One year after Russian president Vladimir Putin launched his invasion and muzzled Russian media, what have we learned from the war against Ukraine and against journalists?  Join three Russian journalists who spoke at a CFE panel one year ago to see how they have refused to be silenced. How are Russia’s independent media fighting to expose the truth about the war? What are the challenges  as the war heads into its second year?

Join us on Sunday, March 26 at 3:00 pm at the Hirut Ethiopian Jazz Club, 2050 Danforth Avenue, Toronto to hear the work of four [...]

20th Annual Human Rights Watch Canada Film Festival The Grab (2022) Date: Friday, March 10, 2023 at 7:00 pm Location: Hot Docs Cinema, 506 Bloor [...]

Muslims and the Media: Western media’s role in fanning fear of Islam and Muslims #5 in CFE Series: Threats to Press Freedom Thursday, March 2nd, [...]

Join the official launch and reading event for poet Em Dial's virtual exhibition, "The Ball." Monday, February 13th | 5:30 PM EST | FREE | [...]

Celebrating Salman Rushdie's "Victory City" Be part of an unmissable evening celebrating the literary genius of Salman Rushdie. Two global stars of the book world, [...]

Libraries and universities are facing growing demands for censorship as a tool to make a better world. Join Emily Knox and Toni Samek, two of North America’s leading experts on intellectual freedom, as they explore rising censorship and what it means for social justice, equity, and the future of democracy. Knox is Associate Professor of Information Sciences at the University of Illinois and Samek is Professor and former Chair of the School of Library and Information Studies at the University of Alberta.

PEN Canada is sponsoring the 2023 Digital Media at the Crossroads (DM@X) online conference being held on Friday, January 20 and Saturday, January 21,  from noon to 5 pm [...]

CFE Event: Canada’s War on Whistleblowers Thursday, January 19, 2023; Time: 3pm EST In more than 15 years of operation, at a cost of over $100 million, Canada’s federal whistleblower law has not protected a single whistleblower, out of more than 500 reporting reprisals against them. It has made their lives worse. Join the discussion with a distinguished panel of expert about why this is, what it has meant for the public, what can be done to protect those who speak up in the public interest, not join in punishing them.

Pandemic University and the Alberta Magazine Publishers Association bring Richard Warnica, Toronto Star's business feature writer, to Alberta for two, in-person feature writing workshops on January 12 & 13 (Calgary) and January 14 & 15 (Edmonton).