Because Photography is more

Henry’s and the Toronto Star are proud to present an exhibition of award-winning Photographic moments from the Middle East this past spring. The exhibition will honour courageous reporting on behalf of CJFE.

than pushing a few buttons.

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Thank you to the writers who volun-teered their time to tell these stories of free expression.

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WHAT WE DOIn 2011, CJFE celebrated its 30th year. What began as the Centre for Investigative Journalism’s Latin America Committee evolved over time to become CJFE, an independent organization that works to protect journalists, freedom of expression and access to information in Canada and around the world.

VisiOnTo achieve universal respect for and protection of the right to free expression and access to information.

MissiOnCJFE boldly champions the free expression rights of journalists and media workers around the world. In Canada, we monitor, defend and promote free expression and access to information. We encourage and support individuals and groups to be vigilant in the protection of their own and others’ free expression rights. We are active participants and builders of the global free expression community.

For more information, visit cjfe.org. Follow us on Twitter @canadacjfe.

CJFE’s WOrk inCluDEs:• The management of the global free expression network IFEX, which has more than 90 member organizations (see page 71).

• Advocacy on free expression issues in Canada and around the world.

• Publicizing and profiling free expression issues through events and outreach.

• The Journalists in Distress Fund (see page 70).

• Collaboration with other free expression organizations.

OuTrEACH AnD EDuCATiOnThroughout the year, CJFE works to raise awareness and un-

derstanding about important free expression issues. The CJFE

website (cjfe.org) is a key component of our outreach, education

and advocacy work. Through timely and comprehensive feature

articles, calls to action, protest letters and events listings, we are

engaging more people than ever in support of free expression.

Each year we celebrate World Press Freedom Day, and in 2011

we marked the day with the launch of CJFE’s Review of Free Ex-

pression in Canada 2010/2011 (available in 2012 as a mobile app),

released at an event that explored the increasingly hot topic of

Canadians’ access to information.

ADVOCACy WOrk in CAnADACJFE intervenes in legal cases that we hope will lead to the creation

of better laws to protect freedom of expression in Canada. These

include cases of access to information, defamation and libel, hate

speech and protection of sources. In 2010/2011, CJFE intervened

in two important cases: Crookes v. Newton (issue of hyperlinks and

defamation) and Saskatchewan Human Rights Commission v. William

Whatcott (issue of ambiguity and application of hate speech law).5

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CJFE GAlA. Every year, we gather to salute the efforts of courageous journalists around the world who stand up for the fundamental rights of freedom of the press and freedom of expression. This year’s Gala is also an opportunity to pay a special tribute to the role the media played in promoting and supporting the series of events that have come to be known as the Arab Spring.

Due to some fortuitous scheduling, the 2011 meeting of the International Freedom of Expression Exchange (IFEX), the global free expression network that CJFE manages, was held in Beirut, Lebanon. We benefitted from first-hand reports on events in Tunisia, Egypt and Libya, and were able to strategize about our work in Bahrain, Yemen and Syria—three other countries experiencing their own popular uprisings against tyranny.

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CJFE has worked harder than ever this year on a widening scope of activities to protect and promote free expression in Canada. On the legal front, we appeared before the Supreme Court of Canada in October, in a case that examined the role that human rights tribunals should play in hate speech issues. Meanwhile, CJFE’s suit to prohibit the Ontario Provincial Police from impersonating journalists is winding its way through the court system. We published the second annual CJFE Review of Free Expression in Canada, which has already established itself as the gold standard for the analysis of the state of free expression in Canada.

We established a new award this year, the Canadian Journalists for Free Expression Integrity Award. It recognizes the need to protect the rights of whistleblowers, people who expose corruption or illegal and unethical practices in the public and private sectors. The award highlights the right of all Canadians to speak out in the public interest, and our right to freedom of expression in doing so.

To accomplish the work noted above and many other achieve-ments, CJFE has enjoyed the wonderful support of its staff, the CJFE Board of Directors, a host of volunteers and our corporate and institutional partners. We thank all of them with a tremendous sense of gratitude.ARnold AmbER, PREsidEnT, And AnniE GAmE, ExECuTivE diRECToR, CJFE

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The spark ThaT igniTed revoluTions in The Middle

east could have come from anywhere. people in the region ached for civil liberties that we take for granted: the right to choose their political leaders; the right to speak their minds; the right to take their collective destiny into their hands. eager young people—large numbers of them university-edu-cated—dominated the population two to one.

