that artists (companies) of color dominated with high levels of intellectual stimulation and emotional
resonance among diverse audiences. Aesthetic growth was high among indigenous and ethno-racial
presentations based on exposing creativity that is new or unusual, therefore the intrinsic value is
attracting new audiences, evoking the audience to become more creative and changing how they
feel about the presented art form. Social bonding during a Soweto Gospel Choir performance
revealed a high level of connectedness transcended racial/ethnic boundaries among its audience.
This study claims that the social impact of culturally-specific programming supports celebration
of cultural heritage, intercultural learning for those who are from other cultures and broadens
perspectives on social issues. Limitations in the data include the fact that each performance or art
discipline does not generate results for all construct categories. Additionally, due to sample size
from respondents of color, there was an inability to determine a high level of empathy
when cultural backgrounds of artists and audience aligned. After individual analysis on
each construct, the relationships between readiness and impact conclude that 1) intrinsic
impact can be measured; 2) different performances have different impacts and 3) intrinsic
impact is too unpredictable and dependant on the performance. Strategic implications were
provided to arts presenters to consider an engagement approach and to critically explore
additional impact constructs based on a snapshot of an impression an artist leaves on its
audience.
Canadian Arts Presenting Association. The Value of Presenting - Value of Presenting_Final.pdf.
Ottawa, Canada: N.p., 2013. Web. 3 Mar. 2017. http://www.capacoa.ca/valueofpresentingdoc/
ValueofPresenting_Final.pdf

This extensive research of the Canadian arts and culture sector from the past 5-6 years highlights
the changing paradigms and demographics of the sectors audiences. The act of attending to
experience any art form has become a mainstream of ordinary Canadians (p. 20) regardless
of socio-economic status, and the 25-34 years age bracket has exceeded the baby boomers
audience by another 14%. Despite these changes, however, the report shows that the paradigm
of the arts being only for an exclusive elite has yet to change, represented through inaccessi-
ble pricing of tickets, unavailability of support for non-downtown core arts facilities, and the
sectors continuing futile focus on an audience that is dwindling in numbers. CAPACOA recom-
mends that arts presenters and organizations come to engage with their public as two different
groups: the usual audience base known for purchasing the tickets to see the productions and
shows, and the public community which also consists of members that are not a part of a
presenters audience base. This responsibility to giving back to the community that supports
these organizations through taxpayers money is to also give insight into how to plan future
programming for an untapped potential audience pool within the community.

Cohen, Gene D. et al. The Impact of Professionally Conducted Cultural Programs on the Physical
Health, Mental Health, and Social Functioning of Older Adults. The Gerontologist 46.6 (2006):
726734. academic.oup.com. Web. 27 Mar. 2017. https://academic.oup.com/gerontologist/
article/46/6/726/584645/The-Impact-of-Professionally-Conducted-Cultural

The results and of a multi-site, longitudinal study on the impact of arts programmes on the
general, mental and social health conditions of 65+ years adults in Washington, Brooklyn and
San Francisco explore the seldom explored aspects of regenerative geriatrics, where the con-
ditions of the elderly and aging can be improved - not left to deteriorate - through participa-
tion of various arts programmes. The report is part of a larger change in approach to later-life
care that claims those entering later adulthood can find renewed independent lifestyles with
the right approaches, and that serious transformation of the current support system is need-
ed to properly provide for this part of the population. The intervention group explored in this
study were mainly focused on those who joined the local homes chorale. Drastic improvement
in all aspects of the previously-mentioned health categories across all of the observed arts
programmes, but the most significant numbers came from the chorale. Inferring into the data
provided and the scientific health benefits of singing (especially in a supportive group), these
higher ratings could be due to singing itself being a physical and cognitive exercise, known to
build the core and diaphragm with regular practice, as the chorale would need. There is also the
cognitive practice that comes from learning a new skill, such as note-reading. Such cognitive ex-
ercises have been known to keep the brain refreshed and active even in later years in life. Along
with other detailed findings noted in the study, the paper provides valuable instrumental value
benefits (see Malatest for definition) of societal involvement in the arts sector.
Comunian, Roberta. Rethinking the creative city: the role of complexity, networks and interactions
in the urban creative economy. Urban Studies 48.6 (2010). Web. 19 April, 2017. https://xa.yimg.
com/kq/groups/86435364/1476161063/name/Rethinking+the+Creative+City+The+Role+of+
Complexity,+Networks+and+Interactions+in+the+Urban+Creative+Economy.pdf

This study contrasts two methodological approaches to cultural program funding - the flagship
program model and a process-oriented model - in the context of creative city policies. These
policies are based on the theory that a citys economic success can be stimulated by fostering
support for the creative class. Here, cultural infrastructure such as museums and art galleries are
used as proxies in calculating indices designed to measure the strength of the creative industry.
In keeping with this approach, many cultural initiatives are modeled as flagship programs
wherein a specific area is targeted for a large top-down infusion of funds and support . How-
ever, this approach may neglect the networks and agents that are responsible for cultural
production in the city at large. The author draws on interviews with creative workers in the
North West region of the England to demonstrate that the creative class and the creative
industry (i.e. cultural workers) represent two different polities, and that interventions that
favour one group may not benefit the other. In addition, the author draws on complexity
theory in portraying urban cultural industries as open-ended, dynamic, path-dependent, and
non-deterministic; these features indicate that cultural policies should be centred around
processes rather than outcomes. In particular, the author notes that the goal of attracting
new talent from without should be balanced against the need to provide funding and support
for local workers in creative industries.

Creative City Network of Canada. Arts and Positive Change in Communities. Vancouver, BC: Creative
City Network of Canada, 2005. Web. 6 Apr. 2017. https://www.creativecity.ca/database/files/
library/arts_positive_change(1).pdf

This report by the Creative City Network of Canada explores how the arts provide positive
changes in our communities through public dialogue, creative learning and development,
empowering communities and encouraging activism and advocacy, as well as building capable
leaders of tomorrow. Public dialogue is seen to encourage inter-disciplinary and inter-cultural
intellectual property exchange, which would encourage the utilization of platforms for self-
expression across different backgrounds. The art that is generated through this public dialogue
would also open up more pathways into discussions than before. The creative learning
and development aspect of the report takes a look at how the arts stimulate creative problem-
solving and innovation within groups. The alternative, individual expressions of oneself and
ones ideas and beliefs would go on to encourage different methods of approaching the
topics that the artworks would present across all sensory paths. The lack of hierarchy in
art forms encourage positive social interactions and mutual support, which in turn encourages
open-mindedness. The following three aspects: Empowering communities, activism/advo-
cacy and growing leadership hones in on the importance of encouraging participation in the
previously-mentioned active art forms, ultimately making citizens cultural participants,
who all have different experiences to bring to the table to contribute to important social
discussions. This aspect of the report also notes that part of empowering communities
includes reaching out and including rural satellite communities with the downtown core, with
 art forms acting as that bridge between experiences. (Art often has the power to captivate
- that is, the intrinsic ability calling us out of ourselves and stimulating rapt involvement.
(p.7)) With a heightened exchange of information and ideologies, there would be more skills
available for young members to start becoming future leaders, which would also allow ease
in crossing into other fields. In short, the ultimate conclusion Creative Citys report comes to
is closing all gaps, across all socio-economic standings, and coming to understand each other
for our differences rather than being averted by them.

Cultural Participation by Persons with a Disability and Older Persons. National Centre for Culture
and Recreation Statistics, 2003. http://www.abs.gov.au/ausstats/[email protected]/Previousproducts/
4147.4.55.001Main%20Features9Mar%202007?opendocument&tabname=Summary&prodno
=4147.4.55.001&issue=Mar%202007&num=&view=

This is a purely statistical survey results document on the participation rates of older people
(55+ years) and for people with disabilities in the arts sector in Australia. While it is unclear how
these statistics could be of use in the Canadian context, the categories and definitions of different
disabilities that could keep people at bay from participating in cultural and artistic activities
could be a good launchpad for a similar analysis of Canadians, including refining the definitions
stated in the AODA.

