We must defend peaceful dissent and reporting in times of war
Over two weeks have passed since the massacre of Israeli civilians by Hamas, and its kidnapping of over 200 men, women and children, actions that shocked the world. Since then, …
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Dilan Qadir wins 2023 Humber College Writers-in-Exile Scholarship
TORONTO, October 24, 2023 – Dilan Qadir, a Kurdish Canadian writer, is the recipient of the 2023 PEN Canada-Humber College Writers in Exile Scholarship, which is awarded annually to one …
Book launch event for The Uncaged Voice
Please join Cormorant Books in celebrating the official launch of the new anthology The Uncaged Voice: Stories by Writers in Exile. Masks are strongly encouraged at this event. This event …
Short film screening, Ageless: Freedom of Expression 2023
On Sunday, October 29, Ageless International Film Festival, HotDocs, PEN Canada, Rainbow Railroad, & the Centre for Free Expression present an event in celebration of freedom of expression. The second …
Exploring Systemic Islamophobia in Canada
Join a panel of leading experts who examine how Islamophobia is enabled, perpetuated, and even rendered respectable in Canada. What can be done to help Canada fulfill its promise of being an inclusive democratic society?
PEN Canada: Journalists covering Hamas-Israel conflict must be protected
PEN Canada is deeply concerned by reports of journalists killed, injured and missing in the ongoing violence between Hamas and Israel and on the border with Lebanon Journalists who report …
What would governing AI democratically in Canada look like?
FREE ONLINE CFE EVENT November 2, 2023, at 4:00 – 5:30 pm Bianca Wylie in conversation with Andrew Clement Perhaps the most controversial and poorly understood technological development in recent times, artificial …
PEN Canada Writers-In-Exile publish new anthology, The Uncaged Voice
ISBN: 978-1-77086-711-6 | Non-Fiction | $29.95 | Pub date: Oct 21, 2023 | Digital ARC Available The sixteen writers and journalists in The Uncaged Voice come from countries all over …
India Lays Charges Against Arundhati Roy
12 October 2023: PEN International is deeply concerned by reports that the Indian authorities have approved the prosecution of writer Arundhati Roy over a speech she gave 13 years ago. We call on the Indian authorities to immediately cease the legal proceedings against her and to end its weaponization of the legal system against writers, journalists, and others who engage in peaceful expression. Criticism of the government is not a crime.
Narges Mohammadi, Iranian activist, wins Nobel Peace Prize
PEN Canada celebrates the 2023 Nobel Peace Prize awarded to jailed Iranian writer and human rights activist Narges Mohammadi for “her fight against the oppression of women in Iran, and her fight to promote human rights and freedom for all.” Ms Mohammadi is currently serving a ten-year sentence in a Tehran prison after repeated arrests since 2009.