Shree Paradkar, an award-winning journalist and equity advocate, has won the 2024 Ken Filkow Prize. The prize recognizes ...

As a nonpartisan organization of writers committed to the defence of freedom of expression, PEN Canada is deeply concerned about Israel’s recent raid and closure of Al Jazeera’s offices in the ...

Robina Aryubwal, a women’s rights activist, and Journalists for Human Rights have jointly won PEN Canada’s 2024 Marie-Ange Garrigue Prize. The prize recognizes a Canadian individual or organization ...

Tala Motazedi, a screenwriter and playwright originally from Iran, is the recipient of the 2024 PEN Canada-Humber College Writers in Exile Scholarship. During her year at Humber, she will work on her ...

Jimmy Lai, a journalist, writer, media publisher, and pro-democracy activist, has won PEN Canada’s One Humanity Award. Lai, who has been in solitary confinement since December 2020, is currently ...