Culture on Demand Ways to Engage a Broader Audience. Department for Culture, Media, and
Sport, 2007. Web. 24 Feb. 2017. http://www.maximsurin.info/wp-content/uploads/pdf/ways-
to-engage-a-broader-audience.pdf

This report is the result of a six-month investigation into the driving forces behind the demands
of priority groups, namely those from BME (Black and minority ethnic) and low socio-economic
groups. It should also be noted that this is the capsulated version of the full report, so certain details
are missing. The report focuses on the following categories: children/family, social, identity,
place, experience and trust. Within these six categories, a handful of strategies and program-
ming tactics are recommended for each group. The report chooses to focus on these priority
groups due to statistics showing that members of these groups are less likely to engage with
the arts sector compared to other groups. The report argues that cultural engagement is
entirely reliant and is a part of a self-reinforcing process that all human individuals partake in.
The context of our upbringings influence our personal experiences throughout life, which ultimately
guides in deciding how involved with the arts we wish to be. This method of approach to the research
has heavy roots in sociology and psychology, as well as some influence from urban studies. At the
children/family level, the topic of early impression is discussed, stating that many parents
want their children to be engaged with and aware of history through interactions with the her-
itage sub-sector (approx. 81-95% of parents, depending on which study is being referenced).
As a way to answer these calls, the report recommends implementing education programmes even
in more non-central schools, creating family-friendly entertainment that can be experienced
by the whole family (to encourage better familial relationships), and to make partnerships with
non-central schools more accessible, allowing an opportunity for education through school
trips to museums and art galleries. Aside from the children/family debate, all other categories
are closely interrelated. It begins with how the individual perceives themselves through self-
 esteem and self-identity, and being aware of who they are. From there, they begin to engage
with art forms that connect with the criteria discovered within themselves, which leads to social
networks and connections that grow the aspects of the individual that are in common with the
group. In this new environment of belonging, we are then inspired to return that favour to our
community groups and eventually take on leadership roles to provide as much of our individual
services to the cause as needed. The report calls these people cultural drivers: individual and
societal drives that ultimately decide for us whether we participate openly or not. With the
rise of new technologies and improved interfacing of the Internet, its now easier than ever to
access the arts and the communities for them. With this change in available technology, and
the case that many minority groups are being excluded from the current system, the report
also recommends that changing marketing and programme planning set-ups according to the
information provided. This, however, is incredibly vague, and no actual methodologies are recom-
mended. However, the suggestions for programming made in their graphics are well-worth the
look for referential purposes.

Daykin, Norma et al. The Impact of Participation in Performing Arts on Adolescent Health and
Behaviour: A Systematic Review of the Literature. Journal of Health Psychology 13.2 (2008):
251264. PubMed. Web. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmedhealth/PMH0026793/

This article uses a systematic review method to evaluate literature that discusses the impact
of participation in arts for health for young people in non-clinical settings. The assessment
is based on an emerging 10-year period (1994-2004), where research and evaluation in arts
and health was fairly new and open to diverse methodologies. Out of 9 quantitative and 6
qualitative studies, most focused on drama with little data on non-drama interventions among
the adolescents aged 11 - 18. With the heterogeneity and diversity of results, it was difficult
for authors to compare and generalize findings. Overall, four key areas of impact did emerge:
peer interaction, social skills and empowerment; improved attitudes and knowledge on drug
use and sexual health. One study identified a theatre program addressing health related topics
that benefited African-Canadian youth. Impact assessment of this specific case used thematic
grounded theory to categorize positive themes: development of social and performing arts
skills along with increased health knowledge. In this case, drama intervention was usefully
applied by involving young people through action and addressing their concerns through group
work. The article did not address the need or impact for culturally-specific arts interventions.
In conclusion, the review revealed innovative studies but challenges in researching perform-
ing arts interventions. This includes study design, reported procedures of data collection and
analysis of qualitative research with inappropriate comparisons and a need for reduced bias
with self-selected samples. The authors argue for a need for both quantitative and qualitative
research on health impact of arts interventions.

EKOS RESEARCH ASSOCIATES. Survey of Performing Arts Presenters Value of Presenting: A Study of
Arts Presentation in Canada. Ottawa, Ontario: Strategic Moves & CAPACOA, 2012. Web. 26 Mar.
2017. http://www.capacoa.ca/valueofpresentingdoc/Presenters_Survey_Report.pdf

The results of this Arts Presenters survey led by CAPACOA and gathered together by EKOS
Research examines the demographic reach and organizational structures of the participating
 organizations. Presenters were examined in five priorities: fostering art/artist development,
initiating and sustaining partnerships between local stages and new artists, the organizations
role as a nurturer, community building/economic participation, and organizational partner-
ships. The survey found that many presenters were least concerned with government fund-
ing, choosing to opt for outreach instead, leading to a potential instability in financial status
for certain organizations who choose to focus on audience groups that are losing numbers
in the population. Larger organizations who have enough support for their own venues were
found to be less likely to put a mandated emphasis on arts presentation, especially that of
new talent. Instead, they would choose to opt for staff support, education and venue support,
as well as programming (most often from an existing pool of artists). From this information
alone, finding ways to support smaller arts presenter organizations is recommended, as they
are often the most likely to desire to support new and irregular artists. Regardless of these
differences in mandate-driven activities, 50% of performing arts presenters (which already
makes up a huge chunk of the Canadian arts sector) put an emphasis on cultural diversity and
minority languages, including Aboriginal communities. This shows that there is a common
goal across most word-based art forms to be as inclusive as possible, albeit we see this more
with smaller organizations, which calls back to the earlier recommendations of providing extra
support for smaller organizations with artist-driven mandate activities.

Equality, Diversity & the Creative Case A DATA REPORT, 2012-2015. London, England: Arts Council
England.http://www.artscouncil.org.uk/sites/default/files/download-file/Equality_Diversity_
and_the_Creative_Case_A_data_report_2012-2015.pdf

In this equity and diversity report by the National Portfolio Organisation and Major Partner
Museums, the state of equality amongst artists and arts managers are explored through a series
of captivating graphics with mind-boggling statistics showing a disparage of minority represen-
tation in higher-level positions in comparison to lower ones. To combat the growing inequality,
the NPO and MPM have made it that all organizations and creative parties funded by them
between 2015 and 2018 (and implied to go beyond as well) must also submit an Equity Action
Plan as a bare minimum. NPO and MPM would also continue to check-in with these funded
organizations and parties to make sure that this Plan is followed through with. A Change Makers
fund worth 2.1 million pounds was also designed to develop a cohort of diverse (Black and
minority ethnic and disabled) leaders who [would] participate in a senior leadership training
and development programme hosted by NPO & MPM. The program implies that there would
be opportunities for graduates of this programme to compete for executive roles on their merit
alone in the future, not for their cultural backgrounds, sexual orientations, etc.. This also gives
organizations an opportunity to develop new systems that adapt to the cultural changes
happening in their sector, which would eventually lead to long-term paradigm shifts.

Evans, Graeme. Measure for measure: Evaluating the evidence of cultures contribution to
regeneration. Urban studies 42.5-6 (2005): 959-983. Web. 19 April, 2017. http://citeseerx.ist.
psu.edu/viewdoc/download?doi=10.1.1.1031.475&rep=rep1&type=pdf

This study evaluates the impact of cultural funding in the context of regeneration programs
- that is, efforts to revitalize post-industrial urban centres. The author identifies the various
 means by which government and academic researchers have attempted to obtain empirical
evidence to support the theory that cultural intervention can lead to positive economic
outcomes, and reviews both supporting and counterfactual evidence from real-world case
studies. In the course of this analysis, the author distinguishes between competing goals
of cultural intervention; here, the goal of economic development is seen to be separate
from the goal of community self-development and self-expression, and it is argued that
the latter does not necessarily contribute to the former. A major difficulty with the goal
of implementing evidence-based policy in respect of culture is that desirable cultural out-
comes (as opposed to economic outcomes) are not defined a priori. The author reviews
various means of presenting evidence of cultural regeneration, including advocacy/pro-
motion, project assessments, program evaluations, performance indicators, and impact
assessments, and notes that recent studies have begun to assess impacts that go beyond
economic indicators, such as those related to quality of life and well-being. In particular,
the author notes the current impetus towards identifying policies that can provide both
economic and social benefits in the long-term, and notes that the flagship approach to
cultural development has been lacking in this regard. In addition, the author argues that
since interventions at the neighbourhood/community level are highly context-specific,
standardized performance indicators and quantitative benchmarks are neither useful nor
desirable in such cases.

