PEN Canada celebrates literature, defends freedom of expression and aids writers in peril.
Tuesday, November 26 at 3 p.m. EST Free | Zoom link to event torontomu.zoom.us/j/91941276567 A new report finds scholars and university students face frequent and pervasive attacks on their academic …
Kaciaryna Andrejeva | Belarus | Occupation: Journalist, writer, poet | Situation: Imprisoned Journalist, writer and poet, Kaciaryna Andrejeva (real name Bachvałava) is serving an eight-year prison sentence in Belarus on …
José Rubén Zamora Marroquín | Guatemala | Occupation: Journalist | Situation: House Arrest Jose Rubén Zamora Marroquín, a leading Guatemalan journalist and founder of elPeriódico, has faced threats, criminalization and …
Jimmy Lai | Hong Kong | Occupation: Journalist, publisher, activist | Situation: Imprisoned Jimmy Lai, a pro-democracy campaigner, writer, and founder of the now-shuttered Apple Daily newspaper, has been imprisoned …
Alaa Abd El-Fattah | Egypt | Occupation: Writer, blogger, software developer | Situation: Imprisoned British-Egyptian writer and activist Alaa Abd El-Fattah remains arbitrarily imprisoned after serving an unjust five-year prison …
Thursday November 21 at 7 p.m. Zoom link to event torontomu.zoom.us/j/91941276567 Hundreds of local newspapers have been shut down; investigative units that flourished have been eliminated in all but a …
November 24, 2024 | 2:00 PM – 6:00 PM Hirut Jazz Cafe, 2050 Danforth Avenue, Toronto Free admission | open to the public Step into an afternoon of inspiration and …
Wednesday, October 30 at 7 p.m. Zoom link to event: torontomu.zoom.us/j/91941276567 Is human rights law an appropriate and effective way to deal with extreme expressions that constitute hate speech, as …
In free and democratic societies like Canada’s, politicians do not critique the arms-length funding decisions of arts agencies, nor the productions that result from them. Why? Because political interventions send …
Shree Paradkar, an award-winning journalist and equity advocate, has won the 2024 Ken Filkow Prize. The prize recognizes Paradkar for advancing freedom of expression in Canada. Paradkar is a race …