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📣 New on the blog: “The Feds’ ‘Combatting Hate Act’ (C-9) Should Be Withdrawn Now” by CFE Director James L. Turk.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

🚨 PROVINCIAL AWARD FOR SECRECY: The 2024 Code of Silence Award for Outstanding Achievement in Government Secrecy goes to… the Ontario government. 🧵 1/4

Join us next week for a panel featuring three American journalists — Susan Glasser, Katherine Jacobsen, Craig Silverman — on Trump's unprecedented assault on media freedoms:

📣 PANEL ANNOUNCEMENT: Join us on May 7 at 7 p.m. for a discussion with five American journalists on the frontlines of Trump’s war on truth as we look at the dangers and the road ahead.

TOMORROW AT 2 PM: Join us as we award Scott Campbell the 2025 Peter Bryce Prize for Whistleblowing! 🏆 🔗 Zoom link and more info: cfe.torontomu.ca/news/scott-c...

🥁 We're back with another year of the Code of Silence Awards for Outstanding Achievement(s) in Government Secrecy 🥁 This year's 'winner' is Canada's federal government for its ongoing fight against Indigenous groups seeking access to records about residential schools. caj.ca/access-denie...

🚨 The 2025 federal Code of Silence Award for Government Secrecy goes to… the Government of Canada. Nearly a decade after the TRC’s final report, the feds are still fighting Indigenous communities seeking access to residential school records. 🧵1/3

The Centre for Free Expression is pleased to announce Scott Cambell as the 2025 recipient of the Peter Bryce Prize for Whistleblowing! 🏆 🧵1/4

The CFE has a free, confidential helpline for whistleblowers and potential whistleblowers to provide support for those raising concerns about harm to the public interest. 📞

Missed last night’s event? 👀 Check out the full recording of the panel discussion on Freedom of Expression, Public Engagement, and Democracy: What Can We Expect for the Next Ten Years? here: cfe.torontomu.ca/events/freed...

TONIGHT: Come join the CFE at 7 PM, where we will be hosting a panel on Freedom of Expression, Public Engagement, and Democracy: What Can We Expect for the Next Ten Years? More info ⬇️

🎉 TOMORROW AT 7 PM: Come celebrate CFE's 10th anniversary as we explore the biggest challenges to freedom of expression, informed public engagement and democracy in the next decade. 🔗 Zoom link and more info here: cfe.torontomu.ca/events/freed... #freedomofexpression #anniversary #cfe

TOMORROW: UQAC’s Observatoire de la liberté d'expression virtual round table on Bill 57 co-sponsored by CFE: (im)balance between protection of elected officials and freedom of citizen expression? 📅 Thursday, April 3, 11:30 AM 🔗 Zoom link: t.co/aCbBI5P5Ei

📣 ONE WEEK AWAY 📣 Join us on April 8 at 7 p.m. as we explore the biggest challenges to freedom of expression, informed public engagement and democracy in the next decade and how to meet those challenges. 🔗 Zoom link and more info here: cfe.torontomu.ca/events/freed...

The CFE is co-sponsoring a virtual round table discussion with UQAC’s @libobs.bsky.social on Bill 57: (im)balance between protection of elected officials and freedom of citizen expression? 📅 Thursday, April 3, 11:30 AM 🔗 Zoom link & more info: www.uqac.ca/libobs/activ...

It’s the CFE’s 10th anniversary! 🎉 Join us on April 8 at 7 p.m. as we explore the biggest challenges to freedom of expression, informed public engagement and democracy in the next decade and how to meet those challenges. 🔗 Zoom link and more info here: cfe.torontomu.ca/events/freed...

In our latest publication, Professor Emerita Laurie E. Adkin analyzes the Encampment Report by Justice Adèle Kent, commissioned by the University of Alberta. 📄 Read the full report: cfe.torontomu.ca/publications... #Alberta #CFEReport #Accountability #FreeExpression #KentReport

The CFE is happy to announce it's co-hosting a by-invitation colloquium on standards of practice for news reporting titled “Reporting News in a Disbelieving Age: Standards of Practice amid the Crisis in Journalism's Credibility” on June 5-6, 2025, at TMU. More info: cfe.torontomu.ca/news/cfe-co-...

📣 Check out our latest blog post, “Jangling the Bells: The Report of the Third-Party Investigation of the Clearing of the Palestinian Solidarity Encampment at the University of Alberta” by Carolyn Sale. 🔗 Read the full piece: cfe.torontomu.ca/blog/2025/03... #UAlberta #FreeExpression

The Centre for Free Expression, BC Civil Liberties Association, and Animal Justice are pleased with an Ontario Court of Appeal decision that reaffirms legislatures cannot entirely shield executive decisions from judicial review — a crucial win for public interest advocates.

What is academic freedom? And how do you protect it? A report from Scholars at Risk analyzed 391 attacks on higher ed communities in 51 countries and territories, demonstrating that attacks on #scholars, students, and university communities are widespread and can happen anywhere.

Our new report finds that Alberta’s whistleblower protection law fails to adequately protect those who speak out about wrongdoing. 📖 Read more about this publication here: cfe.torontomu.ca/news/cfe-rep... #WhistleblowerProtection #Alberta #FreeExpression

For this #FTRWeek, we are highlighting The Tower of Banned Books, now on display at the Oakville Public Library's Central Branch. 📚 #FTRW25 #FreedomToRead

Ahead of the event, read our Q&A with one of the speakers, James L. Turk (Director, @cfetmu.bsky.social), on the climate of book challenges in Canada. Read it here: https://buff.ly/41sKv9Q

📣 TOMORROW: Censoring Books in Schools and Libraries: What does it mean for our future? With Ira Wells & @jameslturk.bsky.social. 📅 Feb. 26 @ 7 p.m. Co-sponsors: @cdnschoollibrary.bsky.social, @pencanada.bsky.social & more. 🔗 Zoom link & more info here: cfe.torontomu.ca/events/censo...

Currently reading "On Book Banning" by Ira Wells & looking forward to this free @cfetmu.bsky.social event next Wednesday at 4 PST / 7 EST during Freedom to Read Week #FTRW @jameslturk.bsky.social cfe.torontomu.ca/events/censo...