Centre for Free Expression
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The Centre for Free Expression at Toronto Metropolitan University is a hub for public education, research & advocacy in relation to free expression & the public's right to know.
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📣 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.
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.
📣 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
🔗 Zoom link: tinyurl.com/CFEevent
November 13, 2025 at 8:15 PM
📣 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
🔗 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.
Zoom link: tinyurl.com/CFEevent.
November 11, 2025 at 9:32 PM
📣 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.
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
🔗 Zoom link: tinyurl.com/CFEevent
October 15, 2025 at 5:01 PM
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
🔗 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...
🔗 cfe.torontomu.ca/blog/2025/10...
October 14, 2025 at 9:37 PM
📣 Check out our latest blog post, “Librarians Are My Heroes” by Danielle S. McLaughlin
🔗 cfe.torontomu.ca/blog/2025/10...
🔗 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
🔗 Zoom link: tinyurl.com/CFEevent
October 10, 2025 at 4:05 PM
📣 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
🔗 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
October 9, 2025 at 4:04 PM
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
For more information, visit buff.ly/Y3sVWJi
October 9, 2025 at 12:00 AM
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
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
🔗 Zoom link: tinyurl.com/CFEevent
October 8, 2025 at 9:00 PM
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
🔗 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
Read: tinyurl.com/35kn2ybw
October 8, 2025 at 8:34 PM
“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
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?
October 3, 2025 at 4:30 PM
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?
October 1, 2025 at 4:30 PM
📣 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
What Happened to the University’s Commitment to Free Expression? Charlie Kirk, uAlberta, and Me | Centre for Free Expression
I was shocked when the University of Alberta administration informed me, one of its law professors, that I was being placed on non-disciplinary leave for my social media comments in the wake of…
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September 30, 2025 at 9:00 PM
📣 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
🔗 Zoom link: tinyurl.com/CFEevent
September 30, 2025 at 6:19 PM
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
🔗 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.
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The 2024 Code of Silence Award for Outstanding Achievement in Government Secrecy goes to… the Ontario government.
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April 30, 2025 at 4:20 PM
🚨 PROVINCIAL AWARD FOR SECRECY:
The 2024 Code of Silence Award for Outstanding Achievement in Government Secrecy goes to… the Ontario government.
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The 2024 Code of Silence Award for Outstanding Achievement in Government Secrecy goes to… the Ontario government.
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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.
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.
April 30, 2025 at 1:52 PM
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.
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.
April 29, 2025 at 1:07 PM
📣 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.
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...
🔗 Zoom link and more info:
cfe.torontomu.ca/news/scott-c...
April 21, 2025 at 6:52 PM
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...
🔗 Zoom link and more info:
cfe.torontomu.ca/news/scott-c...
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🥁 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...
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...
April 16, 2025 at 5:40 PM
🥁 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...
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.
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Nearly a decade after the TRC’s final report, the feds are still fighting Indigenous communities seeking access to residential school records.
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April 16, 2025 at 7:02 PM
🚨 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.
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Nearly a decade after the TRC’s final report, the feds are still fighting Indigenous communities seeking access to residential school records.
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The Centre for Free Expression is pleased to announce Scott Cambell as the 2025 recipient of the Peter Bryce Prize for Whistleblowing! 🏆
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April 16, 2025 at 4:44 PM
The Centre for Free Expression is pleased to announce Scott Cambell as the 2025 recipient of the Peter Bryce Prize for Whistleblowing! 🏆
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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. 📞
April 15, 2025 at 3:23 PM
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...
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...
Freedom of Expression, Public Engagement, Democracy: What Can We Expect for the Next Ten Years? | Centre for Free Expression
CFE 10th Anniversary Panel
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April 9, 2025 at 7:21 PM
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...
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 ⬇️
More info ⬇️
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...
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...
Freedom of Expression, Public Engagement, Democracy: What Can We Expect for the Next Ten Years? | Centre for Free Expression
CFE 10th Anniversary Panel
cfe.torontomu.ca
April 8, 2025 at 1:27 PM
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 ⬇️
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
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
Freedom of Expression, Public Engagement, Democracy: What Can We Expect for the Next Ten Years? | Centre for Free Expression
CFE 10th Anniversary Panel
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April 7, 2025 at 3:03 PM
🎉 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
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:
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📅 Thursday, April 3, 11:30 AM
🔗 Zoom link:
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https://www.uqac.ca/libobs/activites/evenements/projet-de-loi-57/
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April 2, 2025 at 2:29 PM
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
📅 Thursday, April 3, 11:30 AM
🔗 Zoom link:
t.co/aCbBI5P5Ei