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| TWUC
protests proposed census changes |
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July
29, 2010 The Writers' Union of Canada shares
the concern expressed by so many about the federal government's
misguided plan to make the long-form version of the census
voluntary. READ
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| Submission
of The Writers' Union of Canada in response to the consultation
paper on a consultation paper on a Digital Economy Strategy
for Canada |
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July
13, 2010 The Government of Canada’s role
is to put in place a marketplace framework in which our creators,
inventors and entrepreneurs have the incentives to innovate,
the confidence to take risks and the tools to succeed.”
Improving Canada’s Digital Advantage (page 25). READ
MORE (59 KB PDF) |
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| TWUC
Deplores Beating, Arrest of Canadian Journalist Jesse Rosenfeld
and Other Free Speech Violations at the G20 |
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June
29, 2010 The Writers' Union of Canada (TWUC) is
extremely concerned about the treatment of journalist Jesse
Rosenfeld who was reportedly beaten and arrested Saturday night
while covering protests at the G20 summit in Toronto. According
to many reports, this was just one of a string of violations
of press and freedom of expression rights by security forces
at the G20 summit.
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Good
News and Not So Good News in ERDC-Canwest Settlement:
Electronic Rights Recognized, But Compensation to Be Less Than
Hoped |
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June
28, 2010 The Electronic Rights Defence Committee
(ERDC) wishes that its settlements with parts of the Canwest
communication empire would result in a lot more money in the
pockets of freelance writers, but is pleased that the settlements
include explicit recognition of the importance of protecting
electronic rights and the need to compensate writers fairly
for the use of their material.
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| Notice
to members re: settlement with Canwest Global and settlement
with Canwest Publishing |
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| June
15, 2010
Notice
to members (23.1 KB PDF)
Transaction
with Canwest Publishing (65.1 KB PDF)
Transaction
revised (27.9 KB PDF) |
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| "Pflegespulung"
wins Writers' Union of Canada's 11th Annual Postcard Story Competition |
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| June
11, 2010 The Writers' Union of Canada is pleased
to announce that Francine Dick has won the eleventh annual Postcard
Story Competition, for the best story under 250 words, with
her piece "Pflegespulung." The author will receive
a $500 cash prize. In addition, the story will be published
in Write: The Magazine of The Writers' Union of Canada.
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| Canada's
writers demand change to Copyright Act |
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June
8, 2010 TORONTO: Canada’s book writers
are outraged by the inclusion of a new provision for educational
uses in Bill C-32. This new “fair dealing” for
the purpose of education is a wholesale expropriation of writers’
rights and opens the door for the education sector to copy
freely from books and other copyright material without paying
writers. READ MORE |
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| Winners
announced for Danuta Gleed Literary Award |
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June
5, 2010 The Writers’ Union of Canada and
John Gleed are pleased to announce that Sarah Roberts is the
recipient of the $10,000 DANUTA GLEED LITERARY AWARD for
Wax Boats (Caitlin Press), judged the best first English-language
collection of short fiction by a Canadian author published
in 2009. READ MORE |
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