Hill Strategies on Precarity of Women in Arts

Hill Strategies Research has released a new blog highlighting reports that women who work as artists and cultural workers encounter specific forms of precarity in the Canadian cultural sector.

Says Hill Strategies, “The report Status of Women in the Canadian Arts and Cultural Industries by Coles et al (2018) highlights the many ways in which this statement holds true. Based on a review and analysis of more than 250 sources published between 2010 and 2018, the study provides evidence of the persistence of gender-based income gaps in several arts sectors and the limited recognition and dissemination that women’s artistic achievements receive in comparison to their male peers.”

The blog goes on to address another important aspect of gender discrimination in Canada’s cultural sector: workplace sexual harassment.

For the full text, click here.

We also recommend checking out the most recent issue of the Arts Research Monitor, which focuses on Indigenous arts.