Municipal Cultural Planning

Community survey, initial options, and plan to develop an arts and culture plan for the City of Abbotsford. 2002.

Adoptée en novembre 2000.

Building a Creative Future: A Plan for Culture. April 2006.

Adopted August 2005.

10 Year Cultural Strategy. March 2006.

Adopted by the City of Calgary in July 2004.

Terms of reference report for cultural policy review. This report resulted from an extensive review of best practices, interviews with experts and stakeholders within the artistic, business and political community in Calgary, and representative public opinion surveys. Completed in March 2003.

HarGroup Management Consultants, Inc., and K. Knights and Associates Ltd. May 2008.

Adoptée en mars 2004.

The Art of Living: A Plan for Securing the Future of Arts and Heritage in the City of Edmonton. 2008 - 2018. Edmonton Arts Council.

This document is a "policy," but it also contains a plan, with objectives. The middle section is the policy proper – designed to sit inside the City's municipal plan as a chapter. The front and back sections are background information. Originally published in 1999, revised in February 2003.

Adoptée en décembre 2003.

Revised arts policy for Grande Prairie, Draft, February 2003.

Cultural plan for the City of Grande Prairie, adopted in 2003.

In February 2005, HRM embarked on creating a Cultural Plan that encompasses its rural, suburban, and urban areas. In March 2006, Halifax Regional Council approved draft #3 of the Cultural Plan, which lays the foundation for more focussed and strategic programs, projects, and investment. Draft #3 of Cultural Plan (approved March 28, 2006).

Adopted in 2005, this strategy identifies investment in cultural infrastructure as a key economic development strategy and a "creative city" approach to attracting and maintaining a young, innovative and creative individuals. The strategy emphasizes "leveraging" Halifax's creative community in the service of economic development.

A Strategic Plan developed by the Hinton Council for Arts and Culture and Town of Hinton staff to further enhance arts and culture in the community of Hinton. The Strategic Plan equally highlights the following four areas - Visual Arts, Culture, Performing Arts and Literary Arts. The action plans for the four categories will be implemented over the next three to five years with some of the outcomes continuing throughout the five years.

Background Paper: Culture, Recreation, Health & Well-Being. The Municipality of Jasper and Parks Canada are working in partnership to create this plan. Februray 2009.

A comprehensive strategy which is based on the recognition of the diversity of the cultural sector in Kamloops, from small to large, amateur to professional and representing every conceivable genre from the visual arts, to heritage, the performing arts and the cultural industries. 2004.

The purpose of the Kingston Culture Plan (KCP) is to articulate a sustainable, authentic, longterm vision for cultural vitality in Kingston; to identify possibilities for connections between cultural organizations and other stakeholders as well as opportunities for collaboration among City departments to achieve municipal strategic objectives; and to develop strategic directions, initiatives and recommendations for action and an implementation timeline. September 2010.

The City of Kitchener CulturePlan II presents a workplan to establish Kitchener as a creative city, championing investment in cultural assets and developing a community-wide strategy. Adopted in February 2005, the City of Kitchener Leisure Master Plan focuses on planning for leisure facilities for recreation, arts and culture, sportsfields and trails. City of Kitchener CulturePlan II.

The City of Kitchener CulturePlan II presents a workplan to establish Kitchener as a creative city, championing investment in cultural assets and developing a community-wide strategy. Adopted in February 2005, the City of Kitchener Leisure Master Plan focuses on planning for leisure facilities for recreation, arts and culture, sportsfields and trails. City of Kitchener Leisure Master Plan.

City of Kitchener CulturePlanII: Where We Are Now (2008). (Brochure)

« Ville de nature et de culture » Adoptée en 2004.

Plan d'actions 2005-2007 : Plan actions 2005-2007.

Released April 2005.

Adopted in principle by City Council, June 2003.

Acknowledging that Mississauga is a young city, the draft plan outlines how Mississauga can transform into a culturally significant Canadian city. The Plan envisions strengthened arts, culture and heritage organizations and a wide range of opportunities for citizens of all ages and backgrounds to participate in a variety of cultural activities. June 2009.

Includes section on arts and culture. 2006.

The Moncton Cultural Plan: Telling Our Story is an action-oriented plan, designed to focus the City's delivery of cultural services for the next five years. It is meant to be a living document, subject to annual review. It is a corporate-wide strategy that involves the participation and engagement of several municipal departments. The plan is also meant to engage the community and seek partnerships with various key partners to move the actions forward. 2010.

Adopted in November 2005, this strategy establishes a "creative city" approach to economic development. Among the key priorities that it identifies are accelerating growth in the creative economy and enhancing the vibrancy of arts and culture. The city recognizes that arts and culture are essential to creating a unique life style that will attract not only creative people, but also families that will benefit and enjoy living in a vibrant community.

