World Press Freedom Canada

World Press Freedom Canada (sometimes known as the Canadian Committee for World Press Freedom) is a Canadian not for profit organisation that campaigns for media freedom and journalist safety.

It issues the annual press freedom award.

Organization World Press Freedom Canada was founded by Spencer MooreHouse of Commons Debates, Official Report. (2008). Canada: E. Cloutier, Queen's Printer and Controller of Stationery. p5390 and incorporated as a not for profit in 2008, The organization advocates for press freedom and the safety of journalists. The organisation was previously, and sometimes still is, known as the Canadian Committee for World Press Freedom and is a successor to Ottawa’s National Press Club. The Ottawa Press Club faced financial challenges in 2003, filing for bankruptcy protection in July 2003.

In 2021, World Press Freedom Canada's president was Shawn McCarthy.

History In 2014, the organization organized an event to fundraise for Mohamed Fahmy, an Egyptian-Canadian journalist who was being detained in Egypt and who later won the 2015 Press Freedom prize.

In 2021, the organization was critical of Royal Canadian Mounted Police's activities during the 2020 Canadian pipeline and railway protests.

Awards World Press Freedom Canada organises and issues the Press Freedom award and the Spencer Moore awards, which were started by the predecessor organisations.

The organization also holds an annual contest among editorial cartoonists, in which cartoonists such as Plantu (2010), Bruce MacKinnon (2014), Signe Wilkinson (2015), and Ali Miraee (2023)https://www.dailycartoonist.com/index.php/2023/05/03/csotd-press-freedom-and-writing-in-general/ and Bruce MacKinnon (2024)https://www.tabrizcartoons.com/en/results/16045-winners-of-the-24th-world-press-freedom-international-editorial-cartoon-competition-canada have won first prize.

Annual award +Press Freedom annual award winnersYearWinnerEmployer (if relevant)Source1999Kim BolanVancouver Sun2000Robert TrippKingston Whig-Standard2001Corinna ShullerNational Post2002Haroon SiddiquiToronto Star2003International Freedom of Information Exchange2004Andrew McIntoshNational Post2005Juliet O’NeillOttawa Citizen2006John Hoey and Anne Marie TodkillCanadian Medical Association Journal2007Tarek Fatah2008Gilles Toupin and Joël-Denis BellavanceLa Presse2009Daniel LeblancGlobe and Mail2010Michelle Lang (posthumously)Calgary Herald2011Citizen Lab"Citizen Lab Receives Canadian Press Freedom Award" in 2012Canadian Science Writers’ Association2013Stephen Maher and Glen McGregorPostmedia2014Katherine GannonAssociated Press2015Mohamed Fahmy2016Ben MakuchVICE News2017Patrick Lagacé Paul Dornstauder and Geoff Leo

Paula Simons (Honourable mention)La Presse Canadian Broadcasting Corporation

Edmonton Journal2018Justin Brake Mike de Souza (Honourable mention)

Charles Rusnell, Jennie Russell and Gary Cunliffe (honourable mentions)The Independent of Newfoundland and Labrador The National Observer

Canadian Broadcasting Corporation2019Michael Robinson Marie-Maude Denis (honorable mention)The Telegraph Journal in Saint John, N.B Radio-Canada2020Kenneth Jackson Michael de Adder (honorable mention)

Joan Baxter (honorable mention)Aboriginal Peoples Television Network2021Nathan VanderKlippe Sarah Cox

Kevin Donovan (certificate of merit)

Meghan Potkins & Madeline Smith (certificates of merit)Globe and Mail The Narwhal

Toronto Star

The Calgary Herald2022Fatima Syed and Tai HuynThe Local

Spencer Moore Award for Lifetime Achievement YearNameEmployer/RoleReference2014Arnold AmberCanadian Journalists for Free Expression2015Bob CartyCanadian Broadcasting Corporation2016Suzanne LegaultInformation Commissioner of Canada2017Jim BronskillThe Canadian Press2018Charles MorrowThe Canadian Committee for World Press Freedom2019Ken Rubinn/a (freelance)2020David PuglieseThe Ottawa Citizen2021Kim BolanVancouver Sun2023Rachel PulferJournalists for Human Rights

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