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 …
Events
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 …
Voices of Freedom event: a reading series with exiled writers
When: Sunday, November 26, 2023, at 2:30 p.m. Where: Hirut Jazz Cafe, 2050 Danforth Avenue, Toronto Join us for an inspiring literary afternoon, at this month’s Voices of Freedom reading …
Can Artificial Intelligence Be Regulated? | Online Event
FREE EVENT from the Centre for Free Expression (CFE) Thursday, December 7, 4 p.m. EST Zoom link: torontomu.zoom.us/j/91941276567 Artificial intelligence raises a host of legal and human rights issues that …
Banning books in schools: what does it mean for students? | Online Event
FREE EVENT from the Centre for Free Expression (CFE) Thursday, November 9, 2023, 4 p.m. EDT Zoom link: torontomu.zoom.us/j/91941276567 As schools face demands to remove books from their libraries and …
Book launch event for The Uncaged Voice
Please join Cormorant Books in celebrating the official launch of the new anthology The Uncaged Voice: Stories by Writers in Exile. Masks are strongly encouraged at this event. This event …
Short film screening, Ageless: Freedom of Expression 2023
On Sunday, October 29, Ageless International Film Festival, HotDocs, PEN Canada, Rainbow Railroad, & the Centre for Free Expression present an event in celebration of freedom of expression. The second …
Exploring Systemic Islamophobia in Canada
Join a panel of leading experts who examine how Islamophobia is enabled, perpetuated, and even rendered respectable in Canada. What can be done to help Canada fulfill its promise of being an inclusive democratic society?
What would governing AI democratically in Canada look like?
FREE ONLINE CFE EVENT November 2, 2023, at 4:00 – 5:30 pm Bianca Wylie in conversation with Andrew Clement Perhaps the most controversial and poorly understood technological development in recent times, artificial …