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Media groups demand immediate release of 2 journalists, minister rein in RCMP

2021-11-22 // 0 Comments

Hon. Marco MendicinoMinister of Public Safety Dear Minister Mendicino, As we write this letter, two Canadian journalists are being held by police under your jurisdiction for [Read more...]

Players in news industry join up to tackle onslaught of online hate

2021-11-04 // 0 Comments

DEBORAH RICHMOND | Web Editor Representatives from every corner of the news industry are coming together to call for action and to develop a strategy to thwart a tsunami of [Read more...]

CWA Canada, human rights group help journalist escape Afghanistan

2021-10-25 // 0 Comments

Raihan Tamanna sent ‘dozens of emails to journalists in various countries.’ Only one responded: Martin O’Hanlon, President of CWA Canada. 'The support of the union of Canadian journalists saved me from certain death.' [Read more...]

CWA Canada joins effort to help journalists escape Afghanistan

2021-08-23 // 2 Comments

Canadian organizations that employ or represent media workers have been working feverishly since Kabul fell to the Taliban to help Afghan journalists and their families [Read more...]

World Press Freedom Day message from CWA Canada President Martin O’Hanlon

2021-05-03 // 0 Comments

We mark another World Press Freedom Day amid a continuing pandemic, but with the hope that the worst is over and things will soon improve. We mourn the media workers who have [Read more...]

Coalition seeks to bolster press freedom, protect media workers

2020-12-15 // 0 Comments

The recent Global Conference for Media Freedom resulted in a call for new measures to protect media workers, but CWA Canada says it’s going to take a lot of pressure [Read more...]

Labour Day message from CWA Canada President Martin O’Hanlon

2020-09-04 // 0 Comments

Dear fellow CWA Canada members, For the first time in memory, we will not be marching this Labour Day. But we will not be silent. As we mourn our fellow media workers and the [Read more...]

Media union says Canada denying entry to Danish journalist ‘troubling, unacceptable’

2020-08-25 // 0 Comments

CWA Canada is calling a decision by border officials to deny entry to a Danish journalist “troubling” and “unacceptable” and wants Public Safety Minister Bill Blair [Read more...]

CAJ: Alberta Press Gallery has a duty and a right to determine access

2020-08-19 // 0 Comments

TORONTO, Aug. 18, 2020 /CNW/ — This past Sunday, the national board of the Canadian Association of Journalists (CAJ) gathered for a regular meeting. One of our main agenda [Read more...]

CWA Canada asks OPP to retract threat, apologize to CBC reporter

2020-08-05 // 0 Comments

Aug. 4, 2020 Commissioner Thomas Carrique Ontario Provincial Police Dear Commissioner Carrique, I am writing on behalf of CWA Canada, the country’s only all-media union, to [Read more...]