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The Centre for Free Expression in collaboration with Charles Smith and Daniel J. Paré has launched the Freedom of Expression @Work Database today. The searchable, online database contains legal decisions regarding dismissals and discipline of employees for use of social media in the workplace and outside of work.

News Reports and Commentary Selected by Franklin Carterof the Book and Periodical Council’s Freedom of Expression Committee   In Quebec City, an exhibition about censorship and its manifestations is expected to occur this month. L’aise space will host the exhibition which will begin on September 19 and end on September 29. Quebec’s cultural council provides the details:

News Reports and Commentary Selected by Franklin Carterof the Book and Periodical Council’s Freedom of Expression Committee   In Toronto, the publisher and editor of Your Ward News have been sentenced in court for promoting hatred against women and Jews. LeRoy St. Germaine, the paper’s publisher, was sentenced to 12 months of strict house arrest.

News Reports and Commentary Selected by Franklin Carterof the Book and Periodical Council’s Freedom of Expression Committee   In northwestern British Columbia, the Nisga’a Lisims Government (NLG) is trying to legally silence one of its employees. Andre Cardinal, an information technology manager, alleges the NLG is guilty of misconduct. His allegations have not been proven in court. REPORTAGE

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 2019 Code of Silence awards for outstanding achievement in government secrecy. The awards are given annually in the fall in each of four categories -- federal, provincial, municipal and police services. If you have met resistance in getting information from a public body, please send us your nomination for a deserving award recipient along with the reasons why it should be chosen. 

News Reports and Commentary Selected by Franklin Carter of the Book and Periodical Council’s Freedom of Expression Committee   A new history of censorship has appeared: Pierrette Lafond’s Promenade en Enfer: Les livres à l'index de la bibliothèque historique du Séminaire de Québec.