Ewing, Robyn. The arts and Australian education: Realising potential. Camberwell, Australia:
ACER Press, 2011. Web. 19 April, 2017. http://research.acer.edu.au/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article
=1020&context=aer

In this review of the role of arts in the Australian educational system, the author canvasses a
wide range of research regarding the instrumental (cognitive, attitudinal, health, social, economic)
and intrinsic benefits of arts programming, as well as the specific impacts of arts programming
in Australian schools. The author notes that much of this research takes the form of case studies
rather than longitudinal analyses; this is attributed in part to ethical concerns regarding the
unequal provision of arts programming to comparable groups, which makes experimental and
quasi-experimental settings less viable. Nevertheless, the author identifies a broad consensus
in the literature regarding the positive effects of arts programming, and notes that these find-
ings are supported by recent studies of long-term outcomes for former students. The author
also notes the beneficial applications of the arts as pedagogical tools, and comments on the
potential for art to serve as a catalyst for social transformation. With respect to the latter issue,
the author notes that social impacts are harder to quantify than other learning-based outcomes
(such as test scores), and notes the need for additional research in this area. Nevertheless, the
author notes that arts programming has been found to be associated with a number of positive
social outcomes, including personal development, social cohesion, and community regeneration.

Federal Government Policy of Arts and Culture. Ottawa, Canada: Library of Parliament, 2010.
http://www.lop.parl.gc.ca/Content/LOP/ResearchPublications/2008-41-e.pdf

This background paper (an in-depth study of policy issues) on arts and culture policies in Canada
begins with a short history of Canadian arts and culture policy history before focusing on what the
 federal government feels are its biggest hurdles in tackling new arts policies. The most notable
priorities on the list are: taking full advantage of digital technology, investing in our communities,
and ensuring financial stability and service excellence. In terms of new digital technologies, it
should also be mentioned that Statistics Canada has found that the number one form of
consumed arts product in Canada was in the Broadcasting category (TV, film, radio), with the second
being Heritage (museums, parks, community centres, etc.). Participation of the arts in groups of 15+
years of age have also increased in 2010 compared to previous years, implying higher revenues
from the younger audience. With a new growing audience and the dwindling of an older one, the
government is faced with the challenge of an array of demands coming from various advocacy
groups all asking for different requests, making it hard for policies to be implemented that can
please everyone. A crossing with independent groups and artists complicate this issue even further.
With the rise of new technologies, disseminating those technologies into more rural areas also
proves to be a challenge, with certain ethnic and diverse groups being excluded from these tech-
nologies as a result. With the rise of the Internet as well, it becomes more difficult to track content
creation and dissemination according to CRTC guidelines. (Which contents are Canadian-made,
and how much of it is Canadian-made becomes increasingly ambiguous the more its disseminated,
shared and altered online.) This also poses some Canadian copyright issues in competition with
copyright laws of other countries and regions. With the rise of digital technologies as well, the
states of more traditional formats such as print and book publishing are also challenged.

Guetzkow, Joshua. How the Arts Impact Communities: An Introduction to the Literature on Arts
Impact Studies. Princeton, N.J.: Princeton University, 2002. Web. 7 Mar. 2017. Working Paper
Series. https://www.princeton.edu/~artspol/workpap/WP20%20-%20Guetzkow.pdf

This was an overview of how arts impact studies carries heterogenous definitions for art,
impact and community, which create variety of ways to measure impact. The author out-
lined theoretical and methodological issues to consider when thinking about and studying how
the arts impacts communities. The level and types of artistic inputs relate to different types of
outputs for individual, audience and community impact. The research was organized by three
broad claims about the impact of arts: 1) its builds social capital and community cohesion; 2)
improves economy and; 3) arts are good for individuals (health, well-being, creativity, skills and
cultural capital). The author argues that the scope of impact must be clarified for an individual
or group; the dimensions of whether impact is direct or indirect; short or long-term; or the
type of impact is social, cultural, economic, psychological, etc. One important distinction is
researcher-imposed and self-identified definitions and if it leads to subjective outcomes especially
when programming arts in a community. Positionality to a given community was missing from
the dialogue. The author focused on whether a community was defined by a researcher or
its community members and how can it lead to a researchers failure to find evidence when
thinking about how arts impacts a community directly. A final argument is aggregation, the
ability to understand arts impact by questioning how to link micro-level effects on individuals
to a macro community level. Specific claims about political and transformative community arts
projects tend to serve disadvantaged peoples, such as at-risk youth or ethnic minorities, with
the design goal of improving a neighbourhood or learning and teaching about diverse cultures.
This type of art impact builds social capital by drawing people together who would not engage
in a social activity; boosts community pride, civic engagement and further collective action by
 fostering mutual trust of others. In general, economic impact of arts create concerns over dis-
tinguishing revenue from local economy versus the investment from tourists. Additionally, the
overall distinction between active and passive participation in art events and the ability to com-
pare different socio-economic climates to see if arts impacts are uniform among participants is
a concern. The research limitations include selection bias, a lack of appropriate comparisons
among programs or industries; the exclusion of the negative impact of arts; a lack of long-term
data and reliance on self-selected participants; along with contextual or intervening factors
that influence outcomes. In conclusion, the articles was an introduction that offers additional
suggestions to explore how to measure arts impact over class and diversity. Cultural policy is
a field that is scarce, where the author calls for careful definitions and critical thinking about
theoretical and empirical issues when measuring culture.

Hawkes, Jon. The fourth pillar of sustainability: cultures essential role in public planning.
Melbourne: Common Ground, 2001. http://burgosciudad21.org/adftp/Jon%20Hawkes%20
-%20Fourth%20Pillar%20of%20Sustainability.pdf

This paper proposes that cultural vitality is an important societal goal, and that the methodology
of public planning should therefore incorporate an integrated framework for cultural evaluation.
In particular, this requires identifying cultural goals and outcomes as being distinct from eco-
nomic outcomes associated with cultural programs. To this end, the author proposes a value
system definition of culture which allows policy-makers to target and evaluate the effects of
cultural programs on processes and outcomes such as sustainable development, well-being,
diversity, innovation, and social capital. The author proposes a restructuring of public initiatives
to incorporate the adoption of a cultural framework, so as to ensure that cultural ends are
given the same consideration as social, economic, and environmental concerns. In addition,
the paper identifies cultural indicators to assist in measuring the effects of cultural programs in
terms of their content, practice, and results. The author also highlights the hazards of treating
culture as a catch-all category, and notes the advantages of tailored policies to address specific
areas such as theatre, dance, literature, museums, etc.

