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Celebrated across Canada, Freedom to Read Week is an annual event highlighting our right to freedom of expression and our love of reading.

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Download the 2012-2013 Review of Free Expression in Canada to your phone!

Instructions: To use the app click on the link above. Once the page has loaded, make it a bookmark by selecting "Add to Home Screen."

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Free expression issues from coast to coast

An interactive map featuring key free expression issues from each province and territory in Canada.
Free Expression Report Card 2012-13: You be the judge

Our annual Report Card on free expression in Canada is always controversial. When it comes to grades, everyone has an opinion – and we want to hear yours! Vote for what grades you think we should have handed out on this year's Report Card.
2012/2013 Review of Free Expression in Canada
CJFE's 2012/2013 Review of Free Expression in Canada

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.
Another university free speech wall taken down for hate speech

A free speech wall put up by Queen’s Students for Liberty at Queen's University in Kingston, Ontario, was taken down. The University had campus security remove the wall, alleging hateful speech and racial slurs had been written on the wall.
Information Commissioner to investigate muzzling of government scientists

In a letter dated March 27, 2013, the Office of the Information Commissioner of Canada announced that it would be launching an investigation into the government practices restricting scientists’ abilities to speak about their work.
Video: Celebrate Freedom to Read Week!

Celebrated across Canada, Freedom to Read Week is an annual event highlighting our right to freedom of expression and our love of reading.
Information Commissioner asked to investigate government muzzling of scientists
The sound of silenced scientists

CJFE Board Member Bob Carty discusses the muzzling of Canadian scientists.
Silenced Scientists

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.
CJFE Review of Free Expression in Canada to launch on World Press Freedom Day
Twitter now able to censor tweets by country

With a recent policy change, Twitter is now censoring tweets by location, and restricting content by country.
Websites go dark in protest of SOPA and PIPA

Today Wikipedia, Google, Reddit, WordPress, and numerous other websites protest the proposed Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA), and PROTECT IP Act (PIPA).
CJFE Troubled that Activist Denied Entry to Canada
CJFE Begins 'Olympic Watch' for Vancouver Olympics

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