Every year, March 8 is recognized as International Women’s Day. York University President & Vice-Chancellor Rhonda Lenton and Vice President, Equity, People & Culture Sheila Cote-Meek beautifully addressed this year’s theme of #BreakTheBias in their official statement earlier this week. This year, before we look back at some of our noteworthy pieces highlighting the accomplishments and continued struggles of women artists and innovators, and in light of the ongoing atrocities in Ukraine, we wish to briefly acknowledge the historic struggles of Ukrainian women artists.
In Ukraine, as in many other places, women artists have been historically underrecognized in comparison to their male counterparts. This lack of recognition stems from many sources: women encouraged to focus on marrying rich instead of studying art, gender prejudices in early art schools, and women’s contributions overlooked when collaborating with male counterparts, to name a few. Today’s landscape has evolved a fair bit, as many previously ignored talents are moving into the light. For more information about this history, read Why there are Great Women Artists in Ukrainian Art.
Some great artists whose work you can browse online are Eugenia Gapchinska, Oksana Mas, Alena Kuznetsova, and Olha Pilyuhina, whose painting is featured above.
Further IPilogue Reading for International Women’s Day
Since last March, the IPilogue featured plenty of articles showcasing achievements by prominent women, noteworthy IP lawsuits involving women and barriers that women artists and entrepreneurs continue to face. Browse our selection below:
- For Ann – In Memory of Professor Ann Monotti by Prof. David Vaver (7 March 2022)
- A Dove Has Spread Her Wings and Asks for Peace: Ukrainian Cultural Heritage at Risk by Claire Wortsman (4 March 2022)
- Centering Artists’ Voices Within IP Discourse by Emily Chow (1 March 2022)
- The Future is Funding? Women Receive Just 2% From a Big VC Funding Year by Meena Alnajar (15 February 2022)
- “I Got [Royalties] Babe”: Cher Sues Mary Bono by Shawn Dhue (29 November 2021)
- WIPO’s “Closing the Gender Gap: Looking at Good Practices” shows us how to forge the path for gender parity in IP, from any part of the world by Meena Alnajar (25 November 2021)
- When Divorce Breaks Us Apart…and Takes Away My (Intellectual) Property by Tianchu Gao (5 November 2021)
- Amplifying Black Female Innovators: Engineer Marian Croak and Dr. Patricia Bath by Emily Chow (18 October 2021)
- Legendary: Anita Baker Reclaims Masters by Natalie Bravo (13 October 2021)
- “God, it’s brutal out here!” Unpacking Olivia Rodrigo’s million-dollar royalty payouts by Emily Prieur (8 October 2021)
- Ironic Advocacy at Its Best: The Bay Apologizes to Hadiya Roderique for Copyright Infringement Mistake by Shawn Dhue (28 July 2021)
- WIPO’s “Closing the Gender Gap in IP: Exploring Multistakeholder Initiatives”- Wielding Inclusivity through Technology by Meena Alnajar (26 July 2021)
- Learning to Walk How You Want with Elle AyoubZadeh by Eloise Somera & Alessia Monastero (16 July 2021)
- The Fairest of Them All: Justice Abella’s Legacy in Canadian Copyright Law by Sabrina Macklai (12 July 2021)
- Strike a Thought Before You Strike a “Pose” by Ashley Moniz (30 June 2021)
- Leading Legal Disruption: Artificial Intelligence and A Toolkit for Lawyers and the Law by Prof. Pina D’Agostino (28 May 2021)
- A voice gone viral: Canadian voice actor sues TikTok for using her voice without permission for text-to-speech feature by Meena Alnajar (27 May 2021)
- Taylor Swift: Back-to-Back Albums, Back-to-Back Lawsuits by Meena Alnajar (21 May 2021)
- Women in the 21st Century by Jenna Gulizia (3 May 2021)
- Prof Pina D’Agostino & IP Osgoode featured in Ontario Ministry of Colleges and Universities Announcement by IP Osgoode (28 April 2021)
