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Nordicity is thrilled to announce its collaboration with the City of Nanaimo on a Not-for-Profit Sector Study. This initiative aligns with the City's vision to create a prosperous, socially just, and environmentally sustainable community, using the "Doughnut Economics" framework as outlined in the City Plan.

In a pioneering move to strengthen the arts and culture sector through innovative financing, Nordicity has been commissioned by the Metcalf Foundation – in partnership with the Ontario Arts Council and the Canada Council for the Arts – to launch an action research project exploring the integration of social finance within the arts and culture sector. 

The Investment Climate Reform (ICR) Facility engaged Nordicity to undertake a pivotal technical assistance project for the Zimbabwe Ministry of Sports, Recreation, Arts, and Culture (MoSRAC). The project aims to strengthen the intellectual property (IP) business environment in Zimbabwe’s cultural and creative industries (CCIs).

Nordicity is excited to announce its continued support to the Regional District of Fraser-Fort George (RDFFG) through our latest collaboration on the Cultural Funding Review.

As a key part of its succession plan, NGL Nordicity Group Ltd (Nordicity) has moved forward on new appointments. Founder and Board Chair, Peter Lyman announced that Kristian Roberts would be assuming CEO position as of Jan. 1, 2024.

Last fall, Nordicity's Peter Lyman and Mila Dechef-Tweddle spoke about cultural planning with Arts Consultants Canada (ACCA) on the “At the Mic” podcast. Building on their respective work across Nordicity’s culture planning practice, Peter and Mila discussed the evolution of cultural planning over the last decade and the strategies our team at Nordicity employs to ensure successful community engagement.

Kristian Roberts, CEO of Nordicity, explored the dynamics of tax credits in the global video game industry in a conversation with Brendan Sinclair from GamesIndustry.biz. He highlighted the competitive race, particularly in Continental Europe and Australia-New Zealand, to offer more attractive tax incentives.

Nordicity once again took part in this year's iteration of Digital Media at the Crossroads conference. Nordicity took stage to kick-off the conference with a presentation and update of the revenues, employment, and future trends in two key creative sectors in the Canadian digital media universe: audio visual production and music.

A new report prepared by Nordicity and Saffery LLP demonstrates that film and TV production studios in West London generate significant benefits for the UK economy.

With yet another exciting year coming to a close, we’re taking a moment to pause and reflect on the incredible humans and various projects that have made 2023 a success!

Here are seven trends emerging from Nordicity’s recent cultural planning projects. 

The second annual Bristol and Bath Screen Summit brought together, filmmakers, producers, writers commissioners and other stakeholders from Bristol and Bath’s vibrant film and TV ecosystem. 

Dustin Chodorowicz, Partner at Nordicity, reflects on the impact of film and TV production in Malta.

Nordicity and Saffery Champness were commissioned by Screen Scotland to prepare an economic impact study to assess the value of the screen sector in Scotland.

Nordicity and Saffery Champness have published the findings of a new economic evaluation of the Film and TV Production Restart Scheme. 

The Digital Media Universe in Canada report and presentation is prepared by Nordicity on an annual basis for the Digital Media at the Crossroads (DM@X) conference.

A report by the Quebec English Language Production Council (QEPC) shows that the annual volume of film and television production within Canada’s Official Language Minority Community (OLMC) in Quebec remains at its weakest.

Catch a glimpse of some 2022 highlights from Nordicity's Vancouver office, as we kick off 2023.

Catch a glimpse of our London office, as we look forward to what 2023 has in store.

Our Toronto team have made a video to wish you a happy Holiday season and a brilliant 2023.

SODEC has released the results of a study of entrepreneurship dynamics in the music industry in Quebec. The mandate of this exploratory study independently conducted by Nordicity was to conduct the evolution of business models in the music industry in Quebec.

Nordicity joined forces with Interactive Ontario to share highlights from the world’s biggest computer and video games trade fair, Gamescom 2022. In the second episode in the Nordicity Recap series, our Managing Partner Kristian Roberts hosts a panel discussion with industry professionals about Gamescom 2022.  

On October 6th, Nordicity will present Advocating for the Arts: Measuring Impact at the Creative City Summit in Waterloo, Ontario. 

Nordicity has joined forces with Interactive Ontario to share highlights from video gaming industry events around the globe. The first Nordicity Recaps focuses on key takeaways from mobile gaming conference Pocket Gamer Connects 2022.