June 1 – 31: The Great Canadian Giving Challenge!
Great Canadians Celebrate Freedom of Expression In the month of June, every $1 you donate to PEN Canada through our CanadaHelps.ca campaign page enters PEN in a chance to win …
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Join our 2023 Annual General Meeting
2023 Annual General Meeting PEN Canada’s AGM will take place on Thursday, June 15, 2023 at 5:30 pm ET on Zoom. Please RSVP by Monday June 12th, 2023 via the form below. …
Silencing Across Borders – Governments Threaten Canadian Writers & Journalists
Join this free online event about Digital Transnational Repression on June 6th 2:00 – 3:30 pm. Canadian-based writers and journalists face increasing threats from authoritarian governments trying to intimidate and silence …
Submit your nomination for the 2023 Ken Filkow Prize
Do you know someone who has advanced freedom of expression in Canada? The PEN Canada Ken Filkow Prize is awarded to an individual or group who has advanced freedom of expression …
Submit your nomination for the 2023 Marie-Ange Garrigue Prize
Do you know a Canadian who has helped a foreign imperilled writer? This prize is awarded annually to a Canadian citizen or permanent resident who in the past year has …
2023 Call for Applications from PEN Canada Writers-in-Exile Members
The Humber School for Writers is seeking applications from PEN Canada’s Writers-in-Exile community for its 28-week graduate certificate online mentorship program commencing September 2023. The PEN Canada-Humber College Writers-in-Exile Scholarship (a full scholarship) is …
Confronting the new wave of Antisemitism
Confronting the new wave of Antisemitism Philip Slayton In conversation with Samir Gandesha Antisemitism is resurgent in our age of social media, identity politics, and populism. In his new book, Antisemitism: An ancient …
Over 100 Nobel Laureates sign open letter in support of Ales Bialiatski
Photo credit: CC BY-SA 3.0 PL (from PEN International website) May 21, 2023: PEN International, the literary and free expression organisation, has released a letter signed by 103 Nobel Laureates, …
GRC report on Reputational Attacks Against Journalists
May 1, 2023 —The Global Reporting Centre at the University of British Columbia has published a study of reputational threats faced by journalists around the world. GRC researchers surveyed 645 journalists, in …
WEPFEST——A TORONTO FUNDRAISER TO SUPPORT LOCAL JOURNALISM
May 23, 25 and 27 @ 8pm at the Tranzac Club, Main Hall, 292 Brunswick Ave, Toronto Come along to WEPFEST, the West End Pheonix Spring fundraising festival, for three days …