Leadership & Staff

Canadian and Legal Affairs Committee

Members: Lori Sterling (Chair), Grace Westcott, Michael Bookman (external to board). 

The Canadian and Legal Affairs Committee monitors and makes interventions in government legislation, policy and action in Canada to ensure compliance with the right to freedom of expression guaranteed under the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms. 

Writers in Peril Committee

Members: Carolyn Poirier (Chair), Peter Donolo.  

This committee leads PEN Canada’s work on behalf of writers and journalists who are persecuted for expressing their imaginations or writing the truth as they see it. Identifying individual imprisoned writers and taking steps to help them is the heart of PEN’s work. 

Writers in Exile Committee

Members: Gezahegn Mekonnen Demissie (Chair).

This committee works to provide support and opportunities for PEN’s Writers in Exile community. The committee’s work also includes bringing to PEN’s attention new writers in exile and assessing the needs of these writers in order to create new programs that fall within PEN’s mandate.

Brendan de Caires

Executive Director
Phone:
416 703 8448 x2223
Email:
bdecaires[at]pencanada.ca

Theresa Johnson

Director of Operations
Phone:
416 703 8448 x2221
Email:
tjohnson[at]pencanada.ca

Eilish Waller

Communications Coordinator
Email:
ewaller[at]pencanada.ca