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] and Bruce MacKinnon (2024)^[13] have won first prize.^[14]

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