📣 Catch our upcoming Virtual Forum Series event on March 19 — Can American Media Survive Trump and Billionaire Owners?
🔗 Zoom link: tinyurl.com/CFEevent.
The Centre for Free Expression has published a report on censorship in Canadian libraries, and the largest book ban in Canadian history.
Read “The Rising Demands for Censorship: Challenges Faced by Canadian Libraries in 2025” by James L. Turk here: buff.ly/Ws1Xmj1
Join us TOMORROW at 7PM EST for our In Conversation Series event — Online Age Verification Poses Serious Dangers: What are our alternatives?
🔗 Zoom link: tinyurl.com/CFEevent
📣 Our upcoming In Conversation Series event is on Feb. 10 — Online Age Verification Poses Serious Dangers: What are our alternatives?
🗣️ David Greene, with Evan Light
🔗 Zoom link: tinyurl.com/CFEevent.
📣 Check out our latest blog post, “Celebrating the People and Practices That Sustain Intellectual Freedom,” by CFE Scholar-in-Residence Toni Samek.
🔗 Read here: cfe.torontomu.ca/blog/2026/02...
Join us TOMORROW at 7PM EST for our discussion on voice data and privacy in the age of AI.
🔗 Zoom link: tinyurl.com/CFEevent
📣 Catch our upcoming Virtual Forum Series event on Feb. 4 at 7PM EST: What is the Future of Voice and Privacy in the Age of AI?
🔗 Zoom link: tinyurl.com/CFEevent.
📣 Check out our latest blog post, “The 'right to be forgotten' arrives in Canada,” by Laura Cameron & Justin Safayeni
🔗 Read here: cfe.torontomu.ca/blog/2026/01...
📣 Check out our latest blog post, “Are Bans on Children’s Access to Social Media a Good Plan?” by Danielle S. McLaughlin
🔗 Read here: cfe.torontomu.ca/blog/2026/01...
📣 Our upcoming Virtual Forum Series event is on Jan. 27 — What Do Your Eyes Reveal About You: Privacy Implications of Eye Tracking
🔗 Zoom link: tinyurl.com/CFEevent
📣 Check out our latest blog post, “When Ministerial Orders Shape What Students Can Read” by Toni Samek
🔗 Read here: cfe.torontomu.ca/blog/2026/01...
Join us TONIGHT at 7PM EST for our discussion on Canadians' rights and the notwithstanding clause.
🔗 Zoom link: tinyurl.com/CFEevent
📣 New on the blog: “The Feds’ ‘Combatting Hate Act’ (C-9) Should Be Withdrawn Now” by CFE Director James L. Turk.
🔗 Read more: cfe.torontomu.ca/blog/2025/12...
📣 Our upcoming Virtual Forum Series event is on Dec. 10: The Notwithstanding Clause & the Future of Canadian Democracy
🔗Zoom link: tinyurl.com/CFEevent
Join us TONIGHT at 7PM EST for our discussion on how recent federal bills would erode our rights and freedoms.
🔗 Zoom link: tinyurl.com/CFEevent
Join us TONIGHT at 7PM EST for our event on how the attack on arts and culture in the U.S. could be impacting Canada
🔗 Zoom link: tinyurl.com/CFEevent
📣 Our upcoming Virtual Forum Series event on Nov. 25 is about how recent federal bills would erode our rights and freedoms.
🔗 Zoom link: tinyurl.com/CFEevent
📣 Our next Virtual Forum Series event is on Nov. 20 at 7PM EST: How is the attack on arts and culture in the U.S. impacting Canada?
Zoom link: tinyurl.com/CFEevent.
Join us TOMORROW at 7pm EDT for our next event: What does the Western media get wrong about the Middle East?
🔗 Zoom link: tinyurl.com/CFEevent
📣 Check out our latest blog post, “Librarians Are My Heroes” by Danielle S. McLaughlin
🔗 cfe.torontomu.ca/blog/2025/10...
📣 Our next Virtual Forum Series event is on October 16 at 7pm EDT: What does the Western media get wrong about the Middle East?
🔗 Zoom link: tinyurl.com/CFEevent
Each year, we grant the Code of Silence Award for Outstanding Achievement in Government Secrecy to call public attention to governments, government departments and agencies that distinguish themselves by denying public access to government information to which the public is entitled
The Centre for Free Expression's Peter Bryce Prize recognizes and honours individuals who serve the greater good by courageously speaking up about wrongdoing or abuses of public trust in Canada or by Canadians.
For more information, visit buff.ly/Y3sVWJi
Join us TOMORROW at 7pm EDT for our next event: Is there more hope for whistleblowers in the private sector than in the public?
🔗 Zoom link: tinyurl.com/CFEevent
“Bill C-9 is deeply flawed and cannot be fixed by amendments,” said James L. Turk, CFE Director. “It creates new criminal laws that risk serious and unjustified infringements on Charter-protected fundamental freedoms, including the criminalization of peaceful protest.”
Read: tinyurl.com/35kn2ybw
Did you know that the Centre for Free Expression has a free, confidential helpline for whistleblowers and potential whistleblowers in Canada?
📣 Our next Virtual Forum Series event is on October 9 at 7pm EDT: Is There More Hope for Whistleblowers in the Private Sector than in the Public?
📣 Check out our latest blog post, “What Happened to the University’s Commitment to Free Expression? Charlie Kirk, uAlberta, and Me” by Florence Ashley
Join us TOMORROW at 7pm EDT for the next CFE In Conversation event: What can we learn about book banning from the 400 years of the Catholic Church’s Index of Prohibited Books?
🔗 Zoom link: tinyurl.com/CFEevent
The Code of Silence Awards — presented by
@cajournalists.bsky.social, @cjfe.bsky.social and the CFE
— spotlight governments and public bodies that go to great lengths to keep the public in the dark.
🔗 Read more: cfe.torontomu.ca/news/ontario...
