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Your Content Goes Here The Canadian Association of Journalists (CAJ) demands Queen’s University’s Alma Mater Society (AMS), the undergraduate student association, rescind its plans to bring forward a sweeping motion that could impinge on the editorial freedom of the university’s independent student-run newspaper, The Queen’s Journal. In an editorial published on Nov. 15, The Journal editors-in-chief Allie Moustakis and Skylar Soroka, explain how forthcoming motions could impinge on the publication’s editorial autonomy and the principles of free speech and academic freedom on campus. The CAJ agrees that the motions, as currently presented, could lead to potential future cases of [...]

Your Content Goes Here Mr. Chair, Thank you for providing me with the opportunity to address the Standing Committee on Public Safety and National Security. Let me begin my remarks by clearly stating that I support the committee’s study of Russian Interference and Disinformation campaigns in Canada, particularly in the wake of the September 4, 2024 indictment from the U.S. Department of Justice that alleged both surreptitious and clandestine efforts of Tenet Media, a shell company, to disseminate pro-Kremlin talking points via ‘third party’ YouTube influencers. These revelations are explosive and should immediately dispel any classic Canadian naivete that [...]

Your Content Goes Here September 11, 2024 - Toronto, ON: The Canadian Association of Journalists (CAJ) calls on Ontario premier Doug Ford and education minister Jill Dunlop, to exempt all journalists working at TVO and TFO from having to sign oaths of allegiance to the provincial government and the monarchy. “In Canada, journalists are not agents of the state,” said Brent Jolly, president of the CAJ. “Forcing working journalists to hold back government secrets and swear allegiance to a distant Crown are misguided, unethical, and antithetical to the values of independence and accountability journalists hold dear.” In Ontario, current [...]

Your Content Goes Here The Canadian Association of Journalists (CAJ) was extremely disappointed to learn that nearly three dozen unionized journalists at Global News bureaus spread across the country were laid off this week. According to reporting by CBC News, 35 jobs have been lost. Twenty-five positions were cut in Western Canada, with 13 in Calgary, eight in Edmonton, one in Vancouver and three in Lethbridge. The remaining 10 losses come from Ontario: three in Global’s Ottawa bureau and seven in Toronto. Corus, the parent company of Global News, has not yet issued an official statement to confirm the [...]

Your Content Goes Here TORONTO, ONT., May 28, 2024 / CNW/ - A new report from the Inspirit Foundation, the Local News Research Project and the Canadian Association of Journalists (CAJ) aims to provide journalists and media organizations with guidance and best practices about how news organizations can explore philanthropic funding as a means of supporting the creation of quality public service journalism. The report, Funding Journalism: A Guide to Philanthropic Support for Canadian Media, is the final installment in a three-part series of resources produced by the Inspirit Foundation, the Local News Research Project at Toronto Metropolitan University, [...]