Amber Bracken wins the 2022 PEN Canada/Ken Filkow Prize
The Canadian photojournalist Amber Bracken has won PEN Canada’s 2022 Ken Filkow Prize for advancing freedom of expression in Canada.
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2022 PEN Canada Writer-in-Residence at George Brown College
PEN Canada invites applications from creative writers in our Writers in Exile group for the position of Writer-in-Residence at George Brown College for the fall semester (August to December 2022) with …
Call for applications from Writers-in-Exile for full scholarship at Humber School for Writers 2022
Humber School for Writers Creative Writing (Correspondence) Program The Humber School for Writers is seeking applications from PEN Canada’s Writers-in-Exile group for its 28-week graduate certificate program commencing in September 2022. The PEN …
GRC Survey — Attacks On Journalists’ Reputations
We are seeing more frequent and sophisticated efforts to discredit journalists. PEN Canada and the Committee to Protect Journalists are working with the team at the Global Reporting Centre (University of British Columbia) to investigate …
30th Toronto Jewish Film Festival, June 9 – 26
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. There are three films that our …
Press freedom in Canada — What about student journalists?
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 seem to extend to student …
19th Annual Human Rights Watch Toronto Film Festival — free screening of Mujer de Soldado
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 3:00 pm, there will be …
World Press Freedom Day 2022: Take Action for Ismail al-Iskandrani (Egypt)
May 3, 2022: Today, on World Press Freedom Day 2022, PEN International features the case of investigative journalist Ismail al-Iskandrani, detained by the Egyptian authorities for exercising his right to freedom of …
Meet the Jury for the 2022 New Voices Award
Meet the Jury for the 2022 New Voices Award PEN Canada is now accepting submissions for the 2022 RBC PEN Canada New Voices Award. The award seeks to encourage new …
We say NO to the Censorship of Cuban Artists — Joint Letter
PEN Canada strongly condemns the unsubstantiated and outrageous charges against Cuban artists Maykel “El Osorbo” Castillo Pérez and Luis Manuel Otero Alcántara. Prosecutors have requested a sentence of 10 and …