PEN Canada sponsors Made in Exile program at Hot Docs Festival
The Hot Docs Canadian International Documentary Festival 2025 runs April 24 to May 4 in Toronto. For the first time in Hot Docs Festival history, a new program — Made …
Events
Event: An Evening with Marie-Célie Agnant
Thursday, March 20, 2025 5:30 pm to 8:00 pm D.G. Ivey Library, New College 20 Willcocks Street, Toronto, Ontario M5S 1C7 REGISTER HERE The Forum for Caribbean Writers and Readers Presents: An …
Voices of Freedom reading series: March edition
March 30, 2025 | 2:00 PM Hirut Jazz Cafe, 2050 Danforth Avenue, Toronto Free admission | open to the public Step into an afternoon of inspiration and storytelling as we present …
Event: Trump’s War on Truth
Wednesday May 7, 2025 at 7 p.m. EST Zoom link: https://torontomu.zoom.us/j/91941276567 The return of Donald Trump to the White House has seen not only an unprecedented assault on media freedoms, including lawsuits, …
Freedom of Expression, Public Engagement, Democracy: What Can We Expect for the Next Ten Years?
Tuesday, April 8th, 7pm EDT Zoom link to event: torontomu.zoom.us/j/91941276567 CFE 10th Anniversary Panel! On the Centre for Free Expression’s 10th Anniversary, we are exploring two questions: What are likely to …
An Evening with Author Zalika Reid-Benta
Thursday, February 27, 2025, 6-8 PM (doors open at 5:30 PM) William Doo Auditorium, New College 45 Willcocks Street, Toronto Join author Zalika Reid-Benta, alumna of Victoria College and Caribbean …
Censoring Books in Schools and Libraries: What does it mean for our future?
Ira Wells in conversation with James L. Turk Wednesday, February 26, 2025 at 7 p.m. EST Link to Zoom event: torontomu.zoom.us/j/91941276567 In his new book, On Book Banning, Ira Wells …
“We can’t teach a book with that word in it”: Reflections on the role of literature in society
Lawrence Hill in conversation with Debra Thompson Wednesday February 5 at 7 p.m. EST Link to Zoom event: torontomu.zoom.us/j/91941276567 When prominent Canadian novelist Lawrence Hill learned his award-winning The Book …
What should be the limits of freedom to expression in Canadian universities?
Tuesday January 28, 2025, at 7 p.m. EST Link to Zoom event: torontomu.zoom.us/j/91941276567 As culture wars continue to engulf universities, important questions about the limits of expressive freedom on campus have …
Can editorial standards be applied fairly in highly polarized situations? The case of Israel and Gaza
Tuesday, January 14, 2025, at 7 p.m. EST Link to Zoom event: torontomu.zoom.us/j/91941276567 Bitter divisions over the war in Gaza have provoked a flood of allegations that Canadian and American …