To coincide with World Press Freedom Day on May 3, CJFE is launching its annual Review of Free Expression in Canada. This year's Review highlights a serious issue in Canada: a cult of secrecy. The Review is available for download.
From CJFE's 2011/2012 Review of Free Expression in Canada, a look at the implications of the 2011 Crookes v. Newton decision and the impact it has on how we use the internet.
Federal communications policy bars scientists from talking to the media about their research, making it much more difficult to share key findings with the public.
Are you concerned about the state of free expression in Canada? Can you offer a distinct and informed perspective on a specific region of the country? Are you interested in keeping track of free expression issues as they relate to specific Canadian regions?
If so, CJFE’s new Regional Monitor position could be the role for you!
The Cyber Stewards program is designed to address the urgent need to support South-based cyber security scholars, advocates, and practitioners to articulate a vision of cyber security in which rights and openness are protected on the basis of shared research and empirical knowledge.
Is the Canadian government deliberately withholding funds from dissenting civil society organizations? Maybe, maybe not. But even the perception places a chill on free expression.
Quebec's new emergency law has raised a lot of attention. Bill 78 suspends the current school year at institutions affected by strikes; imposes stiff fines for anyone who disrupts classes or tries blocking access to a school; and limits where, how, and for how long people can protest in Quebec.
CJFE's annual Report Card of Free Expression in Canada provides an assessment of the key issues and institutions that have impacted the state of free expression in the country over the past year.
This World Press Freedom Day, CJFE took to the streets of Toronto to mark the release of our annual Review, generate discussion on the state of free expression in Canada, and honour our commitment to the defence of an open and accountable press around the world.
From CJFE's 2011/2012 Review of Free Expression in Canada, a glimpse into the ways that the Internet is being used by Canadians, and what's going on behind the scenes.
Today marks World Press Freedom Day. On this day, countries all around the world, from Burma, to Egypt, to Venezuela, are fighting to establish this fundamental cornerstone of democracy. These countries are not taking these crucial freedoms for granted. Are we?