Ville de Montréal, septembre 2005.

2008.

Résumé de la politique (en français)

A Plan for the Arts in New Westminster. 2008.

Cultural Plan (adopted November 2005).

February 2006)

The Arts and Heritage plans are two separate, but linked, plans developed within the context of the Ottawa 20/20 planning initiative, a two-year post-amalagmation process that focussed on growth management for the next 20 years. April 2003.

5-year Progress Report (April 2010)

February 2007

Submitted by the Cultural Advisory Committee of the Municipality of Port Hope. December 2007.

An integrated business and marketing plan that serves as a master cultural plan for the Powell River region. It was developed to identify and plan cultural activities that can be implemented incrementally and to drive economic development in the region. 2004.

Philosophy statement begins: "The Municipality recognizes that the arts are a formidable force for change, and confirms its mandate to the arts as an essential element within a vital, creative and balanced community." Policy approved by City Council April 2005.

A Strategic Economic Development Plan prepared for Prince Edward County in 2004 identified “Arts, Culture and Heritage” as an element of Prince Edward County’s economy and noted that it was significantly underdeveloped relative to it’s economic potential. In this context, in November 2004 Council approved the development of a Strategic Cultural Plan for the County.

La politique culturelle, adoptée le 6 décembre 2004, traduit les intentions de la Ville de Québec relativement au développement des arts et de la culture dans son territoire. La Ville affirme ainsi sa volonté de faire de la culture un axe maje ur de développement. Février 2005.

Reframing Culture for Our Time and Place. 2008.

The Arts Strategy lays out a vision and strategies, and includes an "immediate action plan. July 2004.

Millier Dickinson Blais: A Vibrant Community: Richmond Hill‟s Cultural Plan - Final Report. December 2011.

Millier Dickinson Blais: Town of Richmond Hill Cultural Plan – Appendix. December 2011.

City of Saskatoon Culture Plan. 2011.

Adoptée en 2003.

The City of St. John's Municipal Arts Plan. 2009.

Cultural Policy adopted by Council February 2005.

This page captures the wishes and goals of many communities articulated during hundreds of public consultations across the city. As Toronto has evolved, the passion that ignites cultural development has remained steadfast; arts and culture are vital to neighbourhoods and community life, fundamental to long-term economic prosperity and key to building Toronto's local, national and international reputation as a creative city.

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Adopted by the Town of Truro, November 2004.

La politique en bref. 2009.

In 2003, the Vancouver Board of Parks and Recreation reviewed its Arts Policy (initially approved in 1996). After researching the field of community arts and consulting with stakeholders, a renewed Arts Policy was adopted which affirmed that the Board will continue its role in community cultural development and in partnerships which celebrate the arts in everyday life. The Park Board website contains PDF files of the 1993 Arts Policy and the 2003 Arts Policy, as well as reports on the Arts Policy Consultation (2003) and Arts Policy Research Findings (2003).

Whitchurch-Stouffville Municipal Cultural Policy Task Force. Adopted by Council June 6, 2006.

Prepared by dmA Planning and Management Services. May 2005.

The City of Port Moody solicited Terms of Reference (TOR) for arts committees from other municipalities when it was in the process of creating its own Arts and Culture Committee in 2009.

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An ad-hoc committee established to develop the HRM Cultural Plan.

Respecting the establishment of a Heritage Advisory Committee and a civic registry of heritage property. This bylaw lays out the terms of reference for a Heritage Advisory Committee, and Heritage Property Registry. Heritage property.

An advisory commitee to Kamloops City Council (From the Culture-L archives, March 2001).

A report to seek Council approval for the creation of two new Advisory Committees to support the Culture & Heritage Division.

Terms of reference to Port Coquitlam's Community Cultural Development (CCD) Advisory Committee, created to help realize the vision put forward in the City's Cultural Policy and Plan (2002).

2007

Cultural Services Advisory Committee (CSAC) The Cultural Services Advisory Committee provides advice and input to Cultural Services on the implementation of the Cultural Policy that was approved by City Council in February, 2005.

Tschirhart, Mary (1996). Bloomington, IN: Indiana University Press, (116 pp.). A study based on interviews the managers of 24 nonprofit arts organizations on: 1) What types of problems do managers experience with their organizational stakeholders? 2) How do they respond to these problems? and 3) What determines the use of different responses?

Ostrower, Francie (2003). The Urban Institute. A report on the possibilities and limitations of arts & cultural partnerships to build arts participation.