The ignition came, finally, from the single devastating gesture of a vegetable seller in Tunisia. Mohamed Bouazizi was deep-ly frustrated by a corrupt government that felt no responsibil-ity to its people. in a moment of desperation, Bouazizi immo-lated himself. he died, but the Middle east was set alight.

ARAB SPRING: The rebirth of f ree expression

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In February 2011, Islamists and supporters held a protest in Tunis to demand the release of political prisoners.

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at this year’s gala, Canadian Journalists for Free expression celebrates the accomplishments of what is now called the arab spring. not since the collapse of the Berlin Wall has there been such an eruption of liberty. With that new-found self-determination has come one of the most important rights: freedom of expression. Citizens overcame decades of fear when they came into the streets to demonstrate, when they took to the airwaves to speak out against repression, when they tweeted and blogged and texted to the world their quest for liberation.

it’s not yet clear where the revolution goes from here. libya is finding its feet after war; egypt’s army continues to arrest and persecute; Tunisia seeks a balance between islam and secularism; syria attacks its own people; and Yemen teeters on the brink of civil war.

Tonight, we celebrate Mohamed abdelfattah of egypt and khaled al-hammadi of Yemen not because they are singular heroes, but because they represent the collective spirit of the arab spring. let’s all share in the moment when these two men were able to speak truth to power—and kindled the hopes of a generation.

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When a sTorY Breaks in Yemen, you’ll usually find khaled al-hammadi somewhere in the middle of it. The veteran jour-nalist even camped out along-side demonstrators in Change square, the impromptu village they erected in February 2011 in sana’a, the country’s largest city, shortly after a wave of anti-government rallies inspired by the revolt in Tunisia.

unrest has simmered in Yemen ever since, with numerous dead-ly clashes between supporters of president ali abdullah saleh and protestors. al-hammadi, a recipient of CJFe’s 2011 inter-national press Freedom award, has been immersed in reporting on the events. he is a freelance producer for al Jazeera english Tv, a journalist for al Jazeera Tv

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and a correspondent for london-based arabic daily al-Quds alarabi. he has also worked as a photojournalist for agence-France presse, capturing vibrant portraits of Yemenis im-mersed in their everyday lives, and as a stringer for interna-tional publications; it’s not uncommon for him to be credited in the new York Times. For chasing stories, al-hammadi has been threatened, attacked and tossed in jail.

at a time when newsrooms can only afford to parachute reporters in and out of countries, al-hammadi provides much-needed context to a complex and evolving story. he also works as a fixer, providing vital support for visiting pho-tographers and reporters from news behemoths such as the BBC, sky news, Cnn, CBs and the Toronto Star. he secures interviews, soothes customs officials and whisks reporters away from trouble zones. in her recent book, decade of Fear, Toronto Star national security reporter Michelle shephard describes al-hammadi as “driver, translator, producer, tour guide and save-your-butt-in-a-foreign-country friend.”

al-hammadi has charmed candid conversations out of even the most tight-lipped sources, including high-level terrorists,

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military leaders and government officials. he was the first to interview abu Jandal, osama bin laden’s former bodyguard, a journalistic coup that provided a rare peek inside the ter-rorist cell. he’s trusted by locals and is a reliable source for checking rumours and gossip, producing a steady stream of tweets (@khaledhammadi) in arabic and english about what’s happening on the ground.

“Many of Yemen’s journalists double as human and/or civil rights activists,” shephard says. “What has always impressed me about khaled is his ability to explain situations and high-light abuses while maintaining a balance of perspectives and voices. That’s hard to do in Yemen.”

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“The governMenT is TrYing To spread fear among the population,” egyptian journalist Mohamed abdelfattah told the CBC. “But i don’t think this will work because the high dam of fear has already collapsed yesterday, and the water is just flooding massively. The peo-ple have broken this fear already.” it was the day after the massive demonstration in alexandria that would mark egypt’s inclusion in protests sweeping the Middle east and north africa—now known as the arab spring.

