Impact - arts + culture + economy = creative coast

Have you ever wondered about the value artists and arts organizations contribute to our economy? To tourism, general well-being and community? This groundbreaking 2021 study begins to answer these questions, and provide us solid, preliminary data so we can to begin our journey towards an inclusive Creative Economy.

DOWNLOAD THE IMPACT RESULTS HERE:

Executive Summary
Slide Deck from Nordicity’s Presentation
Key Findings – Infographic
Full Report

Learn more about the data

Vancouver Island Economic Summit

We were excited to present our arts impact findings to the 2021 Vancouver Island Economic Alliance Summit. Our summit session was called: “magic happens where arts and business converge” and we’re grateful to the following guests for their contributions to the presentation. You can also check out the news coverage we received after the Summit HERE and HERE.

VIEA Summit Presentations

Full video presentation by Creative Coast.

2021 VIEA Summit Presentation

Nordicity – Full presentation

Nordicity’s Vancouver team member Louisa Plant

Franc D’Ambrosio – Segment

Franc D’Ambrosio, Principal,
D’Ambrosio Architecture + Urbanism

VIEA Summit Presentations

Line Robert – Full interview

Line Robert, former Chief Executive Officer, Island Coastal Economic Trust

Karen Bannister – Full interview

Karen Bannister, former Director of Destination Development, Tourism Vancouver Island

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We wish to acknowledge that the Vancouver Island/Gulf Islands arts ecosystem is situated on the homelands of over 50 First Nations. Read our full acknowledgement.

www.creativecoast.ca is a continuation of the digarts.ca project, with funding provided by the Canada Council for the Arts, Digital Strategy Fund. Site design by Clever Jane.