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Ony Anukem

Campaigns Manager (she/her)

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As CC’s Campaigns Manager, Ony produced and distributed marketing and communication materials to expand CC’s reach, impact, influence and size of its community. Ony left CC in 2023 to move to an organization working on a wider array of programs focused on good works.

Ony is a huge advocate of mission-driven communications, and before joining Creative Commons, she worked in several communications and advocacy roles with non-profit and social impact organizations internationally. Ony is passionate about a number of social issues and is involved in various charitable causes — she is particularly passionate about gender equity, digital rights, climate action, diversity & inclusion and mental health.

Originally from the UK, Ony relocated to Canada in 2019 and now calls St. John’s, Newfoundland, home.

Posts by Ony Anukem

Open Minds Podcast: Creative Commons’ 20th Anniversary Special feat. Lawrence Lessig

by Ony Anukem About CC

Hi Creative Commoners! We’re back with a very special episode of CC’s podcast, Open Minds … from Creative Commons. Today marks the 20th Anniversary of Creative Commons! On this milestone episode of CC’s Open Minds podcast, join us as we celebrate the 20th Anniversary of Creative Commons’ founding on December 19, 2021. We take you…

Public Domain 2022: Join Us 20 January for a Celebration of Sound

by Ony Anukem Events, Open Heritage

Every year, on 1 January, advocates of free and open content celebrate the works of art that have entered the public domain around the world. Why New Year’s Day? Copyrighted works such as books, artworks or music are only protected for a certain number of years, and this protection ends on 1 January. On 20…

Open Minds Podcast: Yana Buhrer Tavanier and Pavel Kounchev of Fine Acts

by Ony Anukem About CC

Hi Creative Commoners! We’re back with a new episode of CC’s podcast, Open Minds … from Creative Commons. On this episode, we’re joined by two guests, Yana Buhrer Tavanier and Pavel Kounchev, two of three co-founders of Fine Acts, a global creative studio that encourages experimentation and collaboration across disciplines to inspire social change. Fine…

The Future of Open Webinar Recap & Recording

by Brigitte Vézina, Ony Anukem Copyright, Events

Earlier this year, Creative Commons announced that four working groups of the Creative Commons Copyright Platform would examine policy issues affecting the open ecosystem from a global perspective: (1) artificial intelligence and open content; (2) platform liability; (3) copyright exceptions and limitations; and (4) the ethics of open sharing. The CC Copyright Platform was established…

Open Minds Podcast: Tyler Green of The Modern Art Notes Podcast

by Ony Anukem About CC

Hi Creative Commoners! We’re back with a new episode of CC’s podcast, Open Minds … from Creative Commons. In this episode, CC’s Ony Anukem sits down for a conversation with award-winning author, historian and art critic, Tyler Green. Tyler is also the producer/host of The Modern Art Notes podcast, described by The Washington Post as…