Request for Proposal: Logo Design and Website Refresh for World Press Freedom Canada

World Press Freedom Canada (WPFC) is a non-profit organization that advocates for press freedom and monitors press freedom issues nationally and globally. WPFC’s mission is to raise public awareness for the fundamental charter right of press freedom, identify violations, and pro-actively defend freedom of the press. WPFC is seeking proposals from qualified Canadian vendors to […]

Letter to Vancouver Policy Department about review of OPCC complaint on exclusion of journalists from Hastings St. during dismantling of encampment

Dear Mr. Kuzminski, We are writing to express our serious concerns with regards to the Vancouver Police Board’s review of an OPCC complaint about the exclusion of journalists from Hastings Street during dismantling of an encampment last April. World Press Freedom Canada is an Ottawa-based volunteer committee that advocates on issues of press freedom in […]

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In Canada’s battle with Big Tech, smaller publishers are caught in the crossfire Independent outlets explain how traffic and engagement have plummeted overnight after Meta blocked news from its platforms. Read the Reuters story. International Day to End Impunity for Crimes against Journalists, Nov. 2 Ending impunity for crimes against journalists is one of the […]

Journalists under threat

Since Reporters Without Borders published their annual World Press Freedom Index on World Press Freedom Day May 3, the sorry state of press freedom and the ability of journalists to do their jobs safely has deteriorated even further. The report in May showed the journalism environment in 128 countries was problematic or dangerous for media […]

Google to pay $100 million annually to Canadian news organizations

The standoff between the Liberal government and Facebook is set to ratchet up in December when Bill C-18, the Online News Act, comes into force. Meta’s Facebook has already blocked access to news providers from its site, and Google was threatening to do the same. However on Nov. 30, the Liberal government announced a deal […]

Editorial independence needed, even in times of war

The Hamas-Israel war has brought new conflict between the Conservative Party of Canada politicians and CBC news. The Conservatives have vowed to defund CBC television and its new operations if elected, and have been frequent critics of its coverage of Canadian politics and world events. At a parliamentary committee meeting in October, Conservative MPs took […]

Why journalists are unsung heroes who need us to sing their praises

It’s increasingly hard to navigate what “information” is true and what is not, or which images are real and which are deep fakes. The evolution of social media platforms is happening more quickly than our ability to deal with the content that is published on them. We must find a way to deliver trusted and […]