1. Louis Jolin, professor Isabelle Marquis, doctoral student Département d’études urbaines et touristiques, École des sciences de la gestion, UQAM ARUC-ÉS

2. Mandate Develop a standardized model that will allow the social impact of festivals and events to be evaluated. This mandate was undertaken as part of the program of patnership activities focusing on « Recreation and Social Tourism » organized by ARUC-ES (university- community research alliance on social economy).

3. Objectives The objectives were : To help improve the social impact of festivals; To consider the social dimension when evaluating the impact of festivals.

4. The steps in the project

5. Approach Literature review Definition of concepts Impacts vs repercussions Meetings with representatives of various festivals Proposal for development of a chart and a user’s guide

6. Approach (continued) Validation by a steering committee Festivals et Événements Québec Loto-Québec Pilot project 9 respondents Analysis of files Final report

7. The study involved five major criteria, seventeen lesser criteria and numerous indicators.

8. Participation by citizens Participants Volunteers Social cohesion Democratic management

9. Accessibility Physical Temporal Economic Cultural

10. Local Development Purchases Jobs Patnerships

11. Value to local culture Promotion of local and regional history Enrichment of natural and cultural heritage Nurturing of creativity

12. Infrastructure and Public Services Construction Security Health and noise pollution

13. Survey responses documented Research not yet complete

14. In conclusion (continued) One question remains: how to establish a way of assessing the social impacts? A second phase of evaluation is to come.