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Last fall, Nordicity's Peter Lyman and Mila Dechef-Tweddle spoke about cultural planning with Arts Consultants Canada (ACCA) on the “At the Mic” podcast. Building on their respective work across Nordicity’s culture planning practice, Peter and Mila discussed the evolution of cultural planning over the last decade and the strategies our team at Nordicity employs to ensure successful community engagement.

Kristian Roberts, CEO of Nordicity, explored the dynamics of tax credits in the global video game industry in a conversation with Brendan Sinclair from GamesIndustry.biz. He highlighted the competitive race, particularly in Continental Europe and Australia-New Zealand, to offer more attractive tax incentives.

Nordicity once again took part in this year's iteration of Digital Media at the Crossroads conference. Nordicity took stage to kick-off the conference with a presentation and update of the revenues, employment, and future trends in two key creative sectors in the Canadian digital media universe: audio visual production and music.

A new report prepared by Nordicity and Saffery LLP demonstrates that film and TV production studios in West London generate significant benefits for the UK economy.

With yet another exciting year coming to a close, we’re taking a moment to pause and reflect on the incredible humans and various projects that have made 2023 a success!

Here are seven trends emerging from Nordicity’s recent cultural planning projects. 

The second annual Bristol and Bath Screen Summit brought together, filmmakers, producers, writers commissioners and other stakeholders from Bristol and Bath’s vibrant film and TV ecosystem. 

Dustin Chodorowicz, Partner at Nordicity, reflects on the impact of film and TV production in Malta.

Nordicity and Saffery Champness were commissioned by Screen Scotland to prepare an economic impact study to assess the value of the screen sector in Scotland.

Nordicity and Saffery Champness have published the findings of a new economic evaluation of the Film and TV Production Restart Scheme. 

The Digital Media Universe in Canada report and presentation is prepared by Nordicity on an annual basis for the Digital Media at the Crossroads (DM@X) conference.

A report by the Quebec English Language Production Council (QEPC) shows that the annual volume of film and television production within Canada’s Official Language Minority Community (OLMC) in Quebec remains at its weakest.

Catch a glimpse of some 2022 highlights from Nordicity's Vancouver office, as we kick off 2023.

Catch a glimpse of our London office, as we look forward to what 2023 has in store.

Our Toronto team have made a video to wish you a happy Holiday season and a brilliant 2023.

SODEC has released the results of a study of entrepreneurship dynamics in the music industry in Quebec. The mandate of this exploratory study independently conducted by Nordicity was to conduct the evolution of business models in the music industry in Quebec.

Nordicity joined forces with Interactive Ontario to share highlights from the world’s biggest computer and video games trade fair, Gamescom 2022. In the second episode in the Nordicity Recap series, our Managing Partner Kristian Roberts hosts a panel discussion with industry professionals about Gamescom 2022.  

On October 6th, Nordicity will present Advocating for the Arts: Measuring Impact at the Creative City Summit in Waterloo, Ontario. 

Nordicity has joined forces with Interactive Ontario to share highlights from video gaming industry events around the globe. The first Nordicity Recaps focuses on key takeaways from mobile gaming conference Pocket Gamer Connects 2022.

Nordicity, alongside Sproing Creative, has been commissioned by the Regional District of North Okanagan (RDNO) to conduct an impact assessment of arts and culture for Greater Vernon, BC. The assessment is investigating both economic and social value.

Nordicity is pleased to announce that it has been engaged, alongside Giaimo Architects, by the City of Oshawa, to undertake a study to assess the feasibility of transforming the Arts Resource Centre (A.R.C.) into a Cultural Hub.

Nordicity is pleased to have been chosen by the City of Surrey to develop a comprehensive Music Strategy. 

As 2021 comes to an end, we wanted to share some highlights from just a handful of this years' projects. 

Stephen Hignell, Director at Nordicity, will be speaking at the University of the West Indies' Conference on the Economy (COTE) at 1pm AST on Thursday 25th November.

In May 2021, Nordicity’s Senior Partner, Peter Lyman, spoke at Synapse C’s Data Echo Culture Panel to discuss how the major arts institutions in Toronto are collaborating in this ever-increasing digital world.

We are pleased to announce that Nordicity has placed in the top 400 fastest growing companies in Canada by the Globe and Mail’s 2021 Report on Business ranking.

The Montréal-based non-profit organization Synapse C, in partnership with The Audience Agency (UK), has been selected by the Audience Analytics Collective (AAC) to pilot a shared audience analytics platform for arts organizations based in Toronto.

The Town of Collingwood engaged Nordicity and Giaimo Architects in the undertaking of an arts centre feasibility study.

Nordicity was commissioned by the Canadian Film Centre to develop a study of Ontario’s women entrepreneurs in digital media as they navigated the unprecedented disruption wrought by COVID-19.  

Nordicity has been commissioned by the British Council to develop an approach to the design and implementation of a What Works Centre for Heritage Protection with a focus on the Levant, East Africa, and South Asia. 

Nordicity will be assisting the British Council in improving its ability to value such capital, streamline its benefits, and incorporate it into the organization’s evidence base to influence future strategy.

Nordicity working as creative industry economists with FEI for The Friends of Streatham Hill Theatre's Viability Study and Economic Impact Assessment on their historic building.

Canadian Business ranked Nordicity No.370 on the 32nd annual Growth List, the definitive ranking of Canada’s Fastest-Growing Companies.

New Nordicity and Olsberg•SPI report commissioned by trade body Ukie shows that the sector has grown at an average rate of 8.5% annually between 2016 and 2019.

Nordicity is proud to have been named one of Canada’s Top 400 Growing Companies of The Year on the inaugural Report on Business ranking of Canada’s Top Growing Companies. 

Nordicity undertook an in-depth analysis of this question for the British Council, providing evidence of the links between culture and development in British Council programming and wider international development practice, with an emphasis on the United Nations’ 2030 Agenda.