The Canadian Urban Institute has developed a ‘how to’ guidebook that can be used by municipalities in Ontario to measure and evaluate the outcomes of municipal cultural planning (MCP) in their communities.  The guidebook contains  a framework for measuring MCP that examines:

The Canadian Urban Institute is pleased to announce that our work is now underway to develop a set of indicators and performance measures that can be used by Ontario municipalities to measure and evaluate the outcomes of Municipal Cultural Planning (MCP) in their communities.

The Canadian Urban Institute's Jeff Evenson is interviewed in this TV clip from CKWS Television in Kingston about the City's new cultural master plan.

The CUI has developed Kingston’s first culture master plan. The new plan makes the case for the important contribution that culture makes toward wealth creation and quality of life, and calls for a substantial increase in investment toward culture beginning in 2011 and for the next 4 years.

The CUI’s Connector practice is a leader in the field of municipal cultural planning, in which we see our role as assisting municipalities to plan for cultural vitality.

We are passionate about placemaking and its use as a catalyst for cultural vitality. We understand that culture is a function of place and we employ an approach to cultural planning that strives for the development of great places in which vibrant cultural activities can take root.