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Informationen zum Autor Jill L. Grant is a professor in the School of Planning at Dalhousie University. Klappentext Seeking Talent for Creative Cities represents a rigorously empirical test of popular wisdom on the true relationship between urban development and economic competitiveness. Zusammenfassung Seeking Talent for Creative Cities represents a rigorously empirical test of popular wisdom on the true relationship between urban development and economic competitiveness. Inhaltsverzeichnis List of Tables List of Figures Notes on Contributors Acknowledgements Preface. Jill L Grant (Dalhousie University) Part I: Seeking Talent for Innovation Chapter 1. Attracting and Retaining Talent: Evidence from Canada's City-Regions. Meric S. Gertler (University of Toronto)! Kate Geddie (Association of Universities and Colleges of Canada)! Carolyn Hatch (University of Toronto)! and Josephine V. Rekers (Lunds University) Chapter 2. Attracting and Retaining Talent in Canadian Cities: Towards a Holistic View? Tara Vinodrai (University of Waterloo) Part II: Attracting Creative Sector Workers Chapter 3. Cosmopolitanism! Cultural Diversity! and Inclusion: Attracting and Retaining Artistic Talent in Toronto. Deborah Leslie (University of Toronto)! Mia A. Hunt (Royal Holloway University of London)! and Shauna Brail (University of Toronto) Chapter 4. Screenwriters in Toronto: Centre! Periphery! and Exclusionary Networks in Canadian Screen Storytelling. Charles H. Davis (Ryerson University)! Jeremy Shtern (University of Ottawa)! Michael Coutanche (Ryerson University)! and Elizabeth Godo (Ryerson University) Chapter 5. Satisfaction Guaranteed? Individual Preferences! Experiences! and Mobility. Brian Hracs (Uppsala University) and Kevin Stolarick (Rotman School of Management! University of Toronto) Chapter 6. "Those Hermit Artists": Musical Talent on the Edge of the Continent. Jill L Grant (Dalhousie University)! Jeffry Haggett (Dalhousie University)! and Jesse Morton (Dalhousie University) Part III: Attracting High Technology Workers Chapter 7. Attracting Knowledge Workers and the Creative City Paradigm: Can We Plan for Talent in Montreal? Sebastien Darchen (The University of Queensland) and Diane-Gabrielle Tremblay (Universite du Quebec a Montreal) Chapter 8. Talent! Tolerance! and Community in Saskatoon Peter W.B. Phillips (University of Saskatchewan) and Graeme Webb (Simon Fraser University) Chapter 9. Exploring "Creative" Talent in a Natural Resource-Based Centre: The Case of Calgary Camille D. Ryan (University of Saskatchewan)! Ben Li (University of Calgary) and Cooper H. Langford (University of Calgary) Part IV: Seeking Talent for Small Cities Chapter 10. Kingston and St John's: The Role of Relative Location in Talent Attraction and Retention Josh Lepawsky (Memorial University)! Heather Hall (Memorial University)! and Betsy Donald (Queen's University) Chapter 11. Small Cities as Talent Accelerators: Talent Mobility and Knowledge Flows in Moncton Yves Bourgeois (University of Moncton) Part V: Innovating in Talent Attraction Chapter 12. What Does the Creative Class Approach Add to the Study of Talent! Creativity! and Innovation in Canadian City-Regions? Bjorn T. Asheim (Lunds University) ...
