[vc_row type=”in_container” full_screen_row_position=”middle” column_margin=”default” scene_position=”center” text_color=”dark” text_align=”left” overlay_strength=”0.3″ shape_divider_position=”bottom” bg_image_animation=”none”][vc_column column_padding=”no-extra-padding” column_padding_position=”all” background_color_opacity=”1″ background_hover_color_opacity=”1″ column_link_target=”_self” column_shadow=”none” column_border_radius=”none” width=”1/1″ tablet_width_inherit=”default” tablet_text_alignment=”default” phone_text_alignment=”default” overlay_strength=”0.3″ column_border_width=”none” column_border_style=”solid” bg_image_animation=”none”][vc_column_text]Nobel Peace Prize winner Maria Ressa was the keynote speaker at the 21st World Press Freedom Day Awards Luncheon that took place May 3, 2022. The Awards Luncheon, held annually on […]
Read MoreThe Prime Minister, Justin Trudeau, today issued the following statement on World Press Freedom Day: “Today, on World Press Freedom Day, we honour the many journalists here in Canada and around the world who work tirelessly to seek out and report on the truth. We also reaffirm our longstanding commitment to the freedom of the […]
Read MoreOTTAWA, ON, May 3, 2022 – Journalist Fatima Syed and Tai Huynh, editor-in-chief and publisher of The Local, have been declared joint winners of the 2022 Press Freedom Award by the Ottawa-based advocacy group World Press Freedom Canada (WPFC). The Local is an online start-up publication in Toronto. At the height of the COVID-19 outbreak, […]
Read MoreTickets and sponsorships now available World Press Freedom Canada is proud to announce that Nobel Peace Prize winner Maria Ressa will be the keynote speaker at the 21st World Press Freedom Day Awards Luncheon on May 3, 2022. Ressa, co-founder of the Rappler online news site, will be addressing the audience by video. Ressa won […]
Read MoreOTTAWA, FEB. 20, 2022 — World Press Freedom Canada made the following statement today regarding the assault and harassment of journalists covering the convoy protests in downtown Ottawa and across the country. “World Press Freedom Canada condemns the assaults and harassment of journalists who have been covering convoy protests in Ottawa and across the country. […]
Read MoreFebruary 3, 2022, OTTAWA – World Press Freedom Canada (WPFC) is pleased to announce nominations for its 2022 Press Freedom Award are now open. The award honours a journalist or media worker for making an outstanding contribution to press freedom in Canada during 2021. The award is given to nominees who demonstrate that their public-interest […]
Read MoreJune 2021 Please accept the following brief from World Press Freedom Canada (WPFC) in response to the invitation from the Hon. Jean-Yves Duclos, president of the Treasury Board of Canada, on March 31, 2021, for public submissions to the current review of the Access to Information Act and its administration. WPFC was incorporated in 2008 […]
Read MoreJune 15, 2021 Right Hon. Justin Trudeau Prime Minister of Canada Prime Minister’s Office 80 Wellington Street Ottawa, ON K1A 0A2 Via email: pm@pm.gc.ca Dear Prime Minister Trudeau: We write to you today as representatives of World Press Freedom Canada (WPFC) with regard to an urgent issue of transparency highlighted by the tragic discovery of […]
Read MoreWorld Press Freedom Canada is calling on the RCMP and the federal and provincial governments to ensure that the rights of journalists are respected as they cover protests and arrests in the Fairy Creek watershed. In April, the B.C. Supreme Court granted an order allowing RCMP broad powers to enforce an injunction prohibiting the obstruction […]
Read MoreBy Email May 26, 2021 The Right Honourable Justin Trudeau, P.C., M.P. Prime Minister of Canada Ottawa, Ontario K1A 0A2 Dear Prime Minister: We are writing you as organizations committed to press freedom to call on your government to take even more robust action against the Government of Belarus after President Alexander Lukashenko`s direct order to have a […]
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