How Should Democracies Regulate Speech Online?
How Should Democracies Regulate Speech Online? #5 in CFE Series: Taming Big Tech: Exploring the Alternatives Jameel Jaffer In Conversation with Andrew Clement Jameel Jaffer is [...]
JAYU’s Human Rights Film Festival "Inside the Red Brick Wall"
DECEMBER 3RD at 6:30 pm ET — Watch JAYU’s Human Rights Film Festival screening of "INSIDE THE RED BRICK WALL" a documentary about the Hong Kong democracy fighters trapped [...]
From Hollywood to Homer: Star Wars as epic poetry
On November 4, 2021 at 7 pm EST, PEN Canada invites you to a free online discussion with Jack Mitchell as he discusses his retelling of the Star Wars myth in iambic pentameter — the metre of English epics like Paradise Lost and The Prelude — with the novelist Colin McAdam.
20 Years of Dictatorship in Eritrea: A Case Study of the Global Assault on Media Freedom by Authoritarian Regimes
The Raoul Wallenberg Centre for Human Rights (RWCHR), in partnership with Reporters Without Borders (RSF), PEN Eritrea, PEN Canada, the RWI-70, and the Buxus Foundation, [...]
Hope in Strange Paradises — PEN Canada’s inaugural Graeme Gibson Talk
LITERARY GIANTS MARGARET ATWOOD, OMAR EL AKKAD AND COLSON WHITEHEAD TO BOOK-END TORONTO INTERNATIONAL FESTIVAL OF AUTHORS Registration is now open at festivalofauthors.ca TORONTO, August [...]
Can Tougher Hate Speech Laws Stem the Tide of Hate: Examining Bill C-36
Virtual Forum Series Wednesday September 15, 2021 4:00pm to 5:30pm EST ryerson.zoom.us/j/91941276567 In June, the Federal Government introduced Bill-36 to amend the hate speech provisions in [...]
Best of The Shoe Project 2021
Come Celebrate with Us! The Shoe Project returns to the stage in Toronto to celebrate the best of its stories in the past decade. This is [...]
Conflict Is Not Abuse: Sarah Schulman in conversation with Lana Dee Povitz
CFE In Conversation: Conflict Is Not Abuse: Overstating Harm, Community Responsibility, and the Duty of Repair Sarah Schulman - In Conversation with Lana Dee Povitz [...]
CFE In Conversation: Cancel Culture in Theatre: What is to be done?
Carmen Aguirre - In Conversation with Marilo Nuñez Carmen Aguirre is a Chilean-Canadian, award-winning theatre artist and author or co-author of over twenty-five plays and [...]
Ag-Gag Laws & the Public’s Right to Know | CFE Virtual Forum Series
Alberta and Ontario “Ag-Gag“ laws seek to prevent whistleblowers, undercover journalists, and animal advocates from reporting on animal treatment, public health threats, unsafe working conditions, and environmental offences at farms and slaughterhouses. Join a panel of experts who discuss what this may mean for press freedom and democratic rights in Canada.