Backer, Thomas (2002). Encino, CA: Human Interaction Research Institute, (72 pp.). A working paper that draws upon the experiences of over 60 nonprofit arts partnerships - discussing the merits and challenges of artistic collaboration.

Ostrower, Francie (2004). The Urban Institute. An examination of the Wallace Foundation's Community Partnerships for Cultural Participation that finds that although partnerships in general are challenging, mutual respect, relative influence and rewards are even more difficult to achieve when collaborators differ so greatly in their resources and culture.

Ostrower, Francie (2005). Stanford Social Innovation Review, Spring 2005. US study based on interviews with 5 community foundations and 45 cultural organizations, identifying potential advantages and drawbacks. The researchers found that many partnerships were created only for the purposes of grant application and that they ended when funding ended, and that funding requirements for seemed to be based on ideology rather than need.

Council for the Arts in Ottawa (2006). Handbook to inform Ottawa's business sector about the opportunities and potential for investing in the local arts.

National association of art sponsors, patrons and volunteers, dedicated to helping arts organizations and businesses reach the full potential of creative partnerships. Online resources for fundraising and approaching business and arts partnerships.

Board of Trade of Metropolitan Montreal (November 28, 2005) Report on business support for culture based on interviews with representatives of 50 companies and an online survey completed by 210 business people. Findings include indication that the primary motivations for business sponsorships include enhancing the company's image, and contributing to the quality of life and economic vitality of the community.

Founded in 1997 as a joint initiative of government and the business sector, BASA's primary aim is to promote mutually beneficial and sustainable business-arts partnerships in South Africa. BASA is accountable to both government and its business members.

National American organization promoting mutually beneficial partnerships between corporations and nonprofit arts groups through local and national programs. Publishes the Arts & Business Quarterly and coordinates the Business Volunteers for the Arts programme.

The Building Communities Through Arts and Heritage Program was created to help you celebrate your community, its past and its present. The Program will increase opportunities, through festivals and other events and projects, for local artists and artisans to be involved in their community and for local groups to commemorate their local history and heritage.

The HRM Grants Program is a portfolio through which the municipality provides tax assistance and grants.

The City of New Westminster's guidelines and criteria for funding arts and culture through revenues from a Gaming Endowment Fund.

Cultural grants objectives, guidelines, and evaluation criteria for Operating, Project, Development, Equipment, and Training grants.

The City of Red Deer's Fee-For-Service Program has been developed to provide limited support to not-for-profit arts and cultural organizations in the City of Red Deer.

The City of Saskatoon provides a number of grant programs to assist registered non profit groups to provide programs in the Saskatoon area.

The City of Thunder Bay offers a number of funding opportunities to qualified bodies, within specified criteria and guidelines.

A joint funding program to strengthen non-profit arts organizations in British Columbia by assisting with organizational assessments and strategic planning initiatives.

Canada Council for the Arts (October 2005) Report examines government funding for the arts in nine countries, particularly at the federal level. Canada ranks eighth per capita according to this study.

Board of Trade of Metropolitan Montreal (November 28, 2005) Report on business support for culture based on interviews with representatives of 50 companies and an online survey completed by 210 business people. Findings include indication that the primary motivations for business sponsorships include enhancing the company's image, and contributing to the quality of life and economic vitality of the community.

Government of Alberta Ministry responsibilbe for information and funding for artists in Alberta.

The BC Arts Council provides support for arts and culture in British Columbia.

The Arts and Culture Division of the Ministry of Tourism, Culture and the Arts develops and administers government policies and programs that support a vital and sustainable arts and cultural sector.

A directory of Local Government offices and staff throughout British Columbia.

The arm's-length agency of the Province of Manitoba, whose mandate is "to promote the study, enjoyment, production and performance of works in the arts."

Support Services and Programs for the arts in New Brunswick.

Independent agency responsible for promoting and developing the arts and artists in Ontario.

The Saskatchewan Arts Board provides a wide range of services in the arts for the citizens of Saskatchewan.

Awards for outstanding contributions in four categories: Artistic Excellence, Creative Force, Community Builders, and Path to Excellence.

HRM appoints a Poet Laureate to serve a term of four years, the same as that of Council. The Poet Laureate is charged with serve as an advocate for literacy and the literary arts. The intention of appointing a Poet Laureate is to reflect the life of the community through readings of poetry at certain civic events and other activities. The Poet Laureate is invited to develop and complete a unique legacy project for the Municipality, during their tenure.

Established in 1989, the awards are presented each year to Canadian literature featuring Nova Scotia and its people in both fiction and non-fiction categories. Two prizes of $1,500 each are awarded - one for fiction and one for non-fiction. A third prize for first book was established in 2000.