The demonstration on Jan. 25, 2011, was a beginning, but also part of a larger story about human rights and police corrup-tion. The wave of discontent that broke the dam of fear had been building for months.

on June 6, 2010, two policemen attacked khaled said, a young

MOHAMED ABDELFATTAH

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egyptian man, in an internet café. Witnesses reported the officers dragged said outside and fatally beat him. officials said the cause of death was asphyxiation from swallowing a concealed packet of narcotics. But given that said had recently helped circulate a video allegedly showing local officers divvy-ing up the spoils of a drug bust, the finding was questionable. in october, the officers were convicted of manslaughter; evi-dence indicated that the drugs were forced into said’s mouth after he died.

abdelfattah, who had completed citizen journalism training with the international Centre for Journalists and had been blogging about human rights violations since early 2010, blogged about said’s “torture-to-death.” By finding and show-ing eyewitness accounts, abdelfattah blew away the govern-ment narrative regarding said’s death.

in november 2010, abdelfattah’s work helped draw interna-tional attention to the case of ahmed shaaban, also allegedly murdered by alexandria police. an investigation was launched and later dropped, but the case was not forgotten: “i was hap-py to see ahmed shaaban’s picture carried along other victims’ during the January 25th demonstrations,” says abdelfattah, who was reporting for news website ahram online that day.

mohamed abdelfattah (right) has been blogging about human rights violations since 2010.

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demonstrators numbered 10,000 to 15,000 when police began tear-gassing. officers attacked abdelfattah and others hiding in a building, he told the BBC. “i kept telling them that i was a journalist but they didn’t care about this at all. i was severely beaten and my glasses were broken.”

abdelfattah was never charged, never told why he was detained for seven hours in an underground cell. The experi-ence only strengthened his resolve. like many of his fellow bloggers and journalists, he went right to work, reporting as protests swept across his country.

To view mohamed abdelfattah’s work, visit anegyptianjournalist.com.

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RON HAGGARTMAy 11, 1927 – AuGuST 27, 2011

When rioTing kingsTon penitentiary prisoners wanted their grievances heard in 1971, they called on Toronto Tele-gram columnist ron haggart to tell their story. he had a reputa-tion for seeking—and telling—the truth that apparently everyone respected. haggart accepted the dangerous invitation and, along with four lawyers, spent four tense days inside kingston pen mediating an end to the prison uprising. he is credited with playing a key role in averting a bloodbath, and his gripping account of the riot earned him a national newspaper award.

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“Mr. haggart used powers of persuasion like i have never seen before, even in a court of law,” said prof. J. desmond Morton of osgoode hall law school, a member of the hastily con-vened citizens’ committee that helped resolve the kingston crisis, in an interview with the Toronto Telegram. “he was responsible for maintaining contact with the prisoners. he kept them talking.”

haggart died 40 years later “a fearless titan” and “one of the few remaining legends of journalism,” who spent years focused on civil liberties, labour, government and the com-plexity of human beings. he was known for his sharp intellect, stunning memory for detail and stubborn insistence on getting the story.

Born in vancouver in 1927, haggart began his journalism career in the student press—as a young boy convinced that the windows should be open in his grade school, and later as editor of the university of British Columbia student newspa-per. From there he rode the communication wave, first as a crusading print reporter and columnist, then as a pioneering television producer. he wrote for the Vancouver Sun, the Globe and mail, the Toronto Star and the Tely, and was a prolific correspondent, as friends and newspaper editors here and abroad can attest. With Toronto lawyer aubrey golden, he co-authored the controversial book rumours of war, which chastised the Trudeau government for violating civil liberties during the 1970 october Crisis.

Freedom to express. Daily.

on the broadcast side, haggart produced Citytv’s nightly news program in the early 1970s before joining CBC as a founding senior producer of the fifth estate. For 13 years, he helped forge the program’s reputation for in-depth, provocative report-ing. later, as co-executive producer of the debate shows Face off and counterSpin and a consultant for independent media outlets, haggart taught a whole new generation of journalists to be relentless in their craft and fearless against injustice.

perhaps William donkin, former York County legal aid direc-tor, put it best after serving with haggart on the kingston pen negotiating team: “That man was magnificent.”

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dr. shiv Chopra is Tireless. speaking from his home in ottawa, Chopra describes how he and his health Canada colleagues were consistently ha-rassed, reprimanded and eventu-ally dismissed for whistleblowing on issues involving public health and food safety between 1988 and 2004.

