Federal Budget Promises Long-Awaited Copyright Repair
Apr 8, 2022
The Writers’ Union of Canada (TWUC) congratulates Minister of Finance, Chrystia Freeland, and the federal government on delivering a progressive budget that recognizes the unique recovery and sustainability needs of the arts and culture sector in Canada. TWUC’s pre-budget… Read More
Bookseller & Event Coordinator Anjula Gogia Wins Freedom to Read Award
Feb 17, 2022
The Writers’ Union of Canada (TWUC) is pleased to announce that Toronto bookseller, community builder, and event coordinator Anjula Gogia is the recipient of the 2022 Freedom to Read Award. The award is presented annually by TWUC in recognition of work that is passionately… Read More
Writers Denounce Arrest of Journalists
Nov 25, 2021
The Writers’ Union of Canada (TWUC) is pleased at the news that journalists Amber Bracken and Michael Toledano have been released from custody in British Columbia. TWUC joins with other organizations in expressing grave concern over their initial arrests and the ongoing contempt… Read More
Jury Announced and Call for Submissions Issued for the 25th Annual Danuta Gleed Literary Award
Nov 1, 2021
The Writers’ Union of Canada and the Gleed family are pleased to announce the jury for the $10,000 Danuta Gleed Literary Award, Canada’s pre-eminent award for the best first Canadian collection of short fiction in the English language, now celebrating its 25th year. This… Read More
Mirabelle Chiderah Harris-Eze’s dark Wins $2,500 Prize – Short Prose Competition
Sep 10, 2021
The Writers' Union of Canada is pleased to announce that Mirabelle Chiderah Harris-Eze has won the $2,500 prize for its 28th annual Short Prose Competition for Emerging Writers, for the best story under 2,500 words, with her piece dark. In addition,… Read More
TWUC Welcomes Federal Budget Measures for Canadian Books
Sep 10, 2021
The Writers’ Union of Canada (TWUC) welcomes the 2021 Federal Budget, and notes with appreciation both targeted measures for the books sector in Canada and the extension of recovery programs that have helped Canada’s cultural workers stay afloat during the pandemic.… Read More
Author David A. Robertson Wins Freedom to Read Award
Sep 10, 2021
The Writers’ Union of Canada (TWUC) is pleased to announce that Manitoba author David A. Robertson is the recipient of the 2021 Freedom to Read Award. The award is presented annually by TWUC in recognition of work that is passionately supportive of the freedom to read.… Read More
Writers Welcome Federal Clarification on CERB Payments
Sep 10, 2021
The Writers’ Union of Canada (TWUC) is pleased to receive clarification from the Prime Minister today on the issue of Canada Emergency Response Benefit (CERB) eligibility. The threat of potential retroactive ineligibility and repayment of CERB benefits has caused a… Read More
Parliament Must End Canada's Copyright Crisis
Aug 4, 2021
Supreme Court Declines to Meaningfully Decide Key Educational Copying Case After a decade of market failure for Canadian writers, and a Federal Court decision featuring overwhelming evidence of illicit copying, the Supreme Court of Canada (SCC) has declined to uphold creator… Read More
Sorrow and Support to Indigenous Communities Victimized by Canada’s Residential School System
Jul 1, 2021
The horrific legacy of abuse and death in Canada’s Residential School (IRS) system has been thoroughly documented, and was the focus of 2015’s Truth & Reconciliation Commission Report. That report details cemeteries and graveyards attached to residential schools, and… Read More
