Creative City Network of Canada

Across Canada municipalities are still leveraging three toolkits developed as a legacy of the 2010 Winter Games.

The Cultural Mapping, Cultural Planning and Public Art Toolkits built by 2010 Legacies Now and Creative City Network of Canada (CCNC) were developed as 'how-to guides' to assist local governments, arts, cultural and heritage organizations with the processes of cultural planning and cultural mapping, and the development of public art projects. They include adaptable models, examples, and practical checklists for navigating and charting progress in communities.

“In 2010, interest in and needs for cultural planning and mapping, as well as public arts planning were growing in municipalities across Canada,” said Sarah Douglas-Murray, President of the Board for Creative City Network of Canada. “Development of these valuable resources would not have been possible without the support and funding from 2010 Legacies Now. At the time the CCNC was a young organization, and the partnership was vital in helping us develop and grow.”

“The toolkits are tangible legacies of the 2010 Games,” says Douglas-Murray. The CCNC reports the toolkits continue to be widely used in Canada, have been adopted by universities as reference material in cultural planning programs, and have also garnered international interest.

“We hear from our members, which are mostly municipal cultural staff, that the guides continue to be great resources that help them take recommendations to their communities as they push for implementation,” said Douglas-Murray. “Not only do the toolkits help achieve the goal of developing strong cultural plan­­s­­, they also help diverse stakeholders understand the planning process.”

2010 Legacies Now was an innovative non-profit organization that leveraged the 2010 Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games to create tangible community legacies throughout British Columbia that would continue to live well beyond 2010. It is considered a best practice by the International Olympic Committee.

2010 Legacies Now was made possible thanks to invaluable support from the Province of BC, other government partners, corporations and foundations. Support and collaboration from communities, not-for-profits, agencies, VANOC, Four Host First Nations Society and others were also key in driving success.

LIFT Impact Partners evolved from 2010 Legacies Now into a national non-profit that builds the capacity of social purpose organizations Canada-wide to become more sustainable and effective at delivering greater social impact in the areas of health, education and skills development leading to employment.