Strategy, Policy, and Economic Analysis
Nordicity is a leading international consulting firm specializing in economic and financial analysis; business strategy solutions; and, public policy and regulatory affairs. Our clients are public and private organizations in the global creative and communications industries. Nordicity’s combination of extensive experience, functional expertise and international presence enables us to understand our client needs, apply innovative analysis and provide clear effective recommendations
Nordicity was founded in Ottawa, Canada in 1979. We now have offices in London, United Kingdom; Toronto, Canada; and Ottawa; and clients across North America, the United Kingdom, Africa, and Asia.
Nordicity celebrates 30 years of providing solutions to creative and communications industries around the world.
Nordicity has expanded its professional staff significantly in 2011. First, the Toronto office welcomed Analyst Mila Dechef-Tweddle, fresh from an MA in Museum Studies. Ottawa, meanwhile, recruited Manager Sajjad Jafri, an experienced economist at the Competition Bureau. Most recently, Lynda Brown-Ganzert joined as Vice-President, Nordicity West, opening our Vancouver office. Lynda has a considerable profile in the Canadian digital media industry. She has led teams at Electronic Arts, worked as a digital entrepreneur, and acted as head of the former BC New Media Association. Nordicity has also engaged two summer interns: Ahad Lakhani in the Ottawa office and Holly Mayson in Toronto. Ahad holds a BA(Hons) from Queen's University, and Holly is working toward her MA in Library Science at U of T.
- Media/Entertainment Sector Solutions
- Culture/Content Sector Solutions
- Telecommunications Sector Solutions
- Information and Communications Technology Sector Solutions
- Tourism Sector Solutions
What's New
- Feb 2012
- Nordicity Awarded Economics Mandate From CIMA To Profile The Canadian Independent Music Industry
- Feb 2012
- Nordicity collaborates with the Documentary Organization of Canada to prepare the fifth edition of Getting Real
- Feb 2012
- Nordicity report finds that screen-based production in Canada increased by 9% in 2010/11
- Jan 2012
- Women in Film & Television - Toronto releases screen-based workforce study
- Jan 2012
- Nordicity and New Media Manitoba launch The New Media Census: a three-phase project to assess and advance Manitoba's new media industry
- Jan 2012
- Take the Manitoba New Media Census now!
- Sep 2011
- Nordicity to help develop a Consumer Feedback System for 211Ontario.ca
- Aug 2011
- Nordicity analyses Canada's international performance of research and creativity in the Humanities, Arts and Social Sciences (HASS)
- June 2011
- Nordicity assesses the labour supply of IT Business Analysts in Canada
- June 2011
- Manufacturing Confidence In MediaCityUK (PDF)
- June 2011
- Nordicity Westminster Media Forum PSB Presentation (PDF)
- April 2011
- Analysis of Government Support for Public Broadcasting and Other Culture in Canada (PDF)
- June 2011
- International Wireless Market Comparison (PDF)
- May 2011
- Nordicity to research employment trends among women, visible minorities, Aboriginals and persons with disabilities in Canada’s screen-based industry
- May 2011
- Canada’s Broadcasting and Communications Market Displays Excessive Vertical Integration Relative to Other Countries
- Oct 2010
- Nordicity wins bid to assess the impact of digital technology on Canada’s cultural sector
- June 2010
- Nordicity is looking to grow our team
- Feb 2010
- Nordicity Helps Three Applicants Get $500,000 in Funding from OMDC’s Creative Cluster Partnership Fund
- Dec 2009
- Nordicity helps the Broadcast Commission of Jamaica identify preferred policy options for new Media legislation
- Sept 2009
- Click here to access Nordicity's Issues Discussion Paper - Towards a National Digital Strategy
- Sept 2009
- Nordicity Completes First Ever Economic Impact Assessment of Nunavut’s Production Industry, Leading strategic planning session in Iqaluit September 23
- June 2009
- Nordicity study finds that levels of Canadian children’s and youth TV production continue to decline
- May 2009
- Nordicity study shows that Canadian television programming can be profitable for Canadian broadcasters
- April 2009
- Nordicity Concludes Auction Design and Management of a Broadband Wireless Access (BWA) Spectrum Auction in Trinidad and Tobago
- Feb 2009
- Nordicity’s 13th Annual Profile of Canadian Film and TV reveals a strong industry facing important challenges
- Jan 2009
- Media Monitoring and Strategy Services for Canadian Tourism Commission for 2010 Vancouver Winter Olympics
- Aug 2008
- Nordicity study investigates Western broadcasting support mechanisms for Scottish Broadcasting Commission
- July 2008
- Nordicity helps drive Green innovation in Toronto