PEN Canada - PEN Canada celebrates literature, defends freedom …
WEB6 days ago · As a nonpartisan organization of writers committed to the defence of freedom of expression, PEN Canada is deeply concerned about Israel’s recent raid and closure of Al Jazeera’s offices in …
programs - PEN Canada
WEBMay 30, 2024 · If you would like more information about any of PEN Canada’s programs, please contact Brendan de Caires, Programs and Communications Coordinator, at 416 703 8448 x2224 or by email at bdecaires@pencanada.ca. PEN Canada works on behalf of writers, at home and abroad, who have been forced into …
About - PEN Canada
WEBAbout. PEN Canada…. Helps free writers who are persecuted and, in many countries, imprisoned and tortured simply for expressing themselves. Fights censorship and defends the right to freedom of expression. PEN has intervened in a number of landmark legal cases in the name of journalistic integrity and artistic freedom. Educates Canadian ...
Category: News - PEN Canada
WEBJimmy Lai to receive PEN Canada One Humanity Award. Jimmy Lai, a journalist, writer, media publisher, and pro-democracy activist, has won PEN Canada’s One Humanity Award. Lai, who has been in solitary confinement since December 2020, is …
Background - PEN Canada
WEBJul 9, 2024 · Background. We are the Canadian chapter of PEN International, founded in England in 1921 to represent “Poets, Essayists and Novelists.”. PEN International was conceived by Mrs. C.A. Dawson Scott and the first PEN Club was founded shortly thereafter in London by Mrs. Scott and John Galsworthy, who would become PEN International’s first ...
PEN in the news - PEN Canada
WEBLouise Dennys to step down as executive publisher and vice-president of Penguin Random House Canada Globe & Mail | December 20, 2022 The world must stand with Salman Rushdie and writers like him Globe…
Statement on IDF shutdown of Al Jazeera office in Ramallah
WEB5 days ago · On September 22, 2024, Israeli Defence Forces (IDF) entered the Ramallah offices of Al Jazeera, the Qatar-based satellite news organization. The IDF ordered the broadcaster to shut down for 45 days, confiscated cameras, and forced staff to leave. Al Jazeera also reported the soldiers tore down a banner …
Canadian and Legal Affairs - PEN Canada
WEBJul 9, 2024 · It is overseen by the Canadian and Legal Affairs Committee. From its inception, PEN Canada has defended the right to freedom of expression enshrined in article 2 (b) of the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms. Our Canadian Issues Committee has fought censorship in more than 70 cases—from book seizures at the border and censorship in ...
anthology - PEN Canada
WEBJul 9, 2024 · To maximize the amount that PEN Canada receives, you may also purchase the anthology directly from the PEN Canada office for $24.99 plus $19.49 shipping and handling. Please contact Theresa Johnson at 416 703 8448 ext 2221 to provide your credit card and mailing information. If you would like to have the anthology mailed to someone as a …
Mission, Vision, Values - PEN Canada
WEBMISSION. Universal Declaration of Human Rights – Article 19: Everyone has the right to freedom of opinion and expression; this right includes freedom to hold opinions without interference and to seek, receive, and impart information and ideas through any media and regardless of frontiers. PEN Canada is a nonpartisan organization of writers ...