The @equality_fund Journalism Fellowship is launching for the first time in partnership with Canadian Journalists for Free Expression (CJFE) and African Women in Media.
Open to full-time or independent freelance journalists working in any platform (text, digital, video, audio) in ODA-recipient countries who report on local solutions to global crises, with a focus on gender.
Deadline: Nov 8, 2026
Read more and apply here: equalityfund.ca/en/posts/jou…
Journalists Zied El-Heni and Sonia Dahmani, along with human rights defenders Saadia Mosbah and Sihem Bensedrine, are among those sentenced in cases that raise serious concerns about due process and detention conditions.
CJFE joins IFEX and fellow international organizations in calling for their release and an end to the misuse of laws targeting freedom of expression.
Read the full letter: ifex.org/appeal-to-tunisian-…
SLAPPs (Strategic Lawsuits Against Public Participation) are abusive lawsuits or legal threats used to intimidate and silence people who speak out on issues of public interest. Even the threat of legal action can discourage reporting, advocacy and public debate.
Ontario, British Columbia and Manitoba have already adopted anti-SLAPP legislation. It's time for Alberta to do the same.
Read the open letter and add your support at antislappalberta.ca
This year’s municipal Code of Silence Award was presented to the Thames Valley District School Board after it refused to release information about its publicly funded art collection. The CBC News request was part of a broader investigation into Ontario school board art holdings.
One board has a reported $10M collection and five boards including Thames Valley were placed under provincial supervision for financial concerns. A second FOI request revealed an average value of about $360 per painting.
cjfe.org/2025-code-of-silenc…
Each year, the Code of Silence Awards recognize governments and publicly funded agencies that work to keep information hidden from the public despite access-to-information legislation.
A court ruling in the case of Tunisian journalist Zied El-Heni is expected this Thursday, May 7.
El-Heni was detained on April 24, after criticizing a court ruling sentencing fellow journalist Ghassen Ben Khelifa in a social media post.
El-Heni now faces charges under laws used to restrict online expression, raising concerns about press freedom and due process.
His daughter has publicly denounced his detention and the conditions of his case.
CJFE is closely following developments. #journalismisnotacrime
The latest 2026 Reporters Without Borders @rsfinternational paints a troubling global picture. For the first time in the Index’s history, more than half of the world’s countries now fall into the “difficult” or “very serious” categories for press freedom.
The report points to rising censorship, surveillance, political hostility, violence against journalists, and the growing criminalisation of journalism worldwide. Canada ranked 21st this year, while the United States dropped seven places to 64th.
