ST. CATHARINES, ON, Oct. 15, 2018 - The Regional Municipality of Niagara is the 2018 recipient of the Code of Silence Award for Outstanding Achievement in Government Secrecy in the category of municipal government. The award is given annually by The Canadian Association of Jou...

The CAJ board of directors needs a representative for Manitoba. We’re looking for someone who is passionate about journalism and wants to help our organization support journalists and advocate for their rights. As the board member for Mantoba, you will be the main CAJ contact person for journ...

TORONTO / August 23, 2018 —The University of Toronto recently refused a media request from the Ubyssey, UBC's official student paper, writing, "due to the high volume of requests we receive we are unable to assist with requests from student media other than our own." The University of Toronto...

Winner of the APTN/CAJ Aboriginal Investigative Journalism Fellowship, Jamuna Galay-Tamang talks about her experience working for 12 weeks with the APTN Investigates team in Winnipeg, Manitoba. A year ago this month I was working at a small hospital in Bella Bella, B.C. anticipating a career change...

The CAJ board of directors needs a representative for the North (Yukon/NWT/Nunavut). We’re looking for someone who is passionate about journalism and wants to help our organization support journalists and advocate for their rights. As the board member for the North, you will be the main CAJ co...

TORONTO / July 18, 2018 — The Canadian Association of Journalists, the Centre for Free Expression, News Media Canada and the Canadian Journalists for Free Expression are inviting nominations for the Code of Silence Award for outstanding achievement in government secrecy. The award wil...

OTTAWA / July 13, 2018 —The Canadian Association of Journalists has learned that our colleagues at VICE Canada are facing another round of layoffs. This comes on the heels of Rogers and VICE Canada ending their joint broadcasting venture. "These are only the most recent examples in a spate ...

OTTAWA – The Delegation of the European Union to Canada and the Canadian Association of Journalists (CAJ) are pleased to announce the three winners of the 2018 EU-Canada Young Journalist Fellowship. The laureates will participate in a week-long study tour of European Union institutions in Bru...

OTTAWA / June 27, 2018 — Postmedia’s decision to shut down several community newspapers and scale back on a number of others is sadly creating more local news deserts, says the Canadian Association of Journalists. “We are always disappointed to hear about journalists losing employ...

The Canadian Association of Journalists condemns the criminal charges brought against Aylmer Express publisher John Hueston and reporter/editor Brett Hueston. “The OPP’s decision to charge a father and son team who run a community newspaper is a stunning and unacceptable assault on pres...