About Us
Looking for the analytical clout of global experts with the focus and flexibility of a boutique team? Meet Nordicity: researchers, strategists, economists, and all-round sense-makers for the cultural and creative sectors. As approachable and passionate as we are analytical – we’re experts you’ll actually want to talk to.
About Nordicity
With more than four decades under our belt, we’re the go-to partner for the creative and cultural sectors. We bring research you can rely on, strategies you can act on, and impact you can see. Global in reach yet local in approach, we collaborate with clients to turn evidence into actionable insight. What sets us apart? We deliver solutions that are practical and human – built to be used, not shelved.
Nordicity has been supporting the cultural and creative sectors since 1979. Today, we’re a team of 30+ experts working across industries, disciplines, and continents.
Our expertise is diverse and specialized. We work with a variety of clients from emerging creative technologies to the oldest forms of art. Because we work across sectors and around the world, we can draw on lessons from elsewhere. And we make sure every insight is tailored to the people and places we work with. Never cookie-cutter, always contextual.
Our work takes many forms, but our foundation is simple: research, strategy, and impact. Our research helps industries answer pressing questions. Our strategies create roadmaps for long-term sustainability and growth. Our approach to measuring impact shows the economic and social difference that culture and creativity make.
We’re not in the business of writing reports destined for a shelf. We listen, learn, and co-create solutions that work with the people who know their contexts best. At the heart of it all, we’re refreshingly human. We balance ambition with practicality, pair evidence with empathy, and bridge global and local contexts. We build relationships with partners and clients who share our belief in the power, value, and sheer fun of culture and creativity.
Our Values
We work hard to live up to our core values. They show up in everything we do, from how we work with clients and deliver projects to how we support our team members personally and professionally. We are committed to learning, adapting, and accepting feedback to improve our ways of working. Our team lives, works, and travels across lands that are the traditional territories of Indigenous Peoples in Canada and around the world. We honour their histories, rights, and ongoing stewardship. We commit to reflection, relationship-building, and collaboration in the places where we live and work.
Integrity
Integrity guides every aspect of what we do. We hold ourselves to strong ethical standards, follow through on our commitments, and think carefully about the social, environmental, and cultural impacts of our decisions. In all our work – research, strategy, or impact – we strive to do what is right. And we always follow the evidence.
Collaboration
Our process centres on working with people, not for them. While we bring expertise and rigour to every project, we also draw on the knowledge and lived experiences of the clients, interest-holders, and communities we work with. The outcome? Work that pairs expert insight with on-the-ground perspective.
Equity
Equity shapes how we work from the inside out. Internally, we build fair and inclusive processes. We open doors to opportunities, support transparent decision-making, and provide safe, supportive working environments. We carry this same care into our project work. Our methodologies, engagements, and recommendations reflect diverse needs and lived experiences.
Transparency
We believe that the best work happens when information flows openly. Transparency builds trust both within our team and with the clients we serve. Across leadership, project teams, and partners, we communicate with clarity and care.
Well-being
We prioritize the well-being of our team and the sectors we support. We promote healthy workloads and flexible, respectful working practices. We also consider mental, physical, and social health in everything we do. We extend this value to our project work, recognizing that thriving cultural and creative ecosystems both depend on – and contribute to – thriving people.
Meet the people whose expertise and curiosity power our work.
