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CJFE Annual General Meeting 2014 and Panel Discussion: Should Surveillance Scare You?
Date:Tuesday, June 17, 2014Location:NOW Lounge, 189 Church Street, Toronto, ONPlease join us at 6:00 p.m. for our members only Annual General Meeting for the election of board members and adoption of new bylaws. Food and non-alcoholic refreshments will be provided.
To nominate someone for election to the CJFE Board of Directors, please download and complete the nomination form (.doc) and send it to Tom Henheffer at thenheffer@cjfe.org by Tuesday, June 3.
AGM Details
2013 Annual General Meeting and “Canadian Science in Crisis”
TORONTO, June 7, 2013 - Yesterday, members of Canadian Journalists for Free Expression (CJFE) filled the NOW Lounge in Toronto for CJFE’s Annual General Meeting (AGM).
At the meeting, presided over by CJFE President Arnold Amber, the organization welcomed new Board member Nadine Touma, an experienced trilingual Montreal criminal lawyer with Poupart, Dadour, Touma & Associates. As an active member of CJFE’s Canadian Issues Committee, she has been instrumental in providing insight on freedom expression issues in Quebec and brings to the Board her expertise in criminal law.
CJFE co-presents "Our Newspaper" at Hot Docs
Date:Thursday, May 5, 2011Location:Thursday, May 5, 2011 at 9:45pm (Cumberland 3) Saturday, May 7, 2011 at 1:30pm (The ROM Theatre)CJFE is proud to co-present the Canadian premiere of "Our Newspaper" at this year's Hot Docs, North America's largest documentary film festival held in Toronto, Canada. This year's festival will run from April 28 to May 8, 2011, presenting over 200 films from more than 43 countries, and welcoming hundreds of international filmmakers and industry delegates to Toronto.
About the film
Challenging Books: Who Should Decide What Our Children Read?
Date:Wednesday, February 23, 2011Location:The Gladstone Hotel 1214 Queen Street West, Toronto Time: 6:30p.m. Doors open: 6:00p.m.Come and hear a thought-provoking discussion on access to reading, controversial subjects and our schools, as part of the annual Freedom To Read Week.
The evening will also feature:
Award Presentation of the Writers’ Union of Canada’s Freedom to Read Award:
An annual award honouring Canadians who defend the freedom to readThe main program for the evening is a panel discussion featuring:
Patsy Aldana, Eve Freedman and Peggy Thomas
moderated by Ken Setterington
CJFE's Annual General Meeting
Date:Wednesday, June 2, 2010Location:Toronto: Upper Library, Massey College, 4 Devonshire PlaceThe panel discussion, which will commence at approximately 8:00p.m., is open to the public
Panel Discussion
Afterwards, we invite CJFE members and members of the public to join us for refreshments and a panel discussion in the Common Room.
Topic: Protection of Sources
Speakers:
media lawyer Peter Jacobsen
investigative journalist Kevin Donovan, Toronto Star
Moderator: Anna Maria Tremonti, host of CBC Radio's "The Current"Canadian Journalists for Free Expression Annual General Meeting
Date:Tuesday, June 16, 2009Location:Toronto: Upper Library, Massey College, 4 Devonshire PlaceThe meeting will be open to all members of CJFE, with a reception to follow.
All CJFE members are welcome to attend the meeting. Please register with the CJFE office.
To become a member of CJFE contact our office
Guests of members are also welcome for the guest speaker lecture which will commence at approximately 8:00p.m.
Panel Discussion
Afterwards, we invite CJFE members and members of the public to join us for refreshments and a panel discussion in the Common Room.
Topic: The police practice of impersonating journalists.
Speakers: lawyer Phil Tunley
journalist Kelly ToughillCanadian Journalists for Free Expression Annual General Meeting
Date:Thursday, June 12, 2008Location:Toronto: Upper Library, Massey College, 4 Devonshire PlaceThe meeting will be open to all members of CJFE, with a reception to follow.
All CJFE members are welcome to attend the meeting. Please register with the CJFE office.
To become a member of CJFE contact our office
Guests of members are also welcome for the guest speaker lecture which will commence at approximately 7:30PM.Canadian Journalists for Free Expression Annual General Meeting
Date:Thursday, June 7, 2007Location:Toronto: Upper Library, Massey College, 4 Devonshire PlaceThe meeting will be followed by a talk by our special guests, journalist Derek Finkle and lawyer, Ian MacKinnon, with a reception to follow.
In 1998 Derek Finkle wrote "No Claim to Mercy" about the Robert Baltovich case. CJFE, along with the Canadian Association of Journalists, the Writers' Union and the Professional Writers Association of Canada, are interveners in Finkle's bid to quash the Crown's request to access his material. Derek is represented in court by Iain MacKinnon
All CJFE members are welcome to attend the meeting. Please register with the CJFE office.
CJFE Annual General Meeting
Date:Tuesday, September 19, 2006Location:Toronto: Upper Library, Massey College, 4 Devonshire PlaceThe meeting will be followed by a talk by our special guest, Ron Deibert, with a reception to follow.
Ronald Deibert is the Director of Citizen Lab/Open Net Initiative and Associate Professor of Political Science at the Munk Centre for International Studies, University of Toronto
All CJFE members are welcome to attend the meeting. Please register with the CJFE office.
Guests of members are also welcome for the guest speaker lecture which will commence at approximately 8:00PM.
