World Press Freedom Canada

World Press Freedom Canada was founded by Spencer Moore[1] and incorporated as a not for profit in 2008,[2] The organization advocates for press freedom and the safety of journalists.[2] The organisation was previously, and sometimes still is, known as the Canadian Committee for World Press Freedom[3] and is a successor to Ottawa’s National Press Club.[3] The Ottawa Press Club faced financial challenges in 2003,[4] filing for bankruptcy protection in July 2003.[5]

In 2021, World Press Freedom Canada's president was Shawn McCarthy.[6]

In 2014, the organization organized an event to fundraise for Mohamed Fahmy, an Egyptian-Canadian journalist who was being detained in Egypt[2] and who later won the 2015 Press Freedom prize.[7]

In 2021, the organization was critical of Royal Canadian Mounted Police's activities during the 2020 Canadian pipeline and railway protests.[8]

World Press Freedom Canada organises and issues the Press Freedom award and the Spencer Moore awards, which were started by the predecessor organisations.[9]

The organization also holds an annual contest among editorial cartoonists, in which cartoonists such as Plantu (2010), Bruce MacKinnon (2014),[10] Signe Wilkinson (2015),[11] and Ali Miraee (2023)[12] have won first prize.[13]

• Reporters without Borders and their Press Freedom Index
• World Press Freedom Day

• Official website