Review past consulting and advisory projects here or scroll through current projects below. 

University College, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada : Creative Lab Concept and Organizational Model Development

  • Pru is advising University College on the concept development and operational model for a new student-focussed Creative Lab facility.

Canadian Association for the Performing Arts (CAPACOA) Board Strategic Plannign Retreat

  • Pru is working with CAPACOA to design and facilitate its two day Board Tsrategic PLanning Retreat.

Arts Culture and Creative Industry Development Agency and CIty of Brampton, Brampton, ON : Creative Space Development Advisor

  • Pru is retained to advise on strategies to suport the development of affordable, stable, safe and appropriate creative space for artists and arts and cultural organizations.

Metcalf Foundation / Soulpepper Theatre Company: Adaptive Change Facilitator

  • Pru is working with leading Canadian theatre company,Soulpepper, to support its work through the Metcalf Foundation’s Staging Change program to facilitate the development of its adaptive capacity in the face of complex challenges at a uniquely difficult time for the performing arts sector.

Arts Culture and Creative Industry Development Agency (ACCIDA), City of Brampton : Strategic Plan

  • Pru is facilitating the development of ACCIDA’s first Strategic Plan, having successfully led the consultation and organizational design process for the development of this innovative new organization which is leading the support and development of the sector in this youthful, diverse and rapidly growing city.

Canadian Literary Festivals

  • Pru is working with a consortium of 25 Literary Festivals from across Canada to explore the potential benefits of the development of a Canadian Literary Festivals Association. This includes the design and facilitation of, and reporting on, a series of sector gatherings planned for early 2021.

Wilfrid Laurier University : The Switch Creative Hub Feasibility Study

  • Pru is providing strategic advice and guidance to Wilfrid Laurier University as it advances a feasibility study to shape the development of a new community-facing creative hub as part of its downtown Brantford campus development. This exciting project builds on the Artscape Creative Spaces study Pru led for Wilfrid Laurier University in 2016.

Banff Centre Cultural Leaders Program

  • Pru is thrilled to be joining the faculty for the acclaimed Banff Centre’s Cultural Leaders Program, bringing her unique lens and expertise in Creative Placemaking to the program for the first time.

Charlottetown Creative Hub: Project Advisor to Creative PEI

  • Pru has been retained to advise Creative PEI on advancing plans for a new Creative Hub in Charlottetown, the first such project on PEI. In 2018 Pru completed a substantial community and stakeholder engagement and project visioning process for the project and has now been asked to support Creative PEI’s Board, Staff and Stakeholders with advice, guidance and mentorship as it moves the project forward.

Culture Plan Implementation : City of Brampton

  • After successful adoption by Council of recommendations for the creation of a new Arts, Cultural and Creative Industries organization resulting from Pru’s Study for the City of Brampton in 2019, the City has retained Pru for a further year to provide structured capacity building to its Economic Development and CUlture team to facilitate the implementation of other key components of the city’s culture plan. Pru is focussing on supporting the team as they advance a Creative Space Strategy, plans for a Culture Hub, and plans for Creative Placemaking and Public Art.

Retained Advisor, QuadReal Development Group

  • Advising pension fund asset manager QuadReal Development Group on the integration of arts and culture, public realm programming and creative placemaking in the development of its 70+ acres of land under development at Vaughan Metropolitan Centre. QuadReal has retained Pru Robey to bring her unique creative placemaking lens and experience in developing innovative multi sector partnerships to its ambitious plans for the development of a mixed use community to be developed over the next 15 - 20+ years.

STEPS Initiative : Strategic Plan

  • Pru is working with Toronto’s innovative, award winning public art and creative placemaking organization to facilitate the development of its first comprehensive Strategic Plan, designed with the intention of building on its first 10 years of growth, leveraging the range of projects it has undertaken and networks it has built in order to scale significantly over the next 5 years.

A new Arts, Cultural and Creative Industries Organization for Brampton - City of Brampton, Ont.

  • The City of Brampton has retained Pru to advise on the development of a model for a new organization to support and develop the arts, culture and creative industries in this youthful, diverse and rapidly growing city. The development of a new arm’s length organization positioned to play a critical role in advancing the City’s Culture Masterplan and its City-wide strategic masterplan is a central recommendation of both strategies. Pru is working with the City, stakeholders and arts and creative communities to build a shared vision, and to develop an actionable plan in which everyone can see themselves and which reflects the potential and aspirations of the city.

The Metcalf Foundation, Staging Change Program Facilitator

  • Pru joined the Metcalf Foundation Staging Change program as a Facilitator in 2018. This innovative program works with Toronto based arts organizations to develop their adaptive capacity to tackle complex challenges. Pru is delighted to be working with the National Ballet of Canada through this program.

Canadian Opera Company Cultural Hub Development - Canadian Opera Company, Toronto

  • Advising the Canadian Opera Company on the development of a new Culture Hub at their Front street HQ, in the context of major development proposal. Canadian Opera Company retained Pru ’s service to explore the needs and aspirations of key creative partners and align these with the needs of the company and its development partners. She has also advised on stakeholder engagement in the design and deliver of the new hub.

Uptown Brampton Nordic City Lab Facilitator - Nordic City Solutions & City of Brampton

  • Pru facilitated this 2 day trans-national, cross-sector and multi-partner workshop and design charette focussed on the City of Brampton’s ambitious plans for development and growth in “Uptown Brampton” .

Next Generation Artists and Arts Practices: scalable approaches for systemic change in the arts eco-system: a review - Arts Funder Consortium

  • In recent years several models have emerged which leverage the capacity, resource, connections and networks of more established arts organizations to mentor, build capacity, profile and champion a new generation of artists and arts practices. By enhancing and building on one or more models that have the capacity for scaling or replication is it possible to prototype, test and refine new approaches that can significantly and quantifiably impact the sector’s systemic challenges?  This review of emerging models that support next generation artists and arts practices is being undertaken on behalf of a consortium of major Arts funders, Canada Council for the Arts, Ontario Arts Council, Toronto Arts Council, The Ontario Trillium Foundation and The Metcalf Foundation. 

Creative Hub Development, Charlottetown, PEI - Stakeholder Engagement and Vision Development - Holland College

  • Developing the vision for a new Cultural and Creative Hub in Charlottetown, PEI.  Aligning the needs and interests of the Island’s cultural institutions, creative industries and artists, partners and colleagues in education and business development, to build a shared vision and guide the physical shape, programming, partnerships and governance for a major new cultural and creative sector facility.  The new hub will seek to strengthen the unique creative voices of this "mighty island".

Shared Charitable Platforms in the Performing Arts - Arts Funder Consortium

  • Advising a consortium of national, provincial and Toronto Arts Funders on the development of shared charitable platforms as a mechanism to support emerging practitioners in the performing arts. Designing and facilitating a convenening of the City's performing arts sector to explore the sector's needs, interests and preferences. Canada Council for the Arts, Ontario Arts Council, Toronto Arts Council, The Ontario Trillium Foundation and The Metcalf Foundation. 

The Bentway Conservancy, Toronto

  • Pru led the incubation of the organization vested with responsibility for the management and programming of a major new “found” public space and arts and cultural platform under Toronto’s elevated downtown expressway. Providing strategic advice, organizational and governance development, partnership development and stakeholder engagement to ensure the sustainable development, foundation and launch of this unique organization.