Artistic Expression
The Issue
Artistic expression is currently being endangered by the fragmentation of society into increasingly inward-focused social groupings that reject alternative perspectives and questions to their taken-for-granted reality.
Why It Matters
Artistic expression has been a principal way in which the most important aspects of our common humanity have come to be understood and communicated.
Our Work
The Centre for Free Expression engages the public in dialogue about the importance of artistic expression and supports artists when there are attempts to restrict or suppress their work. The Centre is particularly interested in how social media contributes to the fragmentation of society and the chilling of artistic expression.
Resources
Free Expression Walks into a Bar, Part 2: How Stand-up Comedy Became the Target of Censorship
Historically, stand-up comedy has pushed expressive boundaries and found itself at the forefront of battles over free expression. In Part 1 of this series, I made the case that stand-up comedy, even the deliberately offensive kind, can tell us something important about free expression.
By Dax D’Orazio
Free Expression Walks into a Bar: The Case of Mike Ward and the Future of Canadian Comedy: Part 1
If you want to truly understand free expression and why it’s so vital for a democratic society, you need to immerse yourself in the margins of public discourse. An important subculture that often finds itself at these margins is stand-up comedy, where a variety of controversies are pushing the boundaries of free expression and attracting no shortage of public attention.
By Dax D’Orazio
Delete Your Account, Internet Archive — No-one is Burning Digital Books
Engaged as I am in the endless fight to protect the rights of creative professionals, I spend way too much of my time reading ridiculous claims by folks who just want free stuff.
By John Degen
BPC Bulletin: Freedom to Read Week in Canada
February 19, 2022 - Freedom to Read Week — Canada’s annual celebration of the freedom to read — begins on February 20 and ends on February 26.
Shakespeare and the Truckers’ ‘Freedom Convoy’
The ‘Freedom Convoy’ that rolled into Ottawa on 22 January 2022 to occupy Canada’s capital was organized at least in part by a group called ‘United We Roll’, whose former activities include
By Carolyn Sale
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