Peter Showler receives the Order of Canada
Peter Showler Photo credit: Hill Times PEN Canada congratulates Peter Showler on being named to the Order of Canada, an honour he richly deserves. Peter recently stepped off the PEN …
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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 …
WfPC | Declaration on the Russian Federation’s war against Ukraine
Declaration of PEN International’s Writers for Peace Committee on the Russian Federation’s war against Ukraine ‘We, members of PEN International’s Writers for Peace Committee, once again urge the Russian authorities …
GRC report: Not Just Words
The Global Reporting Centre has just released a new report, Not Just Words: How Reputational Attacks Harm Journalists and Undermine Press Freedom. This report follows the launch of a website summarizing its …
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 …
Take Action for Jimmy Lai on WPFD
May 3, 2023 — On World Press Freedom Day, PEN International mobilizes in support of Hong Kong media tycoon, Jimmy Lai. (London, UK) –To mark the 30th anniversary of World …
Ethnic/Religious Nationalism & Academic Freedom: The Study of China
CFE Series: Threats to Academic Freedom 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 …