Hill, Kelly. Factors in Canadians Arts Attendance in 2010. Ottawa, Ontario: Canada Council of the
Arts; Ontario Arts Council; Department of Canadian Heritage, 2012. Web. 27 Mar. 2017. http://
www.hillstrategies.com/sites/default/files/Factors_Arts_Attendance2010.pdf

This report analysed individual demographic factors from Statistic Canadas the 2010 General
Social Survey for conclusion on what influences arts attendance during a 12-month period prior
to the survey. Beyond factors such as age, education, income, etc, the survey did not inquire
on motivations, values and beliefs related to arts attendance. This in-depth telephone survey
of 7500 Canadians residents aged 15 years and older responded to questions on attendance in
the following categories: art galleries, theatres, classical music performances, popular music
performances and cultural festivals. The analysis of cultural crossovers measured whether a
participant in one cultural activity are more or less likely to attend other artistic activities, as
well. Results determined that cultural experiences and exposure are most influential on arts
attendance than demographic factors. For each category, multivariate logistic regression models
identified factors positively associated with arts attendance. In relation to arts engagement from
 diverse groups of Canadians, Aboriginal people (First Nations, Metis and Inuit) and individuals with
different embodiments (visible or invisible disability) were less likely to visit in art gallery but those
with an overall high level of education and income did. For theatre attendance, visible minorities,
Aboriginal peoples and first-generation immigrants were less likely to partake. English-speaking, high
level of education and income in urban centres were the dominant theatre attendees. A key finding
was that high theatre attendance (67%) were for performances of cultural heritage, music or dance
activity and cultural crossovers in other categories were strongly correlated with theatre attendance.
Classical music performance was the least attended by all Canadians but positively correlated with
high education and crossover activities of theatre and gallery attendance. With live popular music
performance (which includes folk), age and income were strong demographic factors, while those
with different embodiments less likely to attend. With cultural festivals, high education, age and
income were dominant factors. Visible minorities are most likely to attend than Aboriginal peoples.
An important result was that impacts of 12 demographic factors and 17 cultural crossover activities
had positively correlated with festival attendance. This supports an important claim that Canadians
who attend a cultural or heritage performance in 2010 were four times likely to visit a festival. The
report suggests that marketing should be directed to such attendees at other cultural activities: pop
concerts, cultural/heritage performances and art galleries. In conclusion, the report was a snapshot
to highlight that cultural performance is the 2nd highest among art attendance among Canadians. A
limitation is how intersectionality is not present among the analysis and the categories of race,
indigeneity, disability, class appear as separate entities.

Jennings, Mel. A Practical Guide to Working with Art Ambassadors. London, England: Arts Council
England, 2003. Web. 24 Feb. 2017. http://www.kultur-vermittlung.ch/zeit-fuer-vermittlung/
download/materialpool/MFV0209.pdf

A training guide for potential and existing arts ambassadors (i.e. arts administrators in North
American terms) using case study examples on how diversity is and has been approached by
various English arts organizations. Other than the case studies, there is little talk on the topic of
diversity, and the examples given in the cases show a very divisive form of diversity: organizations
that are highlighted in this guide are more often than not organizations that focus exclusively on
minority groups, rather than going for more inter-cultural methods of sharing information, art
methods and histories. There is also an underlying tone of focusing on which audience you want
your organization to attract, where the cultural intelligence being shared is limited to a specific
demographic target. Programming suggested in the guide through the case studies are categorical
in nature, with very narrow focus points based on race and/or social status.

Kawashima, Nobuko. Audience development and social inclusion in Britain: Tensions,

contradictions and paradoxes in policy and their implications for cultural management.
International journal of cultural policy 12.1 (2006): 55-72. Web. 19 April 2017. http://www.academia.
edu/download/38670958/Social_Exclusion_Printed_version.pdf

In this paper, the author explores the relationships between the concepts of audience devel-
opment, social inclusion, and access in the context of British cultural policy. While both
audience development and social inclusion speak to the need to reach a broader range of people
in planning cultural projects, these goals reflect distinct priorities; audience development is
 concerned with ensuring the vitality and relevance of the arts themselves, while social inclusion
seeks to alleviate socio-economic challenges (e.g. low income, poor health, paucity of educa-
tion) faced by specific groups within society. Cultural planners in Britain have been charged with
advancing both goals simultaneously. However, the author notes that there is a lack of clarity
regarding the precise meaning of social inclusion, and its relationship with arts programming in
particular. In order to draw out the similarities and differences between these goals, the author
first reviews the meaning associated with these terms. The author notes that while exclusion
is often defined in economic, social, and political terms, it is also possible to speak of exclusion
from cultural systems. Using museums as an example, the author reviews various measures
that have been adopted to alleviate social/cultural barriers to access for previously excluded
communities. Many strategies have been identified as serving the goals of both audience devel-
opment and social inclusion; however, the measures of success for each goal remain different;
in particular, social inclusion initiatives are deemed to be successful only if participants
become empowered to positively change their lives, or [if] the problems attributed to specific
communities become less severe (p. 60). Nevertheless, policy documents often conflate the
concepts of social inclusion, audience development, and access (the last of which has been
historically understood primarily in terms analogous to audience development), even where
it is social inclusion in particular that is at issue. The author notes that museums, as curators
of historical context and meaning, can themselves act as agents of social exclusion by present-
ing culturally dominant perspectives as authoritative. To remedy this problem, the author
highlights the need for museums, theatres, etc. to become inclusive organizations; this
means not just guaranteeing access to prospective audience members, but also ensuring
that cultural programming reflects a diversity of perspectives.

Matarasso, Franois. Use or Ornament: The Social Impact of Participation in the Arts. Stroud, U.K.:
Comedia, 1997. http://www.culturenet.cz/res/data/004/000571.pdf

This report provides an overview of evidence obtained from studies of cultural initiatives in
Great Britain in the late 1990s, as well as a review of the methods by which this evidence was
obtained. This research is presented in the context of Britains efforts to address various socio-
economic problems through cultural initiatives. The report focuses primarily on the social impacts of
participation in the arts; such participation was found to provide a variety of benefits including
personal growth, improved social cohesion, social change, and community development. The
empirical evidence presented in the report was obtained from case studies conducted in the
UK, Finland, and the United States, as well as questionnaires, interviews, discussion groups,
and other survey techniques. The authors also provide a set of indicators which can be used to
assess the impact of cultural programming on participants and communities.

Markusen, Ann, and Anne Gadwa. Arts and culture in urban or regional planning: A review and
research agenda. Journal of planning education and research 29.3 (2010): 379-391. Web. 27
April 2017. http://www.musikzone.dk/media/43775/culturalplanningresearch.pdf

The authors review the state of knowledge regarding the role of arts and culture in regional
development. These initiatives are designed to target a range of competing goals (economic
impacts, regenerative impacts, and cultural impacts) and norms (growth, efficiency, and equity);
 however, empirical evidence to support the claim that these initiatives succeed in achieving
these targets is often lacking. The authors recommend that norms should be clearly stated at
the outset of projects, and that cost-benefit analysis should play a greater role in planning. With
respect to the causal role of arts and culture initiatives in promoting economic growth, the
authors note that many studies seeking to measure economic growth are vulnerable to criticism
with respect to their methodologies; for example, studies estimating the returns to investment
in cultural vehicles may not account for revenue that is displaced from other sectors of the
local economy (the substitution effect). The authors recommend the use of more rigorous
methods to distinguish between correlation and causation in data analysis (such as multivariate
regression), as well as increased emphasis on issues relating to efficiency and equity norms. The
authors also review the effects of different institutional and planning structures on outcomes
related to arts and culture programs, and note that more research is needed to assess the
effects of different levels of stakeholder participation. Finally, the authors review two popular
urban cultural strategies cultural districts and cultural tourism. The authors note that efforts
to concentrate cultural spending in specific geographic have been criticized by those who
favour a more decentralized approach to cultural development; however, little comparative/
counterfactual research has been conducted on this point. With respect to the question of
whether cities should attempt to promote external tourism or stimulate local demand for arts
consumption, The authors note that while visitors are likely to spend more than locals on a
per capita basis, tourist patronage generally accounts for only a small percentage of arts revenue.

