For more than a decade, the RBC/PEN Canada New Voices Award has recognized excellence in emerging, yet-to-be published Canadian writers. The 2025 prize is currently open for submissions — ...

George Brown College, Department of English and Communication, Toronto, Canada Term: September 2025 – April 2026 Remuneration ...

Kim Echlin PEN is a dynamic place to be right now. The 57th International Meeting of the Writers for Peace Committee this ...

Gezahegn Mekonnen Demissie is an Ethiopian journalist and filmmaker, one of the founding members of PEN Ethiopia, and Executive Director of Bridge Entertainment. He currently lives in Toronto, Canada, ...

Do you know a Canadian who has helped a foreign imperiled writer? The Marie-Ange Garrigue Prize is an annual award which recognizes a Canadian citizen, permanent resident or Canadian organization … ...

Confronting the new wave of Antisemitism Philip Slayton In conversation with Samir Gandesha Antisemitism is resurgent in our age of social media, identity politics, and populism. In his new book, ...

Lori Sterling is currently senior counsel at Bennett Jones LLP and an experienced board director. Lori has over 30 years experience in both federal and provincial governments. At the federal level, ...

In a world where hundreds of writers and journalists are threatened and freedom of expression and liberal democracy face an uncertain future, you, as a patron, can help to defend these freedoms as a ...

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. In 2024, PEN International raised concerns ...

PEN Canada condemns the Ontario government’s use of the Notwithstanding Clause to impose restrictions on third-party political advertising for a full twelve months before a provincial election.

PEN Canada celebrates the 2023 Nobel Peace Prize awarded to jailed Iranian writer and human rights activist Narges Mohammadi for “her fight against the oppression of women in Iran, and her fight to ...