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Rebecca is the Director of Strategic Communications and leads all work in communications for CC. Rebecca also guides the strategic planning and implementation process for CC, recognizing the deep connection between CC’s strategic approach and external communications.
Prior to joining Creative Commons, Rebecca led the strategy and engagement portfolios at a national academic library association. She has also held executive communication roles within the academic publishing and open infrastructure sectors. Rebecca has been leading open access initiatives for over ten years and has had the opportunity to contribute to the growth of open access not-for-profit publishing and library strategic investments in open. Rebecca is a trained librarian with a MIS from the University of Ottawa.
Rebecca lives in the forest in Chelsea, Quebec, Canada with her partner, two dogs, Henry and Daphne, and Christopher the cat.
This month, CC will be represented at the AI Impact Summit in Delhi, an international gathering shaping the future of AI policy and practice. The 2026 Summit follows the AI Action Summit in Paris in February 2025, where CC underscored a simple but essential truth: without civil society, there can be no public interest.
Distorted Forest Path © by Lone Thomasky & Bits&Bäume is licensed under CC BY 4.0 Here at CC, we have the goal of defending and sustaining the digital commons in the face of developments in artificial intelligence. We’ve recently introduced a new framework, CC signals, to offer a new way for stewards of large collections…
Signals © 2021 by Hugo Parasol is licensed under CC BY-NC-SA 2.0 In June we kicked off a public feedback period on our proposal for CC signals. CC signals is a preference signals framework designed to sustain the commons and ensure the continued sharing of knowledge in the age of AI. The goal is to…
“Eagle Traffic Signals – 1970s” by RS 1990 is licensed via CC BY-NC-SA 2.0.. At the intersection of rapid advancements in generative AI and our ongoing strategy refresh, we’ve been deeply engaged in researching, analyzing, and fostering conversations about AI and value alignment. Our goal is to ensure that our legal and technical infrastructure remains…
Image by Mario Jr. Nicorelli is licensed via CC BY-NC 2.0 Over the past weeks, the CC board and team have been working behind the scenes on our strategy refresh. We are excited to share our progress as we enter the community engagement phase of the refresh and explain how you can contribute to the process.…