Nordicity

City of Maple Ridge: "Walking Together" Cultural Plan

Nordicity, alongside Patricia Huntsman (prime contractor), were commissioned to develop the City of Maple Ridge’s Cultural Plan Update 2017-2027 - a framework for the City’s future vision, policy and action plan for arts and culture for the next ten years.

Date: Aug 30, 2016Area of Expertise: Culture and Communities
CWTA: The Benefits of the Wireless Telecommunications Industry to the Canadian Economy in 2015

Nordicity was engaged by Canadian Wireless Telecommunications Association to conduct an economic impact assessment of the Canadian wireless industry, of which the resulting report was intented to support the client’s goverment relations efforts.

Date: Aug 9, 2016Area of Expertise: Global Development Services (tags): Economic Impact Assessments
CASO: Economic Profile of Ontario’s Computer Animation and Visual Effects Industry in 2014

This study provides an up to date Economic Profile of the Animation/VFX industry and compares results with past reports in order to ascertain how the industry is growing, particularly as a vital source of employment and creative innovation in Ontario.

Date: Jun 30, 2016Area of Expertise: Screen Industries Services (tags): Economic Impact Assessments
OMDC: "The State of Content Distribution" A Review of Content Distribution in the Cultural Media Industries

OMDC asked Nordicity to prepare a study regarding the state of content distribution. The report details how content is being distributed, across the various cultural media industries supported by OMDC.

Date: Jun 8, 2016Area of Expertise: Screen Industries Services (tags): Research Studies
CBC | Radio-Canada: Analysis of Government Support for Public Broadcasting

The Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC) commissioned Nordicity to prepare an update to its biennial analysis of public funding for public service broadcasters (PSBs) and culture in Canada and 17 other Western countries.

Date: Apr 11, 2016Area of Expertise: Screen Industries
CRTC: 2016 Price Comparison Study of Telecommunications Services in Canada and Select Foreign Jurisdictions

Nordicity was engaged by The Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC) to complete an international price comparison study (Canada, USA and OECD countries) of all telecom services (fixed voice, wireless voices, fixed broadband, wireless internet, bundles including TV). This study supports telecom policy updates.

Date: Mar 22, 2016Area of Expertise: Screen Industries
The City of Edmonton Library Board: The Economic and Socio-cultural Impact of the Edmonton Public Library

Nordicity was engaged to conduct an impact assessment of the Edmonton Public Library. This report includes an assessment of the monetary economic impact of the library system on the City of Edmonton as well as an assessment of other non-monetary impacts of EPL on the community and city (e.g. cultural, community, educational and experiential impacts).

Date: Mar 15, 2016Area of Expertise: Galleries, Libraries, and Museums
British Council: Creative Cities in the USA and Canada

As part of the British Council’s on-going mandate to connect Higher Education Institutions (HEIs) based in the U.K. with opportunities in the U.S. and Canada, the British Council (the BC) has contracted Nordicity to conduct an assessment of the state of the creative industries in the United States and Canada.

Date: Jan 13, 2016Area of Expertise: Culture and Communities