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| A letter
to The Honourable Tony Clement, Minister of Industry and The
Honourable James Moore, Minister of Canadian Heritage and Official
Languages |
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August
16, 2010 On behalf of all professional writers
in Canada we want to thank you for beginning the process of
amending our copyright legislation for the digital environment.
We recognize this process as an absolute necessity if Canada
is to fulfill her role as a leader in the context of the growing
global knowledge economy. READ
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| The
Writers’ Union Of Canada brings new Executive Director
to its team |
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August
4, 2010 The Writers’ Union of Canada is
pleased to announce the appointment of Kelly Duffin as Executive
Director. Kelly joins the Union after having worked in the
book and publishing industry and in the not-for-profit sector
for several years. READ
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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.
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| Submission
of The Writers' Union of Canada in response to the 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
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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. READ
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