What Will AI Mean for Free Expression?
October 3, 2023 4pm – 5:30pm Online CFE event What Will AI Mean for Free Expression? Artificial intelligence technologies are powerful curators of information and arbiters of online content. But …
Events
Voices of Freedom event
On September 24 at 2:30 p.m. at the Hirut Jazz Club, the PEN Canada Writers in Exile group proudly presents an afternoon of inspired readings from emancipated voices. This event is the fourth ‘chapter’ of their “Voices of Freedom” reading series, this time with writers from Tunisia, Kurdistan-Sorani, Turkey, and Syria.
Special event — Notes On An Invasion
TIFA, PEN Canada and CBC Radio’s IDEAS present Notes On An Invasion: Masha Gessen and Andrey Kurkov in conversation on Russia’s ongoing war in Ukraine.
Special event — Raising Our Voices
PEN Canada partners with TIFA to celebrate four annual awards and draw attention to writers across the world who are imperiled because of their written work.
Join this free CFE event: Canada Proposes Foreign Influence Registry: A lot could go wrong!
The Honourable Yuen Pau Woo in conversation with Meghan McDermott Memories of the Chinese Exclusion Act and its requirement for all Chinese to register were awakened by Canada’s recent proposal …
Confronting the new wave of Antisemitism
Confronting the new wave of Antisemitism Philip Slayton In conversation with Samir Gandesha Antisemitism is resurgent in our age of social media, identity politics, and populism. In his new book, Antisemitism: An ancient …
WEPFEST——A TORONTO FUNDRAISER TO SUPPORT LOCAL JOURNALISM
May 23, 25 and 27 @ 8pm at the Tranzac Club, Main Hall, 292 Brunswick Ave, Toronto Come along to WEPFEST, the West End Pheonix Spring fundraising festival, for three days …
Ethnic/Religious Nationalism & Academic Freedom: The Study of China
CFE Series: Threats to Academic Freedom Increasingly, scholars of a nation’s history, politics, and culture are challenged as anti-national or hostile to the dominant religion, ethnicity, and culture. This panel …
Silencing Across Borders – Governments Threaten Canadian Writers & Journalists
Join this free online event about Digital Transnational Repression on June 6th 2:00 – 3:30 pm. Canadian-based writers and journalists face increasing threats from authoritarian governments trying to intimidate and silence …
Free screening of Midnight’s Children on National Canadian Film Day 2023 – SOLD OUT
April 19th is National Canadian Film Day! SOLD OUT! Join Reel Canada and PEN Canada on April 19th at Scotiabank Theatre (259 Richmond St W, Toronto) at 7:00 pm in …