Markusen, Ann, and David King. The artistic dividend: The arts hidden contributions to regional
development. Project on Regional and Industrial Economics, Humphrey Institute of Public
Affairs, University of Minnesota, 2003. Web. 27 April, 2017. https://www.giarts.org/sites/
default/files/The-Artistic-Dividend.pdf

In this exploratory study, the authors identify a regional dividend associated with artistic
projects; in other words, it is argued that arts programming has positive and significant effects
on regional development. The authors argue that artistic industries promote economic growth
by enhancing the design, production and marketing of products in other sectors, by attracting
talented workers, and by generating revenue from extra-regional sources. Using the percentage
of artists within the regional population as a proxy for artistic output, the authors identify regional
hubs for artistic activity in the United States, and apply qualitative methods to determine what
factors make these cities attractive to artists. These factors include amenities (e.g. environment,
parks, and public infrastructure), quality of life, and a vibrant arts community. The authors also
outline recommendations for artist-centred public policy choices, including providing tax breaks
and subsidies for arts groups, increased funding for public infrastructure, and expansion of spaces
devoted to artistic development.

Measuring the Impacts of Cultural Programming - Impacts 08 - University of Liverpool. N.p.,

n.d. Web. 3 Mar. 2017. https://www.liverpool.ac.uk/impacts08/seminars-and-events/measuring
-the-impacts-of-cultural-programming/

Impact 08 is joint research initiative between the University of Liverpool and Liverpool John
Moores University that evaluated the progress and impact the European Capital of Culture
 experience on its city and its people. A public forum in 2007 invited speakers from the UK
cultural sector, academic and consultants in the area of cultural policy, city regeneration, impact
research and event evaluation. Presentation slides outlined discussions to develop appropriate
research methodologies and frameworks to measure impacts from cultural programming.
With multiple impacts, challenges addressed the need to use social science approaches; use
existing data and research while recognizing limitations of definitions; and to build an academic
model to inform program and policy change. This dialogue presents an opportunity for cultural
practitioners to evidence the value of culture beyond attendance and quantifying outputs. A
key argument is to measure impact assessment using a holistic approach that includes political,
environmental, economic, political, social and cultural dimensions. The tools suggested are
monitoring systems, creative evaluation techniques and wider questions on take outputs to
outcomes to longer term impacts. In the case of disability, the suggestion is for creative solutions
required by cultural practitioners and researchers to respond and ensure inclusion. The presenter
outlines research strands to measure cultural participation that include benchmark indicators,
secondary data analysis and contextualised data collection and analysis by working together with
practitioners to enhance the data available. A combination of statistical assessment with qualita-
tive and exploratory research to understand changes was recommended.

Moss, Adrian. Community Arts Programming as a Factor in Newcomer Youth Inclusion: The
Toronto Situation | Digital Repository. Ryerson Web. 6 Apr. 2017. http://digital.library.ryerson.
ca/islandora/object/RULA%3A799

Building upon existing literature and studies on newcomer youth settlement needs, the author
uses theoretical frameworks of social inclusion, social capital and critical youth empowerment to
analyse this qualitative study of impact assessment of youth- oriented arts programming. Using a
triangulation approach, interviews with Laidlaw Foundation and a Toronto-based community arts
program titled Beatz to Da Streetz as a focus group allows multiple perspectives on how arts
are impactful, in a Canadian context. This study highlights the assumption that newcomer youth
will integrate into formal and existing program models in schools and institutions. Barriers such
as language; racism and discrimination in institutionalized settings; social and cultural familiarity
of environment; along with challenges with cultural identity formation is most challenging among
racialized groups. In the absence of government and social supports for newcomer youth needs,
the politics of space point to a concern of increased neighbourhoods with racialized and spatial-
ized poverty in Ontario. To counter a subculture of marginalization, community arts programming
is one method for youth artistic engagement. Goals for such positive arts-based programming are
to engage in identity formation, development and social inclusion and empowerment. This study
refers to extensive research from United States that encourages a separate space for engage-
ment in a creative process as it is non-institutional, non-judgmental and offers both structure and
freedom. From a Canadian context, the small and culturally diversified sample does not allow
for conclusion to all newcomer youths. Additionally, socioeconomic status and accessibility to
cultural centres vary within ethno-specific communities. Additionally, it is important to consider
intersections of culture and gender, as the arts can be specified to cultural gender roles that guide
what is acceptable. Results from this case study conclude that among difficulties from a lack
of government funding and formal education structures in public schools, the community arts
program demonstrated 1) a safe space for newcomer youth to engage in identity development
 relevant to their own lives; 2) how the arts promotes inclusion of different learning styles and
individual development; 3) an opportunity for negotiation and socio-political reflections and 4) to
gain social networks. The author calls for a forum where newcomers can voice their own needs
and for further research to incorporate youth first-hand experiences as sources for policy and
program development.

Ontario Arts Council. Ontario Arts Engagement Study Points to Opportunities for Arts
Organizations to Build Audiences. N.p., 28 June 2016. Web. 27 Mar. 2017. https://web.archive.
org/web/20160628162325/http://www.arts.on.ca/Page4400.aspx

The Ontario Arts Council commissioned a research study, conducted by research firm Wolf-
Brown, to measure the arts and cultural engagement patterns of Ontario adults from a holistic
perspective. Outside of arts participation based on attendance patterns, formal engagement
was not a priority. This 115-page study addresses audience-based, participatory or personal
arts practices and its implications for arts providers, funders and policymakers. Additionally, a
broader definition of culture that is inclusive of interests and practices of a diverse popula-
tion was necessary. A survey of assessed cultural engagement in 45 different arts activities to
capture inventive, interpretive, curatorial and observational modes of participation. Questions
explored the respondents own interest as well as in others cultural heritage. This study used
four analytical measures which were frequency distributions, salience, frequency and arts
engagement indexes to compare subgroups of respondents on individual arts activities. The
analysis groups include difference among demographic categories and sub-groups that are
inclusive of urbanicity, race, gender, class, indigeneity and Francophone/Anglophone status.
Complex findings revealed that media-based arts engagement is pivotal to participation
practices, where the younger generation engaged in online activities (downloading music)
predominately. Subsequently, Ontarians place a high value on live arts; actively participate
through creation and interpretation by way of personal activities in informal/home settings; and
link attendance at audience-based activities and cross-cultural interest in learning the heritage
of others. Overall, the highest arts engagement of racial/ethnic groups was among Black
Ontarians, especially in dance. Visible minorities are interested in activities of their own heritage
across all domains; highly engaged in personal practice activities; and arts learning of music,
theatre and visual arts activities in informal and social settings. Indigenous respondents were
most engaged in arts-based programs based from their culture and traditions, along with skills
acquisition, inventive engagement and community-based arts. In conclusion, arts plays a mul-
tifaceted, pivotal role in social bridging and bonding which connects arts to community issues.
The study calls for a need for tolerance and dialogue among diverse communities and highlight
that policy makers and arts institutions must consider a holistic approach to understand the
variety of ways individuals enjoy, consume, attend, create and learn about arts in Ontario. A
limitation was a lack of input or analysis surrounding participation of Ontarians with different
embodiments, where the focus seems to be on able-bodied arts participation.
Ontario Trillium Foundation. Grow Grant Survey Tools. Web. 28 Mar. 2017. http://www.otf.ca/
sites/default/files/grow_grant_survey_metrics_and_tools.pdf

This 3 page report discusses a pre/post survey metric as a tool to measure positive impact over
a course of a grant project. A benefit to this initiative is where the grantee has access to an
evaluation tool built into the funding and reporting structure. To assess arts impact, a compar-
ison of the baseline data identifies progress over the length of their individual program. The
funding organization, Ontario Trillium Foundation, provides written guidelines and an orienta-
tion webinar conducted by research partner (Forum Research). The survey structure identifies
when and how often participants are confidentially surveyed. Upon review of the available
standardized reports, there lacks any input to customize for culturally-specific or diverse experi-
ences. If the funding structure allows for a member of the research firm to work with grantees
who may seek different types of metrics for arts impact, it can create equitable data that is
captured for diversity and culturally-relevant program experiences.

Patton, M.Q. Utilization-Focused Evaluation (U-FE) Checklist. Detroit: Western Michigan University,
2013. Web. 27 Mar. 2017. https://wmich.edu/sites/default/files/attachments/u350/2014/
UFE_checklist_2013.pdf

A general-worded, detailed lecture-based approach to the UFE methodology. See annotation of

source below for more details on the method itself.

