It was another tough year for the Canadian economy in 2015. After the collapse of oil prices and the Canadian dollar in 2014, the country slipped into a brief recession in the first half of 2015. There were signs of modest recovery in the last half of the year, as Statistics Canada reported a...

In the world of provincial and territorial Budgets in 2013, some governments delivered good news in the shape of surpluses and lowered taxes. Others delivered bad news, which usually meant deficits and tax increases. However, for the cultural sector, surpluses were not necessarily received with...

Deficit reduction, social pressures, concerns about quality of life, and the desire for a more creative economy are the backdrop for the provincial and territorial Budgets in 2012-13. Past patterns of support for the cultural sector helped shape each province and territory's treatment of culture...

Emerging conceptualizations of a 'four pillar' model of sustainability, which include cultural vitality, environmental responsibility, economic health, and social equity as the basis of community resiliency (Hawkes 2001), have influenced a variety of local planning initiatives in Canada,...