The MMIAM Journey

A blog about the Master of Management
in International Arts Management program

Gender Pay Gap in the Early-Stage Careers of Canadian Creative Workers (Abridged)

The gender wage gap, as well as the treatment of sex differences, are widely documented and discussed in the overall labour market. However, less is known about this issue in cultural and creative markets, whose employment conditions differ from those in other labour markets. In the cultural economics literature, the topic of the gender pay …

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A Glimpse into Academic Research

Cultural Brand

Brands are usually defined in terms of the following five characteristics: perceived quality: the different markets and market segments can get a sense of the quality of a brand even if they have never used or consumed that brand; name awareness: the larger the percentage of the population that is able to name a brand …

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“Watching a kid experience the magic of Disney is lighting in a bottle. I feel very privileged to feel so passionately about my job.”

A MMIAM Journey interview with Hayley Pickess

Hayley graduated from the MMIAM program in 2020 and is based in Toronto, Canada. In December, Hayley became a Talent Casting Coordinator for Disney Live Entertainment. She and Brittany discussed what it’s like to work for the arts in a corporate role. Are you an artist? How did you become interested in the arts? Musical …

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What Comes First? Exploring Intersections and Forging Your Own Path

An Interview with Fatou Alhya Diagne

Fatou Alhya Diagne is an MMIAM alumna based in Milan, Italy. She is currently a Program Manager for the Moleskine Foundation. A third culture person, Fatou describes herself as having a twenty-first-century globalized toolkit of strategies and perspectives for solving complex arts and cultural challenges. Enjoy this interview between Fatou and Brittany Johnson, editor of …

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