MASS CULTURE GATHERINGS
Cultural Planning • Whitehorse, YK • 2020
Arts Access • Montréal, QC • 2020
Arts Policy • Wakefield, QC • 2019
Cultural Planning • Vancouver, BC • 2019
Arts Access • Toronto, ON • 2019
Arts Impact • Toronto, ON • 2019
Arts Impact • Toronto, ON • 2019
Cultural Planning • Toronto, ON • 2019
Creative Spaces • Waterloo, ON • 2019
Cultural Planning • Sudbury, ON • 2019
Audience Development • Charlottetown, PEI • 2019
Impact & Measurement • Vancouver, BC • 2019
Cultural Planning • Charlottetown, PEI • 2018
Cultural Planning • Six Nations, ON • 2018
Arts Workers • Toronto, ON • 2018
Data • Toronto, ON • 2018
Rural Arts • Thunder Bay, ON • 2018
Cultural Policy • Halifax, NS • 2018
Cultural Planning • Regina, SK • 2018
Arts Workers • Ottawa, ON • 2018
Cultural Policy • Toronto, ON • 2018
Rural Arts • Haileybury, ON • 2018
WHAT ARE MASS CULTURE GATHERINGS?
MC Gatherings are in-person or online community-centred consultations in the form of casual conversations
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WHAT IS THE INTENTION BEHIND A GATHERING?
To inform and enhance a wide range of cultural Research Provocations that matter to the people within each discussion
To shape the future of Mass Culture – what types of supports can Mass Culture provide to the Canadian arts and culture sector?
To result in stronger connections and future conversations on cultural research topics within and across communities
To bring together people with shared interests, so that they can meet new contacts outside their existing network
To provide an open space for discussion
HOW DO I GO ABOUT SETTING UP A GATHERING?
If you’re interested in bringing 10 to 15 people around a table to dive a bit deeper into an arts-related research idea, Mass Culture will provide funding, logistical assistance and a tool-kit.
Get in touch with one of Mass Culture’s Engagement Coordinators to set up a Gathering of your own!
IN-PERSON GATHERINGS
Creative Spaces • Toronto, ON • 2018
Pilot Gathering
TOPIC: How community-centered research on creative spaces could be strengthened through its creation, collection and use for planning and policymaking
Rural Arts • Haileybury, ON • 2018
Pilot Gathering
TOPIC: How rural artists can create environments where professional fees are expected
Cultural Policy • Toronto, ON • 2018
Pilot Gathering
TOPIC: Research choices and frameworks that result in inclusion and exclusion when building cultural policy
Arts Workers • Ottawa, ON • 2018
TOPIC: A taxing time for artists (on filing income in tax returns)
Cultural Planning • Regina, SK • 2018
TOPIC: Adding the Saskatchewan voice to the Mass Culture collaborative initiative
Cultural Policy • Halifax, NS • 2018
TOPIC: Cultural research in Canada, focusing on policy and research that impacts the craft sector
Rural Arts • Thunder Bay, ON • 2018
TOPIC: Impacts, challenges and collective capacity of community-engaged arts/artists working in the rural, remote and First Nation contexts of Northern Ontario
Data • Toronto, ON • 2018
TOPIC: Data collection through Ontario’s Regional Museum Networks
Cultural Planning • Charlottetown, PEI • 2018
TOPIC: Why people in arts and culture stay or leave Prince Edward Island
Impact & Measurement • Vancouver, BC • 2019
TOPIC: Role of Culture in Building Health and Wellness in Vancouver
Arts Impact • Toronto, ON • 2019
TOPIC: What does it mean to communicate collective impact?
Arts Access • Toronto, ON • 2019
TOPIC: Making effective social change happen through the arts
Cultural Planning • Vancouver, BC • 2019
TOPIC: Growing an emerging sector intersecting Indie Games and Arts Non-Profit in Vancouver
Arts Policy • Wakefield, QC • 2019
TITRE: Les Arts et la Culture – Éléments essentiels d’une économie florissante
Arts Policy • Windsor, ON • 2019
TOPIC: The future of national cultural research as it relates to how Arts Policy (specifically Creative Canada) affects rural border regions
Arts Access • Montréal, QC • 2020
TITRE: Lutter contre le racisme systémique dans les arts et la culture ; Comment bien démarrer notre processus de transformation ?
Cultural Planning • Whitehorse, YK • 2020
TOPIC: Sustaining and growing a vibrant arts and culture ecology in the Yukon
COVID-19 • Vancouver, BC • 2020
TOPIC:
Status of Small Venues in Vancouver During COVID-19 and Beyond
Arts Access • Calgary, AB • 2020
TOPIC:
Finding and creating resources for mentorship for diverse artists requiring professional development
Audience Development • Squamish, BC • 2020
TOPIC:
How do Festivals influence arts, culture & community?
DIGITAL GATHERINGS
Organisational Structures, Leadership, Governance • 2019
TOPIC: 70 Years Later – Contemporary Perspectives on the Massey Commission
Cultural Diplomacy • 2019
TOPIC: Can artists really save the world? Exhibitions, exchanges & other moments in Trojan-horse diplomacy
Cultural Planning • 2019
TOPIC: Être artiste et travailleur culturel francophone au Canada
Organisational Structures, Leadership, Governance • 2020
TOPIC: So what does the future of organizational planning look like now?
EVALUATION
RIPPLE EFFECT MAP
This Ripple Effect Map was created as an interactive, evaluative tool with which to examine the immediate, short-term and long-term impacts of Mass Culture’s Gatherings.
Click the question mark on the top right to find out more!
This map captures the Original, Transitional, and Aspiring Transformational Experiences of Mass Culture’s Gatherings.
ENGAGEMENT COORDINATORS
Meet Mass Culture’s Engagement Coordinators! Each Coordinator was in charge of a region of Canada, and organized 4 In-Person Gatherings in those communities. From 2019 to 2020, 7 Digital Gatherings were organized.
General (formerly Central Canada): Fanny Martin
Future of Work (formerly Digital Gatherings): Bridget MacIntosh
East Coast: Stephany Peterson
Prairies: Allison Moore
West Coast: Kristin Cheung
Mass Culture’s engagement activities, and the materials found on this page, are spearheaded by Mass Culture’s Engagement Working Group. You can find out more about them on the MC Network page.