Artificial intelligence technologies are powerful curators of information and arbiters of online content. But they can be used to supercharge deception and misinformation, undercutting trust in all sources of content and threatening popular commitment to public discourse and expressive freedom. Join a panel of experts who explore these monumental challenges and discuss what options we have.

  Ticket Info: Notes On An Invasion Sunday, September 24 at 4:00 - 5:30 pm EST Harbourfront Centre Theatre, 231 Queens Quay West, Toronto Tickets [...]

  Ticket Info: Raising Our Voices: 2023 PEN Canada Awards & Readings in Solidarity with Persecuted Writers Saturday, September 23 at 4:30 - 5:30 pm [...]

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 [...]

Annual General Meeting 2023 PEN Canada’s AGM will take place on Thursday, June 15, 2023 at 5:30 pm ET on Zoom. Please RSVP by Monday June 12th, [...]

SILENCING ACROSS BORDERS 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 [...]

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 [...]

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. [...]

  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 [...]

April 19th is National Canadian Film Day! Join Reel Canada and PEN Canada on April 19th at Scotiabank Theatre (259 Richmond St W, Toronto) at [...]