Counting Together - Ottawa's Collaborative Approach to Develoing Cultural Indicators

Abstract

In Spring 2016, cultural planners at the City of Ottawa brought together a research group with members from several municipal service areas, the federal government, the cultural sector, community organizations, and academia. The Ottawa Culture Research Group (OCRG) came together as an informal network with the goal of developing a set of indicators that could be used to better understand the state of the city’s cultural sector and the effects of cultural policy.