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.
CFE Film Series: Kanehsatake: 270 Years of Resistance
Director: Alanis Obomsawin
BPC Bulletin: 30th Anniversary of Ayatollah Khomeini's Fatwa
February 14, 2019 - This year, February 14 is the 30th anniversary of the day when Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini of Iran ordered the death of author Salman Rushdie and his publishing associates for producing The Satanic Verses.
CFE Film Series: Medium Cool
THIS EVENT HAS BEEN CANCELLED DUE TO BAD WEATHER
BPC Bulletins: Raina Telgemeier's Drama
January 18, 2019 - The Ottawa Catholic School Board has decided to return Raina Telgemeier’s Drama to elementary school library shelves.
BPC Bulletins: Mike Ward
January 18, 2019 - In Montreal, the Quebec Court of Appeal is hearing Mike Ward’s appeal of a decision of Quebec’s human rights tribunal.
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