Ramirez, Ricardo, and Dal Broadhed. Utilization Focused Evaluation: A Primer for Evaluators.
Ottawa, Canada: International Development Research Centre, 2013. Web. https://evaluationin-
practice.files.wordpress.com/2013/04/ufeenglishprimer.pdf

Utilization-focused Evaluation (UFE) is a learning process in which people in the real world
apply evaluation findings and experiences to their work (intro), which provides important
insight into how a theoretical approach could be applied to contemporary sector analysis
research. The process is based on the concept of walking the talk, with the talk being
whatever theory/ies are presented to be tested. It puts those theories directly into practice,
depending on how the early stages of analysis and evaluation go. The practice is executed
with a reflective lens, with the third step being data collection and data analysis, allowing an
almost-instantaneous look at the results of the theory being executed. The final step is actual
facilitation of these new theories and methods that passed the first three stages, followed by
a meta evaluation. Because the method itself runs on whatever the theory presented is, the
method itself has no biases, and runs entirely on the same principles of scientific experimentation
and testing.

R.A. Malatest & Associates Ltd. Trends in the Arts and Arts Funding Secondary Research Final
Report. Edmonton: Alberta Foundation for the Arts, 2007.

The third-party report commissioned by the Alberta Foundation for the Arts explores the new
trends arising in the Canadian arts and culture sector in recent years, putting a focus
on globalization, new technologies, changing demographics and increased expectations of
 the public from the sector based on newly-developing paradigms and values of the society as
a whole. Similar to the Salvaris paper (see below), the Malatest final report highlights the
on-going debate on the tangible benefits of investing taxpayers money into the arts sector for
the whole of the community. The arguments are broken down by values: intrinsic values (those
of individuals), instrumental values (those socio-economic in nature) and a brand new value
system: institutional values (courtesy of John Holden and Demos in the UK, which reflects those
that relate to the processes and techniques that organizations adopt in how they work to
create value for the public (p. 13, via Holden (2006)), which brings the responsibilities of the
value systems around full-circle. Malatest et. al cite AEA Consultings report on how lawmakers
are increasingly reluctant to spend money on social services that are perceived as frills (p.
11), which implies that the paradigm of the arts being exclusive to the select elite still perme-
ates todays social fabric, despite that notion having been proven false with statistical research.
Institutional value is most strongly represented through granting bodies and the criteria that
these bodies follow when presenting funds to select organizations in the sector. Not only is this
criteria limited in terms of equity and diversity (a demand that has been heavily vocalised in
recent years by advocacy groups), but the categories of these funding programmes are restrictive to
traditional forms: dance, literature, music, theatre and visual arts. These forms exclude multi-
and interdisciplinary forms, as well as new digital forms of media that had never existed 10
years prior. The report suggests that simplifying these categories and processes into more over-
arching themes and criteria will open up eligibility of potential funding applicants than ever
before. Following the ideas of multi- and interdisciplinary forms, the report also put emphasis
on the importance of information sharing among artists and disciplines - and as a result, their
presenters - which would make way for new research on current states of the sector, and even-
tually lead to advocacy for the support and publicization of findings from said research
to improve the sector as a whole. To avoid any biases and potential of falling back onto old
ways, the report suggests relying on narrative analysis, which approaches information from
an analytic, third-party perspective, unlike the intrinsic methods of analysis in recent years. If
done well, this form of analysis will present a strong base of criteria for others to follow suit.
Throughout these changes, funders and organizations in the arts sector are reminded to
remain flexible, adaptable, and responsive to the arts and cultural environment around them
(p. 14), which would make the much more prepared to be able to support the sector.

Reeves, Michelle. Measuring the economic and social impact of the arts: a review. London: Arts
Council of England, 2002. Web. 19 April, 2017. http://is.muni.cz/el/1456/jaro2011/BPV_CMME/
um/Impacts_of_art_Michelle_Reeves.pdf

This report provides a general overview of approaches to conducting impact assessments in

respect of arts projects. The author conducts a literature review of 55 studies and reports
published between 1988 and 2002, and analyzes their findings with respect to definitions
of impact, methodologies, and empirical outcomes, where, outcomes are defined to include
both the economic and social effects of arts programming. The author notes that while impact
is defined broadly as an assessment of the inputs, outputs, and outcomes associated with a given
project, a more precise definition is generally lacking in the literature reviewed (the author
does note that impact is distinguishable from importance, and that different methods of
assessment may be required for the latter). In particular, while economic impacts are reasonably
 well-defined, social impacts are not. Accordingly, research on the long-term social effects of arts
programs (outcomes as opposed to outputs) is generally lacking, and often not presented in empir-
ically robust forms. The author identifies data that would be useful in generating such assessments,
including the number of users (total and percentage of local population), their socio-demographic
characteristics, the proportion of specified social groups among current users, frequency of use, and
rates of adoption/retention for new/existing users. However, the author also notes that the
types of outcomes that should be valued is a contested concept, and that the impact-based
approach has been criticized as potentially devaluing art for its own sake. In particular, this
argument suggests that art provides value that is difficult to quantify, and which may be per-
ceived differently by different stakeholders. Various approaches to this problem are discussed,
including distinguishing between intermediate and strategic outcomes - the latter being
broader social effects (social cohesion/inclusion, sustainable development, community
safety) that follow from direct impacts (economic impact, job creation, personal impact of
participation). The author also reviews proposed indicators and methodologies for use in future
studies, including both empirical/quantitative and value-driven approaches.

Ripley, Sabra. Culturally Diverse Arts and Culture Programming in After-School Settings for Diverse
Children and Youth: A Review of Literature. Scarborough, ON: Creative Mosaics, 2010. Web. 3
Mar. 2017. http://scarborougharts.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/Culturally-Diverse-Arts-
and-Culture-Programming-in-After-School-Settings-for-Diverse-Children-and-Youth-Literature
-Review.pdf

The Creative Mosaics Project was the result of a collaboration among Childrens Aid Society of
Toronto (CAS), Scarbourough Arts Council (SAC), Cultural Pluralism in Performing Arts Movement
Ontario and Catholic Crosscultural Services (CCS). As a funded one-year initiative with Ontario
Trillium Foundation, its purpose was to understand the needs and capacity for culturally inclusive
arts and culture programming for newcomers, children and youth in Scarbourough (Toronto).
This paper is a literature review taken from the projects research, emphasising on after-school
based programming as one means to fill the gap of support services for culturally diverse young
people. The goal is to understand debates connected to issues of culturally diverse arts and
culture programming for children and youth, from a Canadian context. First, definition and
scope of cultural diversity in Canada, Toronto and Scarbouroughs population is explored. With
Torontos increasing diversity, 7 out of 10 students in the Toronto District School Board are
racialized and holds the largest urban indigenous population. Secondly, the value of diversity
and challenges facing culturally diverse children and youth were analysed. Research highlight that
youth of global groups were socially isolated, living in low income and facing increasing rates
of spatialized poverty. A lack of support for newcomers and the issue of the school achieve-
ment gap for disengaged visible minority groups contextualize a need to eliminate barriers. The
study identified a priority policy to address the social, health and racialization inequities to attract
and keep new immigrants and culturally diverse groups in Toronto. Then the impact of arts and
culture programming for youth yielded the following benefits: building on existing strengths,
celebrate heritage; explore differences and address imbalance, and create strong foundations
that are creative and non-competitive. Additional impacts include empathy towards others,
intercultural dialogue, community development; positive identity formation, and freedom to
explore ones culture or cultures in a broad community context. This study highlights scholastic
 benefits such as problem solving, taking risks, resilience, self-esteem and motivation to engage
in learning. Another benefit of structured programming is the skills development that contribute
to a youths future employment and its preventative effects of being involved in potential social,
economic and health problems.

