Advocacy

Arts Advocate Blog
Micheline McKay’s excellent coverage of people, policy and legislation, makes this the most influential blog on public policy as it relates to the arts industry in Canada.
The Arts Policies Diaries
Shannon Litzenberger’s savvy postings on arts policy issues in Toronto and Canada – and the arts community’s lobbying and advocacy activities – is a must-read, filled with insight and information.
Arts Research Monitor
Hill Strategies Research’s excellent Arts Research Monitor provides synopses of qualitative and quantitative research findings in the arts and culture in Canada and elsewhere. The goal of the site is to be useful to artists, arts managers, funders, policy makers, researchers and others with an interest in learning more about the arts and culture.
Proving Your Worth: 10 Ways to Measure the impact of your Communications – Fenton Communications, 2006
An excellent checklist to evaluate the success and impact of your advocacy campaigns.
 

 

 

 

 

 Nine Small Advocacy Tips
Nonprofit World, Vol 25, No 1, January/February 2007. Nine concise and useful tips from the Society for Nonprofit Organizationson advocating for policy or legislative change.Canada’s national dance archives and publisher dedicated to the preservation and dissemination of Canadian dance history, Dance Collecvtion Danse is an exceptional source of information and research demonstrates the longevity and depth of Canada’s dance history and encourages us all to acknowledge and celebrate the art of dance.

 

A report highlighting the fundamental link between culture, economy and place, including pull-out maps showing where artists work/live; where cultural industries are clustered; and where creative businesses cluster in Toronto.