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News February 13, 2025

CFE Co-sponsoring Colloquium on “Reporting News in a Disbelieving Age”

The manifold crises besetting journalism in Canada and internationally includes the growing public disdain for journalists and the media.  In an effort to address what can be done, the Centre for Free Expression is hosting and co-sponsoring a colloquium at Toronto Metropolitan University on June 5 and 6, 2025, titled: “Reporting News in a Disbelieving Age: Standards of practice amid the crisis in journalism's credibility.”
News December 16, 2024

Jordan Laffrenier Joins CFE Board

Award winning director, dramaturg, producer and educator, Jordan Laffrenier, is joining the Advisory Board of the Centre for Free Expression (CFE) at Toronto Metropolitan University.Jordan is currently the Associate Artistic Director of Canadian Stage and Prime Mover Theatre Company and the former Artistic Producer of Theatre Sheridan and Program Co-ordinator of Theatre Sheridan. 
News December 9, 2024

Mumbi Tindyebwa Otu Joins CFE Board

Mumbi Tindyebwa Otu, Artistic Director of the Obsidian Theatre, Canada’s leading creator for Black Art, is joining the Centre for Free Expression’s (CFE) Advisory Board. “Mumbi Tindyebwa Otu’s extensive experience as a theatre creator and director will be vital to the CFE as we expand our work to defend and promote artistic expression in Canada” said James L. Turk, Director of CFE. 
News September 5, 2024

Birju Dattani Joins the Centre for Free Expression as a Senior Fellow

The Centre for Free Expression (CFE) is pleased to announce that Birju Dattani is joining CFE as  a Senior Fellow.“Birju is one of Canada’s leading experts on human rights, and we are honoured that he will be helping lead our work on the relationship of expressive freedom and human rights,” said James L. Turk, Director of the CFE.
News June 19, 2024

Charter Rights Under Threat if Senate Fails to Fix Foreign Interference Bill: If they don’t act, we will, say CFE and 9 other civil society groups

In its rush to do, and to be seen to do, something about the very real problem of foreign interference, the House of Commons hurried through — in hours — a well-intentioned but deeply flawed Bill C-70: Countering Foreign Interference Act. Under enormous pressure, it appears the Senate will do likewise today.