Black Bodies, White Spaces | Event in Toronto
PEN Canada, Sutherland House Press and Hungry Eyes Media invite you to an intimate, free event set in Toronto’s Davenport neighbourhood. The event honours Black History Month, female creatives and …
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PEN condemns China’s suspended death sentence of Yang Hengjun
6 February: PEN International joins the undersigned PEN Centres in condemning the handing down of a suspended death sentence to Australian writer Yang Hengjun, five years after he was detained and …
PEN Canada calls for dismissal of charges against Brandi Morin
PEN Canada is deeply concerned at the Edmonton Police Service’s (EPS) arrest of Cree/Iroquois/French freelance journalist Brandi Morin and calls for the immediate dismissal of all charges against her ahead …
PEN International joins CPJ and partners calling on the EU to help journalists in Israel-Gaza war
January 24: On Wednesday, PEN International joined the Committee to Protect Journalists and 16 other partner organisations in sending a letter to Josep Borrell, the High Representative for the European …
Iran: additional retaliatory sentence against writer and Nobel Peace laureate Narges Mohammadi must be quashed
19 January 2024: PEN International and the undersigned PEN Centres condemn the retaliatory 15-month sentence against writer, human rights defender, and Nobel Peace laureate Narges Mohammadi, resulting in a combined …
On Blackness and Belonging: Reflections on Racism in Canada and the United States
Debra Thompson’s memoir, The Long Road Home, provides an uncompromising account of how racism slips and mutates across the Canada-US border. An associate professor of political science at McGill and born and raised in Canada, Debra brings a perspective from having lived in both countries. Join Debra in conversation with Vershawn Young, an American-born writer, actor, lawyer, and professor of Black Studies at the University of Waterloo.
How can the charter protect freedom of expression when digital platforms control the public square? | Online Event
FREE EVENT from the Centre for Free Expression (CFE) Tuesday, January 23, 4 p.m. EST Zoom link: torontomu.zoom.us/j/91941276567 Canada’s Charter of Rights and Freedoms obligates governments to act is ways …
Mother Mushroom, Why I Support PEN
PEN Canada’s end-of-year campaign launched Tuesday, November 28 and runs until December 31. To understand PEN Canada’s impact, we’re sharing testimonials from the PEN community. They are writers in exile, …
Dieu Cay, Why I Support PEN
PEN Canada’s end-of-year campaign launched Tuesday, November 28 and runs until December 31. To understand PEN Canada’s impact, we’re sharing testimonials from the PEN community. They are writers in exile, …
Gezahegn Demissie, Why I Support PEN
PEN Canada’s end-of-year campaign launched Tuesday, November 28 and runs until December 31. To understand PEN Canada’s impact, we’re sharing testimonials from the PEN community. They are writers in exile, …