For the first time in Hot Docs Festival history, a new program — Made In Exile — will showcase documentaries created by filmmakers and participants who, driven from their homelands by war, ...

The Marie-Ange Garrigue Prize is an annual award which recognizes a Canadian citizen, permanent resident or Canadian ...

The PEN Canada Ken Filkow Prize is an annual award which recognizes an individual or group who has advanced freedom of ...

PEN Canada is deeply concerned by CTV’s abrupt cancellation of a planned election misinformation segment, following what ...

PEN Canada is accepting submissions for the 2025 RBC PEN Canada New Voices Award. The award encourages new writing and ...

Amid rising political tensions between the U.S. and Canada, and escalating threats of a broader trade war, the downstream effects of tariffs on writers, readers, publishers, and booksellers will be ...

We write from PEN Canada, PEN America and the Artists at Risk Connection, nonpartisan organizations that defend freedom of speech, to express our concern about the abrupt cancellation of an exhibit by ...

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, ...

A recent investigation has revealed shocking evidence of the illegal use of surveillance tools by the military to spy on its own people ...

PEN Canada depends on the support and generosity of people like you. By donating, becoming a member, patron, or partner, or volunteering your time, you can become a part of our mission to promote ...

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 ...