The Centre for Free Expression at @torontomet is a hub for public education, research & advocacy in relation to free expression & the public's right to know.
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The latest episode of The Centre for Free Expression Podcast, on anti-racist discourse in Canada & the US, is out now.
🗣️ Anthony Stewart in conversation with Vershawn Young
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James L. Turk, director of the Centre for Free Expression, recently joined PEN Canada president Ira Wells for a conversation on Alberta's Bill 28 and defending the right to expressive freedom, on the A Good Think podcast.
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Alberta’s public libraries have until January 1 to respond to the province’s new censorship rules.
James L. Turk, Toni Samek and Peter Bailey lay out what libraries can do to stand by their collections, policies, and commitment to intellectual freedom: buff.ly/agPMKln
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What can Alberta’s public libraries do in the face of government censorship?
In our latest blog, CFE Director James L. Turk and Senior Scholar Toni Samek outline an effective response.
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The latest episode of The Centre for Free Expression Podcast, on whistleblowing in medicine, is out now.
🗣️ Carl Elliott in conversation with Nancy Olivieri
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📣 Check out our latest blog post, "Democracy, Access to Information, and Young People’s Right to Information," by CFE Scholar-in-Residence Toni Samek.
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The latest episode of The Centre for Free Expression Podcast, on censorship in schools and libraries, is out now.
🗣️ Ira Wells in conversation with James L. Turk
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Public libraries have long been champions of intellectual freedom. What happens when the government orders them to censor books?
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Are Bill C-36's privacy protections really new?
Lawyer Tamir Israel explains why many of the bill's touted protections already exist in practice, and why the new framework could weaken them over time, in this clip from our new podcast episode.
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In this clip from the latest CFE Podcast episode, @TeresaScassa explains why she believes Bill C-36 shifts Canada's privacy framework away from a simple, rights-based approach and toward one that gives greater weight to business interests.
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The latest episode of The Centre for Free Expression Podcast, on Bill C-36 and protecting Canadians' privacy, is out now.
🗣️ With experts Tamir Israel and Teresa Scassa
Listen now: cfe.torontomu.ca/page/centre…
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📣 Check out our latest blog post, "Misinformation alert: reducing corruption improves productivity and well-being, not the reverse," by CFE Senior Fellow David Hutton.
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A school board that refused to release information on its small art collection because of supposed safety concerns has been selected as the municipal winner of the 2025 Code of Silence Award for Outstanding Achievement in Government Secrecy.
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The latest episode of The Centre for Free Expression Podcast, on the impacts of the rising use of Section 33, is out now.
🗣️ Panelists: Eric Adams, Anaïs Bussières McNicoll, Richard Moon
Moderator: James L. Turk
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The Alberta government has been selected as the provincial winner of the 2025 Code of Silence Award for Outstanding Achievement in Government Secrecy after a commissioner found the province broke its own freedom of information laws.
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Canada’s federal government has once again been selected as this year’s recipient of the federal Code of Silence Award for Outstanding Achievements in Government Secrecy.
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In our latest blog, James L. Turk examines the findings of the 2026 V-Dem Democracy Report and explores how growing executive power and weakened democratic safeguards may be contributing to the decline of Canada's democratic standing.
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21 civil liberties organizations, privacy groups and individual experts expressed their deep alarm that, last night, the government cut off debate at the Standing Committee on Public Safety and National Security on the controversial Bill C-22
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The latest episode of The Centre for Free Expression Podcast, on the dangers of online age verification, is out now. Listen wherever you get your podcasts.
🎙️Evan Light with David Greene
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Lita Barrie, Chair of the Canadian Federation of Library Associations/Fédération canadienne des associations de bibliothèques (CFLA-FCAB) is joining CFE’s Advisory Board, replacing Andrea Cecchetto, the outgoing CFLA/FCAB Chair.
Read the announcement: lnkd.in/gpdXfP4Y
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