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You are invited to participate in a survey exploring how rural museums, galleries, heritage organizations, and cultural institutions in Canada secure funding and finance their work.
The survey will take approximately 10-15 minutes to complete. Participation is anonymous. Data will be used for academic research examining funding practices, barriers to grant access, and alternative funding approaches used by museums and galleries in rural communities.
Findings will contribute to a chapter titled “Closing the Gap: New Understandings of Funding in Rural Heritage Organizations” by Samantha Summers, in Small Museums and Art Galleries in Canada, ed. Matthew Ryan Smith (forthcoming, University of Manitoba Press). In submitting your survey, you agree that the data you share may be anonymized and used in aggregate for publication.
Survey Link (EN): https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfBpbh-jmG3MyFTkNIdxeki7AQoLSFAx9VlW3c28-TRSSMcjw/viewform?usp=publish-editor
Survey Link (FR): https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSf61IZZn8xCorrT-gFKt8sfKEzbw0Ac1md3Knr0pYECqC6b8A/viewform?usp=dialog
You may choose to cease completing this survey at any time by exiting your browser. If you do not click “Submit” your responses will not be collected.
Your data, including the email address associated with any Google accounts you may have, will not be collected automatically when you complete this survey.
Data will be collected until September 15, 2026.
For questions, comments, or concerns, please contact Samantha Summers (samantha.summers@mail.utoronto.ca)