State Surveillance
The Issue
Documents released by Edward Snowden have revealed a degree of state surveillance that exceeds almost everyone’s worst fears. What is unknown are the full effects pervasive surveillance is having on individual action and decision-making and the viability of our democratic institutions.
Why It Matters
Intellectual privacy is essential for free expression. It is the privacy that shields us from surveillance as we generate and explore ideas, discuss them with confidants, and prepare to express our thoughts and engage in action in our everyday lives and in the public domain.
Our Work
The Centre for Free Expression explores the extent, nature and effects of surveillance. Our focus is to create greater public awareness and understanding of these issues and to promote discussion of laws, policies and practices that ensure democratic and human rights are not compromised
Resources
How to re-claim digital platforms for democracy in Canada
#7 in CFE Series: Taming Big Tech: Exploring the Alternatives
Wendy Chun In conversation with Andrew Clement
In the Golden Age of Surveillance, Can Privacy Laws Save Us?
#8 in CFE Series: Taming Big Tech: Exploring the Alternatives
Tamir Israel In conversation with Andrew Clement
Countering Islamophobia in Canada: After 20 Years of the "War on Terror"
Azeezah Kanji - In Conversation with Tim McSorley
Countering Islamophobia in Canada: After 20 Years of the "War on Terror"
Azeezah Kanji - In Conversation with Tim McSorley
The “Consultation” Racket: A Report on the National Islamophobia Summit
In the aftermath of the latest mass killing of Muslims in Canada, Muslim communities were subjected to yet another specious “anti-Islamophobia” consultation by the federal government; this one cond
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