Creative Industries in Canada

Dr. Cheryl Thompson is an Assistant Professor in the School of Performance at The Creative School. She is author of two books, Uncle: Race, Nostalgia, and the Politics of Loyalty (2021) and Beauty in a Box: Detangling the Roots of Canada’s Black Beauty Culture (2019). She specializes in the intersectional study of race, visual culture, and representation. In addition to writing for the New York Times, she is a frequent contributor to the New York Times, Spacing, Herizons, The Conversation, and multiple other news sites. Thompson has a PhD in Communication Studies from McGill University and is a former Banting Postdoctoral Fellow (2016–2018) at the University of Toronto.(2019). Dr. Miranda Campbell is an Associate Professor in Creative Industries at The Creative School in Toronto, Canada. Her research focuses on creative employment, youth culture, and small-scale and emerging forms of creative practice. She is the author of Reimagining the Creative Industries: Youth Creative Work, Communities of Care (2022) and How to Care More: Seven Skills for Personal and Social Change (2022). Her book, Out of the Basement: Youth Cultural Production in Practice and in Policy (2013) was shortlisted for the Donner Prize for the best public policy book by a Canadian. Her involvement with creative communities includes coordination and Board of Director roles with Rock Camp for Girls Montreal and with WhipperSnapper Gallery, an artist-run centre focusing on emerging artists in Toronto.

• AcknowledgementsIntroduction - Cheryl Thompson and Miranda CampbellPart I: Production: Meaning Making in the Creative IndustriesChapter 1: Creativity Policies and Districts: The Ambiguous Meaning of Creativity as a Source of Local Tensions in Montréal - Anouk Bélanger & Joëlle GélinasChapter 2: Race and Representation in Canadian Public Podcasting: A CBC Study - Jeff DonisonChapter 3: Institutional Production of Heritage within the Culture Sector in Canada - Susan AshleyPart II: Participation: Working and Community Building in the Creative IndustriesChapter 4: Laughter from the Sidelines: Precarious Work in the Canadian Comedy Industry - Madison TrusolinoChapter 5: Film in Canada's Creative Industries: Old Barriers and New Opportunities - George TurnbullChapter 6: Inclusion, Access, and Equity: Diversity Initiatives in Canada's Game Industry - Matthew Perks & Jennifer Whitson Chapter 7: Creative Hubs: Sites of Community and Creative Work - Mary Elizabeth LukaPart III: Pedagogies: Teaching and Learning through the Creative IndustriesChapter 8: Don Cherry's "You People" Rant: A Critical Race Approach to Understanding Corporate Nationalism, Audience Commodification, and Cultural Citizenship - Ryan J. PhillipsChapter 9: When Black History Month Media Posts Double as Pedagogical Tools: Appraising Existing BHM Coverage and Proposing Future Directions - Selina L. MudavanhuChapter 10: Applying Critical Creativity: Navigating Tensions Between Art & Business in the Creative City - Brandon McFarlaneChapter 11: Transforming Industry Standards: Tensions between Social Change and Media Production Education - Ki WightGlossaryContributor Biographies