Blog categorized as The Future of Culture

Why Data Now? The Growing Role of Data in the Arts and Culture Sector
Data has always shaped how we create, organize, and make sense of the world. However, it’s no longer just a background tool it is becoming central to how arts and culture organizations tell their stories, advocate for support, and build resilience.
Digital Skills and Data Literacy: The Future of Cultural Work
The cultural sector is undergoing a profound transformation driven by digital technologies and data-driven decision-making. Cultural professionals must develop digital skills while also embracing data analysis to inform programming, audience engagement, and operational strategies.
Data as Culture's Next Frontier: Why It Matters More Than Ever in Canada
In an era where data drives decision-making in nearly every industry, cultural organizations in Canada are at a crossroads. This article introduces the need to unlock the full potential of data as a strategic asset.
Keys To Becoming A Data Driven Organization
One of the key elements to becoming a data-driven organization – data acceptance – may be the most difficult for cultural organizations to embrace. This article helps to shed light on three common cognitive biases that can make data-driven decision making more difficult.
Stories and Statistics: How To Use Data-Driven Storytelling
In this article, we explore three key strategies to elevate your non-profit communications and captivate your audience by using data-driven storytelling.
Cultural Futures: Reawakening Our Awareness of Canada's Cultural Innovation
We hope that the January edition of The Future of Culture has been both informative and evocative, and sets out the vision for this exciting new arts agency. But why? We hope that this article sets out our raison d'être.
Uneven Funding:  The Cultural Divide Between Urban and Rural Museums
This article highlights the real struggle of small museums to remain vibrant, viable and relevant part of their community's cultural fabric and deliver the same sustainable, impactful community benefits as their urban counterparts without a different approach to funding.
Yours, Mine and Ours:  How Does Culture Counter Division?
The growing villainization of migrant communities paints migrants not as contributors to societies, but as threats. This article highlights how a museum and the migrant community to build bridges in their community.
Museums and Public Trust In The Age of "Alternative Facts"
What role do museums play in today’s world of mixed messages and “alternative facts?” A pretty big and important one, according to research. This article outlines some of the steps cultural organizations can take to help counter misinformation and continue serving as a reliable source of facts.