📣 Check out our latest blog post, “Information Poverty and the Cost of Prison Library Cuts” by Toni Samek. 🔗 Read here: buff.ly/pA2UoTi

Listen to The Centre for Free Expression Podcast wherever you get your podcasts! Four episodes featuring some of our critical conversations are available now.

In the CFE’s latest blog post, Director James L. Turk warns Alberta’s Bill 28 gives the provincial government unprecedented control over public libraries, including the power to restrict materials, programs, and services. 🔗 Read here: buff.ly/m9WD6zY

In CFE’s latest blog post, Robert Diab asks: would banning children under 16 from social media and AI even be constitutional in Canada? 🔗 Read here: buff.ly/wDohfPl

We’re pleased to introduce The Centre for Free Expression Podcast — a thoughtfully edited and produced series that adapts our event recordings into a format designed for listening, and includes additional special conversations. Learn more: cfe.torontomu.ca/page/centre-...

New from the CFE blog: James L. Turk responds point-by-point to Alberta MLA Nate Glubish’s defence of Bill 28, which would allow provincial override of public library decision-making. Read here: cfe.torontomu.ca/blog/2026/04...

Senior Fellow David Hutton says Canada's whistleblower law, introduced under Pierre Poilievre, promised “ironclad” protection but delivered the opposite. A new review proposes reforms, and now it’s up to PM Mark Carney’s government to act. Read here: shorturl.at/GPttP

📣 Catch our upcoming event next Tuesday, May 5 @ 7pm EST — Islamophobia on Canadian Campuses: Why and What to do? 🔗 Zoom link: tinyurl.com/CFEevent. This is a free event and no registration is required.

The Centre for Free Expression has published its final report on on challenges faced by Canadian libraries in 2025, including the biggest book ban in Canadian history. 🔗 Read here: cfe.torontomu.ca/publications...

This week, the Centre for Free Expression, along with 13 other civil and human rights organizations, sent an open letter to the Prime Minister, key Cabinet ministers, and leaders of opposition parties calling for the withdrawal of Bill C-22. Read here: cfe.torontomu.ca/blog/2026/04...

New from CFE Director James L. Turk for @policyalternatives: "Parental rights and the surging demand for censorship in Canadian schools" Read here: lnkd.in/gbF3AY6c

📣 Our upcoming Virtual Forum Series event is on May 5 — Islamophobia on Canadian Campuses: Why and What to do? 🔗 Zoom link: tinyurl.com/CFEevent.

📣 Check out our latest blog post, “What Does It Mean for the State to Be Neutral in Religious Matters?” by Richard Moon Read here: cfe.torontomu.ca/blog/2026/03...

When a children’s book is removed not for its story — but for a small illustrated map — what does safety really mean? In our latest blog, Danielle S. McLaughlin explores book challenges and questions how concerns about discomfort are being framed as threats to children. Read: tinyurl.com/35dd78bu

On Monday, March 23rd at 7pm MDT/9pm EDT the CFE is hosting a special event in partnership with the University of Alberta’s School of Library and Information Studies and its Centre for Research for Teacher Education and Development. 🔗 Zoom link: tinyurl.com/CFEevent

📣 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

🚨 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