The City of Hamilton Arts Awards are awards of excellence given annually to practicing artists in the Hamilton area who excel in their chosen discipline. They have been given annually since 1976.

The Kitchener-Waterloo Arts Awards were established in 1986 to recognize all the people who contribute to the the Waterloo region's vibrant cultural fabric – from the creators to the supportive to the corporate supporters. The awards are supported by the Cities of Kitchener and Waterloo.

Founded in 1987 by the City of Montreal, the $15,000 prize is awarded annually to an author of an outstanding book in English or French.

The City of Nanaimo has established two annual awards: the Excellence in Culture Award and The Honour in Culture Award. These awards recognize deserving individuals or groups for their outstanding contribution to culture in Nanaimo.

In 2006, the Niagara Falls City Council approved the Arts & Culture Wall of Fame initiative to improve the awareness of the arts in our community, as well as recognize some very worthy residents and pieces of art that made Niagara Falls famous.

The Owen Sound Cultural Awards celebrate excellence in the arts, culture and heritage in the greater Owen Sound area. These awards serve to underline the importance of culture to Owen Sound residents, and to recognize groups and individuals for their outstanding achievement and contributions to the area's cultural vitality. The City of Owen Sound hosts an annual celebration where nominees will be recognized for their contributions and an original work of art is given to the winner in each category.

The Richmond Arts Awards program recognizes the artistic achievements and contributions to the cultural community by City residents, artists, educators, organizations and business leaders.

Founded in 1989, the winning author receives $4,000 and each shortlisted author receives $1,000.

The Thunder Bay Arts & Heritage Awards program recognizes groups and individuals in the city who have achieved excellence in their discipline, displayed worthy contributions to enhancing or supporting the arts & heritage community, and continue to play an important role in making Thunder Bay an exciting and beautiful place. Formerly known as the Chronicle-Journal Prizes for Arts and Heritage, this prestigious event has celebrated the accomplishments of established professionals, cultural groups, and emerging youth artists since 2003. In June 2010, the Awards will feature five new categories, many of which recognize the supporters of culture in Thunder Bay, along with those awarded in past programs.

The Toronto Book Awards were first presented by Toronto City Council in 1974 to honour authors of books of literary and artistic merit that are evocative of Toronto. These annual awards offer $15,000 in prize money. Each shortlisted author (usually four to six) receives $1,000 and the winning author is awarded the remainder.

The City of Vancouver is committed to recognizing the important role that artists play in our community, to raising the profile of the cultural sector generally, and to celebrating the accomplishments and talents of individual artists in our midst. The following awards are just some of the ways that the City officially recognizes important contributions to Vancouver's creative sector.

Established in 1996, the Cultural Harmony Awards recognize individuals and organizations that display a significant and sustained commitment to the promotion of cultural harmony in the City of Vancouver.

The City of Vancouver Heritage Awards acknowledge the special accomplishments, projects and efforts which have furthered the goal of heritage conservation in the City.

A protocol to enable the municipality to respond to requests in a timely and professional manner from International and Canadian cities seeking to be a "twin."

The purpose of this policy is to provide the selection and evaluation process for establishing and reviewing Sister City relationships. (2005).

The Cultural Planning Toolkit is a guide for the process of cultural planning in a community. It includes an adaptable model and practical checklists for navigating and charting progress. The Planning Toolkit is also available as a PDF in French, in the Publications section of the CCNC website. The Toolkit has been developed to encourage community leaders, planners and local government staff to explore the potential of cultural planning. In particular, we hope to demonstrate how cultural resources can support the delivery of a spectrum of community priorities.

Cultural Planning Toolkit - Web Resource (CCNC)

Cultural Planning Toolkit – Web Resource (CCNC)

Planning for Sustainable Canadian Communities Roundtable. September 21-23, 2005. Key background paper to provide guidance to municipalities and First Nations in regards to one of the key goals of the Government’s New Deal for Cities and Communities: achieving real, measurable progress toward the economic, social, environmental and cultural sustainability of Canada’s cities and communities.

This document was developed by the Creative City Network in order to help explain the unique context in which Quebec municipalities develop their cultural policies and plans. Document text translated from the website of the Quebec Ministry of Culture and Communications, February 2003.

This guide was produced to support municipalities' development of cultural policies. It was produced by: the Ministry of Culture and Communications and the Regroupement québécois du loisir municipal, in collaboration with the Ministry of Municipal Affairs. 1997-2001. Available in French and Spanish.

A scholarly research project in which examines urban cultural experiences in Montreal, Toronto, Berlin, and Dublin.

Princeton University website for data and research for arts and culture policy.

Interactive data archive.

Profile and analysis of State of Washington cultural policy.