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Since June 2020, GVPTA has worked in collaboration with stakeholders and other B.C.-based arts, culture, and heritage service organizations to develop surveys and reports to better understand the sector.  You can find some of the previous sector reports here.

Past reports have been leveraged by funders, government agencies, artists, as well as arts, culture, and heritage organizations in order to inform decisions that have supported new funding, updates to policies and procedures, community engagement priorities, and even referenced in grant applications by arts organizations.

In order to have a global picture and a more detailed understanding of the impact felt by the cultural sector in British Columbia and across Canada, non-personally identifying survey results may be integrated with other datasets and/or shared with analysts and researchers with expertise in cultural participation and consumption. 

For greater clarity, we will NOT share data or response fields where we ask for personally identifiable details like your name, email, and organization.

This survey is for all members of the arts, culture, and heritage sector in B.C., including artists, workers, cultural organizations, and museums across B.C. 

Some questions we ask will be different based on whether you're filling it out for yourself as an individual or as a representative of an organization. 

We encourage everyone who submits a response on behalf of an organization to do the survey again as an individual member of the arts, culture, and heritage community.

Please ensure that only one representative completes the survey on behalf of the organization. Those responses should be reflective of the organization as a whole. 

All artists and workers within an organization are welcome and encouraged to complete the survey as an individual, reflecting their personal experiences.

For organizations, we ask questions related to human resources, organizational structure, health and safety policies, trends and risks experienced, and other reflections from the past year and wishes for 2024. 

For individuals, we ask questions related to, housing stability, health and safety, obstacles and challenges.

We also ask everyone about financial health, optimism, and supports you're looking for as we move into 2024.

Most of the questions are optional, so you may choose to only answer questions you're comfortable responding to. 

GVPTA executive director Kenji Maeda will be the primary person accessing the raw data in order to validate data and to create the aggregate report. Amanda Peters, GVPTA associate executive director, has access to the raw data in case of exceptional circumstances, but has thus far for previous reports has not required access.

Personally identifiable information such as name, email, and organization will be removed if some of the data is requested to be combined with other research done across Canada.

If you have any questions or concerns about how your data will be used or accessed, please email kenji@gvpta.ca.

Once the report is complete, it will be emailed directly to everyone who participated in the survey, and will distributed through the coalition network, which includes newsletters, websites, and social channels. 

The report will also be circulated to federal, provincial, regional, and municipal governments, other funders, and stakeholders in the community.

The extended closing date is Wednesday, November 22, 5pm.

This survey was announced on Friday, November 3, with a closing date of Monday, November 20, 5pm. 

We ask that you help spread the word about the survey to BC-based arts, culture, and heritage workers, artists, and organizations in order for us to have a strong dataset for the report.

An initial report of COVID-19 B.C. Arts & Culture Sector Impact survey results was shared in June 2020; subsequent survey iterations in December 2020, April 2021, and November 2021 evolved to address current and changing realities. Find summaries and download the past reports here.