OTTAWA — Today, the department of Canadian Heritage launched the new Canadian Artists and Content Creators Economic Survey, designed to help create an updated portrait of the artistic and creative community in Canada in light of the Covid-19 pandemic.
“All Canadian artists and content creators are invited to take part, to help shed light on their experiences working and earning a living in a pre- and post-Covid-19 world,” reads the press release from Canadian Heritage.
“The data gathered through this survey will inform current and future Canadian Heritage policies and programs, ensuring the department continues to be responsive to the realities of the creative sector,” adds the release.
Available starting today, the online survey will be open until June 18.
The survey is open but not limited to the following people:
- Audio-visual directors, such as those in film, television, video games or other digital media productions, including on social media;
- Writers, such as fiction and non-fiction book authors, playwrights, poets or screenwriters;
- Performing artists, such as actors, choreographers, circus artists, comedians, dancers, mimes, puppeteers, spoken word artists or storytellers;
- Musical artists, such as composers, musicians, singers or songwriters; and
- Visual artists, such as painters, craft artisans, designers, illustrators, installation artists, video game designers, concept artists, photographers or printmakers.
For more on today’s announcement, please click here.
