Increasingly, scholars of a nation’s history, politics, and culture are challenged as anti-national or hostile to the dominant religion, ethnicity, and culture. This panel will look at the growing challenges faced by scholars of South Asia since the 2014 election of Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi and the governing Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP). When does critical disagreement become an attack on academic freedom? What can universities do to protect the integrity of scholarly work in such a deeply fraught environment?

The Toronto International Festival of Authors, in partnership with PEN Canada and CBC Radio’s IDEAS, presents Nobel Peace prize laureate Maria Ressa (author of How to Stand Up to a Dictator, being released November 2022) in conversation with Citizen Lab founder and PEN Canada Advisory Council member Ronald Deibert on the topic of defending freedom of expression and human rights.

PEN Canada’s Writers in Exile group invite you to join them for an afternoon of prose, poetry, camaraderie and discovery. The inaugural event of the Voices of Freedom reading [...]

CFE Virtual Forum Series: #4 in CFE Series: Threats to Press Freedom — Friday June 10, 2022 3:00pm to 4:30pm Canada’s protection for press freedom does not [...]

PEN Canada is once again partnering with the Toronto Jewish Film Festival. This year’s annual festival is scheduled to take place from June 9th - 26th. [...]

PEN Canada is a Community Partner for the 19th Annual Toronto Human Rights Watch Film Festival hosted in partnership with HotDocs. On Saturday May 28th at [...]

Thursday May 5, 2022 12:00pm to 1:30pm ET ryerson.zoom.us/j/91941276567 CFE Virtual Forum Series: #3 in CFE Series: Threats to Press Freedom Truth is the first casualty of war, as the [...]

CFE Virtual Forum Series: #2 in CFE Series: Threats to Press Freedom Wednesday April 6, 2022 4:00pm to 5:30pm ryerson.zoom.us/j/91941276567 In the world’s longest-lasting war, Afghan journalists [...]

SUPERFAN SHOWCASE SERIES — A MEETING OF GREAT MINDS BY PEN CANADA & WORDFEST Thursday, Mar 31 @ 9 PM - 10:10 PM EDT FREE [...]

CFE Virtual Forum Series: #1 in CFE Series: Threats to Press Freedom Wednesday March 2, 2022 8:00 pm to 9:30 pm EST ryerson.zoom.us/j/99993018972 In Kashmir, press freedom [...]