2010 Cultural Sector HR Study
March 10, 2010

http://www.culturalhrc.ca/index-e.asp

The Cultural Human Resources Council works for and with all the cultural industries and arts disciplines in the cultural sector including: Live Performing Arts; Writing and Publishing; Visual Arts and Crafts; Film and Television Production; Broadcasting; Digital Media; Music and Sound Recording; and Heritage.

The Cultural Human Resources Council has asked The Conference Board of Canada to examine the cultural sector workforce in Canada. We want to learn about your opinions on the opportunities, challenges, trends and issues that you face; as well as your suggestions for enhancing the quality and sustainability of Canada’s cultural sector.

To help us, please answer the following questions. This questionnaire will take you about 25 minutes to complete. Please note that if you leave the questionnaire, you will not be able to return and resume where you left off, though your partially completed questionnaire will be captured. You are more than welcome to return to start a new questionnaire.

All responses are important and greatly appreciated. The Cultural Human Resources Council and The Conference Board of Canada encourage you to forward this message to individuals and organizations involved in the cultural sector in Canada (e.g., employers, the self-employed, employees, the unemployed, volunteers or students).

Please Note: Your answers will be treated confidentially. Individual data and comments will not be shared with any other individual or organization and will not be released publicly. Answers will be reported in aggregate form only. Your participation in this is voluntary and your responses will remain anonymous.The results will be used to help improve opportunities for Canadians in the cultural sector. A report on the findings from this cross-Canada survey will be released in the summer of 2010 and will be made available free of charge. Survey respondents will have the option of being notified when the report is available for download from the Cultural Human Resources Council’s website.

This survey is about the cultural sector in Canada and the people within it. Please answer the following questions as best you can, thinking about your work in the cultural sector.

Thinking about your work in the cultural sector, would you consider yourself to be primarily a (an) (please click the appropriate questionnaire below):
Employer or HR manager in the cultural sector: http://conferenceboard.checkboxonline.com/CulturalEmployers.aspx (e.g., owner, CEO, executive director, member of a board of directors of a not-for-profit cultural organization; responsible for running a company, association, academic institution, government department or agency, or other form of organization or the HR manager of such an organization/business)
Self-employed cultural sector worker: http://conferenceboard.checkboxonline.com/CulturalSelfemployed.aspx (e.g., an entrepreneur, contract worker, artist or freelancer, whether or not you are currently working)
Employed cultural sector worker: http://conferenceboard.checkboxonline.com/CulturalEmployees.aspx (e.g., employee or intern working in a company, association, academic institution, government department or agency, or other form of organization)
Unemployed cultural sector worker: http://conferenceboard.checkboxonline.com/CulturalUnemployed.aspx (e.g., currently unemployed but looking for work in the cultural sector – though you might have employment outside the cultural sector)
Volunteer: http://conferenceboard.checkboxonline.com/CulturalVolunteers.aspx (who does not serve on the board of a not-for-profit cultural organization. If you do serve on a board, please select the employer questionnaire above)
Student: http://conferenceboard.checkboxonline.com/CulturalStudents.aspx (studying the cultural sector)

Contact:
This survey can also be accessed at:
http://www.conferenceboard.ca/culturesurvey.aspx

or contact Derek Hughes at The Conference Board of Canada.
E-mail: contactculture@conferenceboard.ca
Tel: (613) 526-3280 ext. 263 Fax : (613) 526-4857

For more information on The Conference Board of Canada, visit: www.conferenceboard.ca
For more information on the Cultural Human Resources Council, visit: www.culturalhrc.ca