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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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 PEN Canada is now accepting submissions for the 2022 RBC PEN Canada New Voices Award. The award seeks to encourage new …
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 …
Reza Baraheni, Iranian dissident, prodigious author and former president of Pen Canada (2001-03) has died, at the age of 86, in Toronto.
SUPERFAN SHOWCASE SERIES — A MEETING OF GREAT MINDS BY PEN CANADA & WORDFEST Thursday, Mar 31 @ 9 PM – 10:10 PM EDT FREE LIVESTREAM EVENT REGISTER HERE We …
CFE Virtual Forum Series: #2 in CFE Series: Threats to Press Freedom Wednesday April 6, 2022 4:00pm to 5:30pm ryerson.zoom.us/j/91941276567 In the world’s longest-lasting war, Afghan journalists faced kidnappings and killings while …