![Embattled Truths: Reporting on Gaza](https://pencanada.ca/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/EmbattledTruthsSlider-01.png)
Embattled Truths: Reporting on Gaza
This year's Freedom to Read Week panel will discuss the intricacies of reporting and reading on conflict in Gaza.
![Whose Pain Goes Viral? Economies of Empathy](https://pencanada.ca/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/Screen-Shot-2016-02-17-at-1.34.34-PM.png)
Whose Pain Goes Viral? Economies of Empathy
Dr. Len Findlay, University of Saskatchewan, will examine the historical interplay of fame and infamy, information and authority.
![What Will Bill C-51 Mean for Canada?](https://pencanada.ca/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/3543065612_c718057e70_b.jpg)
What Will Bill C-51 Mean for Canada?
Two distinguished Canadian experts will discuss what C-51 will mean for our freedom of expression and civilities.
![Worldwide Reading in Support of Ashraf Fayadh](https://pencanada.ca/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/Screen-Shot-2015-12-23-at-3.15.52-PM.png)
Worldwide Reading in Support of Ashraf Fayadh
The international literature festival Berlin (ilb) calls on all individuals, institutions, schools and media outlets that care about justice and freedom to participate in a worldwide reading of selected poems and other texts in support of Ashraf Fayadh, on 14 January 2016.
![Putting Faith in Hate](https://pencanada.ca/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/Screen-Shot-2015-11-04-at-5.10.09-PM.png)
Putting Faith in Hate
Many recent hate speech cases in Canada and elsewhere involved religion. This talk will examine some of these controversies.
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Day of the Imprisoned Writer
On Nov. 15, PEN Canada observes the Day of the Imprisoned Writer to focus attention on the unjust imprisonment of writers around the world.
![Writing, Violence, and the Human Brain: A conversation with Steven Pinker and Ken Dryden](https://pencanada.ca/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/PINKER-SLIDER.png)
Writing, Violence, and the Human Brain: A conversation with Steven Pinker and Ken Dryden
Canadian intellectuals Steven Pinker and Ken Dryden explore the surprising and far-ranging capacities of the human brain, from the writer's narrative instinct to the athlete's aggressive drive.
![“Fighting Silence in Honduras: The Battle Against Corruption, Impunity, and Violence.”](https://pencanada.ca/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/IID-Honduras.png)
“Fighting Silence in Honduras: The Battle Against Corruption, Impunity, and Violence.”
Three Honduran writers discuss what it is like to work in one of the world's most dangerous countries for journalists.
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PEN International Congress
The 81st PEN International Congress will be held in Québec City, from October 13-16, 2015.
![ILLUMINATION: Portraits of Canadian Literature and Authors](https://pencanada.ca/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/ILLUMINATION-Evite.jpg)
ILLUMINATION: Portraits of Canadian Literature and Authors
Artist Mark Raynes Roberts's ILLUMINATION, a two-fold exhibit of etched-crystal and photography, is coming to Toronto this fall.