Q&A with Chris Tenove on Toxic Disinformation
A Q&A with researcher Chris Tenove about the Global Reporting Centre’s study of online disinformation.
Archives
ARZU YILDIZ WINS 2021 WRITERS-IN-EXILE SCHOLARSHIP
Arzu Yildiz is the recipient of the 2021 PEN Canada-Humber College Writers-in-Exile Scholarship, which provides peer mentorship to one member of PEN Canada’s Writers-in-Exile program each year.
Q&A with 2018 George Brown Writer-in-Residence Sohaila Khaliqyar
Being a refugee is not easy but in spite of all the challenges, I feel safe from the shadow of death, which had been following me in my country, threatening my dreams and my life.
Book Balls, Fox-Trots, and Boeuf Bordelaise: The Early History of PEN International
PEN emerged during a moment of postwar optimism regarding the potential of human fellowship to overcome the contingencies of geopolitical power.
Justin Brake wins 2018 PEN Canada/Ken Filkow Prize for freedom of expression
Justin Brake has won the 2017 PEN Canada/Ken Filkow Prize. The $1,000 prize is awarded annually to an individual or group whose work has advanced freedom of expression in Canada.
Desmond Cole wins 2017 PEN Canada/Ken Filkow Prize for freedom of expression
Desmond Cole has won the 2017 PEN Canada/Ken Filkow Prize for freedom of expression in Canada.
Summer 1996: Margaret Atwood, Eugene Benson & Graeme Gibson Look Back
Authors Margaret Atwood, Eugene Benson and Graeme Gibson brought PEN Canada to Toronto in 1984.
December 1994: Kenneth Harvey Writes from Newfoundland
Kenneth J. Harvey’s thoughtful piece on the realities of his work as a minder, originally published in PEN Canada’s December 1994 newsletter.
The Infamous Duet: Margaret Atwood and Robertson Davies
On December 6th, 1990, PEN hosted its annual benefit. The show-stopper that night was the following duet, performed by Canadian icons Robertson Davies and Margaret Atwood, accompanied intrepidly by Tomson Highway on piano.
From the Archives: Canada in Crisis, July 1990
In July 1990, a land dispute broke out between a Mohawk community and the small town of Oka, Quebec. Tensions mounted when the Mohawk community protested, creating road blockades. Then president of PEN Canada, John Ralston Saul, addressed the crisis in PEN’s September 1990 newsletter.