Overall, the analysis of arts in culture in school and after-school based settings, highlight how
educators, staff and mentors must understand the need for culturally relevant programming for
children, youth and newcomers. Suggestions on design and delivery highlight a need for com-
munity leaders, input from youth and programming that acknowledge and address barriers.
This study failed to substantially address how artists can be seen as champions and stakeholders
in this process outside of being potential grant recipients engaged in culturally diverse arts as a
means to support cultural diversity. The research can support professional and emerging artists
from immigrant and culturally diverse communities in Toronto; involve their mentorship,
intergenerational components and skills development in cultural arts.

Salvaris, Mike. The Role of Cultural Facilities in Community Strengthening. Victoria University,
2006.

This short paper presenting the results of an urban studies/community building research
venture with a focus on the arts sector presents the notion of cultural wellbeing: a term
used by Salvaris to describe how the state of a communitys arts/culture sector contributes
to its communitys well-being on the socio-economic level. This implies the importance of
government participation in managing cultural and community well-being, and how those
responsibilities are tightly interconnected. Wellbeing is defined as the quality of life of
individuals, communities and their economies. Factors such as health, experiences, educa-
tion, community participation rates, jobs and economic activities are also counted towards
this. The report also points out potential reasons why it is difficult for communities and their
government bodies to adapt to the new socio-economic scenery of their communities, with
a disparage of beliefs on the concept of the Arts in modern society being one of the major
reasons. With a lack of a proper, solid evidence base to support any ideas of societal benefits
the Arts may bring, and the fact that there is no theoretical base that is universal to the ideas
being presented in community discussions makes it difficult for the arts sector members to
prove themselves against the pressure of the government, the community institutions and
the members of the public community themselves. Salvaris recommends a diagnostic
approach: to approach the arts sector no differently than how a government would approach
infrastructure or economic issues. The Australian government has been cited as an example
of fulfilling these responsibilities, but including Social Inclusion & Cultural Diversity as one
of 7 key priorities of community well-being support. Markers of success could be numbers in
attendance of arts events, facility availability to arts and cultural programming, and activities
that foster relationships within the community, as well as the quality of the administrative
systems behind the programmes.
Stanley, Dick. The Social Effects of Culture. Canadian Journal of Communication 31.1 (2006): n.
pag. www.cjc-online.ca. Web. 6 Apr. 2017. http://www.cjc-online.ca/index.php/journal/article/
view/1744

Resulting from a series of commissioned research papers, the Department of Canadian Heritage
to gain a greater understanding on the social effects of culture through case studies and empirical
evidence. The definition of culture encompasses creative arts, the organizations and industries
that are related to its existence; and heritage activities to recognize and preserve traditions.
Discussions from a past Montreal workshop identified six interrelated social effects of arts,
culture and heritage: 1) creating and retaining identity, 2) to enhance understanding and capacity
for action, 3) to modify values and preferences for collective choice, 4) build social cohesion,
5) for community development and 6) foster civic participation. Each effect was addressed
individually on the premise of ongoing engagement with arts and heritage activities. The author
is a research consultant that speaks of Swidlers term social repertoire, which is an individu-
als social toolkit. The reader has to understand how the author outlines social repertoire and
how it operates within each social effects of art. For instance, the social participation in culture
challenge existing ideas, ignite new ways of think or affirm current beliefs. A group identity that
a group validates is ones social repertoire, where such social understandings is derived from
cultural traditions of a group. If a sense of belonging is not present, it limits ones capacity for
social participation. Social values can be negatively or positively affected, where the author
argues that exposure to a diversity of ideas from cultural experiences will change attitudes
and values over time. Shared social repertoire and social values help individuals to identify an
opportunity for cooperation, create trust and social cohesion, where participation in heritage
experiences have the most effect than the arts. As culture provides social repertoire to under-
stand and interpret human actions and motivations, when a group shares understanding and
cooperation, then increased civic citizenship is a consequence of changes that arts and heritage
experience have affected. In conclusion, the author states that cultural participation is import-
ant to the individual and health of a society and the case studies demonstrate how important
culture is. As culture is powerful and increases the diversity of ideas, the society will gain long-
term benefits from better decisions in public issues, whether individuals participate in cultural
activities or not.

Sullivan, Tara M. Guide to Monitoring and Evaluating Health Information Products and Services.
N.p. Web. 16 Feb. 2017. https://www.k4health.org/sites/default/files/guide-to-monitoring
-and-evaluating-health-information.pdf

This bibliography will be focusing on the focus indicators section of the guide, as it is the most
applicable to the arts sector, despite its medical/scientific bias. Reach is defined as the breadth
and saturation of dissemination, distribution, or referral of the product in both hardcopy and/
or electronic forms (p. 11), with these forms of dissemination being divided into Primary,
Secondary and Referral Distributions, also known as a push and pull system of influence in
the market. Primary distribution is the initial distribution stage done by the producer of the
product, while Secondary distribution is a distribution of product that occurs after the request
for it by the consumer, and Referral distribution being more informal methods of dissemination
of the product, such as word of mouth and personal recommendations. Primary distribution
 information is important as a basic data indicator of the ins and outs, while Secondary distribu-
tion information gauges the extent of the reach the product has. Referrals, while being the most
closely connected to Secondary distribution, gauges frequency of product use (in the case of
this study, the use of the product source as a reference or citation in a paper or report), which
in the arts sector could be considered as the difference between positive, neutral and negative
feedback from our audiences. This methodology could have the potential problem of being
too specific to tangible objects for a detailed guide or reference read on arts sector research
methodologies, but there are aspects of it that can be crossed over into parts of the sector with
tangible aspects (i.e. ticket sales, merch sales, etc.), making it a possibility for sector research
and data collection. It should be noted that another category of measurement in this guide
was customer satisfaction, but it is pretty evident that the arts sector also has this part down
pretty pat since decades before, so it is not worth going into detail here.

Thorsby, David. Determining the Value of Cultural Goods: How Much (or How Little) Does
Contingent Valuation Tell Us? Web. 4 Apr. 2017. https://culturalpolicy.uchicago.edu/sites/
culturalpolicy.uchicago.edu/files/Throsby.pdf

This paper is a theoretical analysis on an economic method used to potentially understand

the value of arts and culture. Contingent valuation methods (CVM) was applied to answer the
question of the value of cultural goods in the artistic realm. CVM is an economic model where
individual decision makers use behaviours as a rationale to maximize use of a good in the face
of constraint. Individual preferences, judgements or value assessment for a good is difficult
to generalize and accrue for a group. The author explores the definitions of culture as a set of
beliefs, traditions and customs that bind a group of individuals together and art is a manifestation
of shared cultural experiences that express the human condition and interpreted by artists.
Therefore, the author argues that culture is not captured by individual expression and identified
by economic terms but as a good or service with nonmarket values. Culture is multi-dimensional,
lacks a common unit value and is difficult to express in any quantitative or qualitative scale. For
example, culture has symbolic meaning, spiritual significance, historical reference, and an
aesthetic quality, etc. In conclusion, the author highlights that decision makers are to assess the
value using an economic and cultural criterion. The author claims that cultural cultural values
influence decision makers on cultural goods and affect the favorable pattern of resource alloca-
tion that cannot be determined by a standard economic analysis. A call is made for the devel-
opment of new and alternate techniques of measurements in the realm of arts and culture.

