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ISBN: 9780776605968-17

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Cultural Indicators and Benchmarks in Community Indicator Projects

From: Accounting for Culture

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The presence of cultural indicators in community indicator projects has evolved from isolated scenes characterized by fledgling, pioneering attempts to that of an emerging field and more widespread phenomenon.

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Nancy Duxbury

Nancy Duxbury is the director of research and information of the Creative City Network of Canada, a national non-profit organization she co-founded that facilitates sharing of knowledge and expertise among municipal cultural staff in over 125 communities across Canada. She is also a member of Statistics Canada’s National Advisory Committee on Culture Statistics, and special projects editor of the Canadian Journal of Communication. From 1995-2003 she was a cultural planning analyst at the City of Vancouver’s Office of Cultural Affairs, and from 2000 to 2002 she was a board member of the Canadian Cultural Research Network. She holds a doctorate in communication and a master’s in publishing from Simon Fraser University, and a bachelor of commerce degree in management from Saint Mary’s University in Halifax. In 2001, she was awarded the Dean of Graduate Studies Medal for Research Excellence for the Faculty of Applied Science at Simon Fraser University.