A study on the Canadian Arts Summit finds a failure of leadership diversity. Charlie Wall-Andrews and Owais Lightwala reflect on what needs to change.
Diversity may be one of Canada’s best qualities, but it’s not one the Canadian arts can take credit for.
In 2020, we sought to find out if Canada’s cultural institutions show how diverse the country is. We looked at the Canadian Arts Summit, an annual gathering that includes 125 of the largest arts and cultural organizations in Canada (including the National Ballet of Canada, Vancouver Symphony Orchestra and National Theatre School), through the lens of geographic, gender and racial diversity, especially in executive leadership.
The 2016 Canadian census, on the other hand, shows that 27.2 per cent of the country’s people are Indigenous, Black and from a racialized demographic, which increased to 31.5 per cent as of the 2021 census. This number is expected to rise to more than 40 per cent by 2036...Keep reading on The Globe and Mail.
Diversity may be one of Canada’s best qualities, but it’s not one the Canadian arts can take credit for.
In 2020, we sought to find out if Canada’s cultural institutions show how diverse the country is. We looked at the Canadian Arts Summit, an annual gathering that includes 125 of the largest arts and cultural organizations in Canada (including the National Ballet of Canada, Vancouver Symphony Orchestra and National Theatre School), through the lens of geographic, gender and racial diversity, especially in executive leadership.
The 2016 Canadian census, on the other hand, shows that 27.2 per cent of the country’s people are Indigenous, Black and from a racialized demographic, which increased to 31.5 per cent as of the 2021 census. This number is expected to rise to more than 40 per cent by 2036...Keep reading on The Globe and Mail.