UNESCO. Cultural Diversity Programming Lens: General Frameworks of Analysis. Paris: UNESCO,
2008. Web. 26 Feb. 2017. http://www.unesco.org/fileadmin/MULTIMEDIA/HQ/CLT/pdf/
The%20Cultural%20Diversity%20Lens_Pedagogical%20guide.pdf

A lengthy report and list of recommendations generated by UNESCO concerning the topic of
diversity and the exchange of cultural intelligence. The report is generalized, and intended to be
viewed by anyone, anywhere who happens to come across the report. The report is divided into
three major parts, with 8 chapters or sub-categories: Cultural Diversity, Intercultural Dialogue,
Languages, Education, Communication and Cultural Contents, Creativity and the Marketplace,
Cultural Diversity and Sustainable Development, and Cultural Diversity, Human Rights and
 Democratic Governance. Each chapter has their own list of specific recommendations to policies
that go into deeper detail than the overarching themes covered in the general recommendations.
Overall, the recommendations look at encouraging inter-cultural diversity through the translation,
trade and communication of cultural property and intelligence across geographic and demographic
borders. Another aspect covered in the recommendations shown in the report are based on the
concept of active participation: encouraging policies that involve discussions with members of
minority groups (especially discriminated groups), artistic and active use of public spaces for
education and reconciliation of minority groups, etc. The understanding is that a promotion of
awareness of other cultures will lead to a collaborative reformation of social views about and
through inter-culturalism. The participatory nature of diversifying social infrastructures
is underlined due to the collaborative nature of the structures themselves, namely city devel-
opment and policy formation. Another recommendation made by UNESCO in this piece is that
a vast and growing collection of Cultural records be compiled as a form of statistical reference
when creating programmes and policies.

UNESCO. Investing in Cultural Diversity and Intercultural Dialogue. Paris: N.p., 2009. Web.http://
unesdoc.unesco.org/images/0018/001847/184755e.pdf

This report provides a detailed overview of UNESCOs work in promoting cultural diversity as
part of its broader mandate to promote sustainable development. Here, cultural activities,
goods, and services are understood to act as vehicles for identity and values; to this end, the
report reviews UNESCOs prior work in promoting and protecting cultural diversity, including a
number of Recommendations, Conventions, and Charters enacted in this area (p. 31). Chapter
2 of the report highlights the importance of intercultural dialogue, and recommends the
development of real and virtual spaces to facilitate cultural interaction. In Chapter 4, the report
details the relationship between cultural diversity and education. Here, the core objectives of
UNESCOs Education for All initiative (ensuring quality basic education for all, especially in
literacy, numeracy and essential life skills - p. 98) are tied to cultural diversity through the
recognition that these goals cannot be attained without contextually adapted pedagogies. The
report describes proposed responses to these challenges in terms of inclusive education and
diversified teaching methods, and outlines strategies for marginalized groups, including Indige-
nous peoples. The report also notes that arts and humanities education helps to develop the
critical capacities curiosity, humility and hospitality that are indispensable to combating
unilateral points of view and building confidence, both in oneself and in others (p. 114). The
chapter concludes with guidelines for the implementation of intercultural education. Chapter
6 of the report focuses specifically on the relationship between culture and the marketplace.
Here, cultural diversity is seen to enhance economic performance through three main channels
- artistic creation, tourism, and business innovation. The report outlines the benefits and
challenges of globalization as they relate to the traditional art forms of individual cultures, and
notes the hierarchical relationship between geographic regions in the globalized arts market.
The report also notes the increased commercialization of cultural products and art forms, as
well as intercultural experiences as mediated by tourism. However, the report observes that
local crafts and tourism can promote the attainment of long-term development objectives, provided
that excessive culturalization of these sectors is avoided (p. 171). In addition, the report notes
that business are increasingly incentivized to take cultural diversity into account when
 planning marketing and growth strategies. Cultural competencies are identified as a major
asset for companies doing business on a global scale, and study of French companies is cited to
show a correlation between cultural diversity and economic performance. The chapter concludes
with recommendations for promoting cultural diversity to corporate audiences. Finally, Chapter
7 canvasses the relationship between cultural diversity and development. The chapter notes
that while development is often portrayed in primarily economic terms, developing societies
have a range of social, political, and cultural needs that require attention in the process of
development. The chapter notes that while culture has been recognized as an important aspect
of the sustainable development process, the cultural factor has yet to be fully integrated into
the development equation (p. 189). Culture is shown to have been historically perceived as
an impediment to development; in the contemporary context, the report notes the hazards of
identifying development as a linear or evolutionary process, which is problematic when dealing
with the imposition of cultural norms by developed countries. Accordingly, the report provides
guidelines for the adoption of a multi-dimensional approach to development based on an
expansion of capabilities (p. 199), in which culture becomes a means by which empowerment
becomes possible.

Wesley-Esquimaux, Cynthia, and Brian Calliou. Best Practices in Aboriginal Community

Development: A Literature Review and Wise Practices Approach. Banff, Alberta: Banff Centre,
2010.http://communities4families.ca/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/Aboriginal-Community-
Development.pdf

Released under the Banff Centre for the Arts, the report explores the concept of the Best
Practices method used in Aboriginal communities in Canada. Best Practices is described as
a method that is based on previously-proven methods/techniques/processes to a specific out-
come, based on lessons learned by a specific group or community that can be shared with other
groups and communities who find themselves in similar situations. Best Practices according
to the articles case studies and examples revolve around concepts of genuine self-governance
within Aboriginal communities (dubbed local sovereignty in one case), where the institutional
make-up of a social construction matches that of the cultures past constructions of similar
institutions, instead of relying on those made by other, vastly different cultures. Another facet
to Aboriginal community development emphasized across various case studies are those that
develop Aboriginal leadership in youth that go against the deficit paradigm, which is defined
by Ponting and Voyageur (2001) as a phenomenon where social pathologies are often the
focus of research and media stories of Aboriginal peoples instead of direct information from
cultural histories, often not recorded onto paper in Aboriginal culture. The article also highlights
that in putting emphasis on educating future Aboriginal leaders, their culture can not only be
conserved, but further developed to put the Aboriginal arts and culture in a positive light.
Research Assistants Bios
Christian Morey is a graduate of the University of Torontos Masters of Laws program, and McGill
Universitys Master of Arts program in Economics; he is also a member of the Law Society of Upper
Canada. His paper A Matter of Integrity: Rule of Law, the Remuneration Reference, and Access to
Justice was recently published in the University of British Columbia Law Review, and he is also the
co-author of a forthcoming book chapter on the Supreme Court of Canadas treatment of Aboriginal
rights and title. Christians areas of specialization include Aboriginal law, law and development,
human rights, and anti-poverty initiatives. He lives in Toronto.

Collette Murray is a dance performer, instructor and community arts programmer. She holds a
Sociology BA from University of Toronto, Honours BA in Race, Ethnicity and Indigeneity, a Certif-
icate in Anti-Racist Research and Practice and is a Masters of Education candidate at York Uni-
versity. She presented at international academic conferences in Texas and Belgium. Engaged
in the Caribbean and African arts community for over 17 years, she performed among many
Toronto-based companies. During her study abroad in South Africa and Costa Rica she taught
dance workshops. She recently performed in Senegal with Pape NDiayes Les Enfants Du Soleil.
Her dance background includes Caribbean Folk and traditional West African drum/dance styles
from various master teachers she trains with. This 2013 recipient of the Canadian Dance Assem-
blys I love dance Community award focuses on cultural education. As dance faculty and guest
choreographer among many youth performance groups and community arts organizations, her
mobile, dance education business (www.misscocomurray.com) offers services that function as
accessible arts opportunities. As Artistic Director of Coco Collective (@cococollectiveto), an in-
tergenerational, multidisciplinary arts collective, she launched her own community arts program
with activities from the diverse array of African & Caribbean arts. Collette supported CPAMO as
a Research Assistant.

Paulina Rousseau has worked as a liaison librarian for the Arts, Culture, and Media department
at the University of Toronto Scarborough library since 2008. Prior to working at U of T, she In
addition, she is involved in the planning of several art fairs throughout the city, including the
Kensington Market Art Fair. She has a keen interest in digital pedagogy, the digital divide, and
undergraduate student engagement, and has helped to plan and implement the Digital Pedagogy
Institute four years running. She will be starting graduate work in Communications at Ryerson
University this fall.
 Many thanks to all the
participating artists and
organizations!

CPAMO would like to acknowledge the support of the Canada Council for the Arts, Ontario Arts
Council, Toronto Pearson International Airports Propeller Project, the Ontario Ministry of Citizenship
and Immigration and the Applegath Group, CIBC Wood Gundy.