“it’s not just our right, it’s our obligation to blow the whistle,” he says. “This is a matter of the Charter of rights and Freedoms, and these freedoms are on be-half of the public, for the public.”

in 1998, Chopra, dr. Margaret haydon and dr. gérard lambert, scientists working for health Canada, testified before the sen-

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ate, raising concerns about the controversial bovine growth hormone (rBgh) developed and manufactured (at that time) by multinational food corporation Monsanto. The drug was designed to promote milk production in dairy cattle, and tes-timony from the scientists led to a ban of the drug in Canada.

and they didn’t stop there. later, the group warned against carbadox, a drug that promotes growth in pigs. in 2003, before mad cow disease grabbed headlines, Chopra and haydon called for a total ban on including animal parts in the feed of other animals. in 2001, haydon publicly argued that a ban on beef from Brazil was focused more on politics than public health.

The scientists say that during this time, they experienced pressure from the highest levels of bureaucracy, and that this was at the behest of large corporations. over six years, Cho-pra, haydon and lambert were reprimanded, muzzled and eventually dismissed in 2004 for insubordination.

“By dismissing us from our jobs, the government is trying to scare other public service employees so nobody else will speak out about any illegal things being done in the workplace,” says haydon. “since our dismissal, they have legislated new rules under the public service accountability act, administered by the public sector integrity Commission, which provide no protection to whistleblowers. More than

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10 years ago, we were sent to the then-new public service integ-rity office, which dismissed our complaint without conducting a duly proper investigation. Ten years later, we are still waiting for a proper investigation ordered by the Federal Court.”

in august 2011, the scientists’ com-plaints were considered at the pub-lic service labour relations Board. in a 208-page report, the Board ruled against seven of the eight grievances filed by the scientists. in one case, they agreed that lambert was wrongly dismissed—but Cho-pra and haydon remain fighting for their jobs.

Chopra, haydon and lambert ex-emplify why whistleblowers should be lauded and protected. By risk-ing their careers to keep Canadian food safe, they’ve led the way in protecting the public good.

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TUNISIADEC. 17, 2010 • SIDI BOUZID • street vendor Mohamed Bouazizi sets himself on fire in front of the municipality building after his vegetable cart is seized by police, prompting demonstrations in protest of his treatment. he dies of his injuries on Jan. 4, 2011.

JAN. 14, 2011 • TUNIS • Zine al-abidine Ben ali flees Tunisia after weeks of protests. he is the first leader in the region to be ousted in response to protest movements.

OCT. 23, 2011 • ACROSS TUNISIA • The first free elections since the uprisings are held, with an estimated voter turnout of 70 per cent.

LIBYAFEB. 17, 2011 • BENghAZI • “day of rage” in libya is accompanied by calls for Colonel Moammar gadhafi to step down after 42 years of despotic rule. several civilians are killed in the violence.

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AUg. 26, 2011 • TRIPOLI • The national Transitional Council an-nounces they will move their base to Tripoli from Benghazi, and will govern from libya’s capital city.

OCT. 20, 2011 • SIRTE • after months of protests and violence, Moammar gadhafi is found and killed near his hometown of sirte.

EGYPTJAN. 25, 2011 • ACROSS EgYPT • The first day of protests in Cairo, alexandria and other cities. The government attempts to disrupt social media and mobile networks.

FEB. 11, 2011 • CAIRO • president hosni Mubarak steps down after 30 years of rule, transferring power to the military.

BAHRAINFEB. 14, 2011 • MANAMA • dissent spreads to Bahrain as citizens gather around Manama’s pearl Monument to protest economic and political inequality.

MAR. 18, 2011 • MANAMA • The pearl Monument in Manama is demol-ished by government forces.

YEMENFEB. 3, 2011 • SANA’A • Tens of thousands of Yemeni anti-government protesters take to the streets of sana’a in a “day of rage”.

JUN. 3, 2011 • SANA’A • president ali abdullah saleh sustains major injuries in an attack on his mosque. he travels to saudi arabia on June 5 to receive medical treatment.

SEPT. 23, 2011 • SANA’A • saleh returns to Yemen after three months in saudi arabia. his surprise return sparks protests and clashes between his supporters and anti-government protesters.

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This year, CJFE helped a journalist with medical and living ex-penses after his newspaper was shut down by the government and he was forced to flee his country. Another journalist, who went into exile after receiving death threats, received funds to help his family. CJFE also paid for a journalist’s airfare when he fled his country after being jailed three times.

These cases are just a few examples. To date, CJFE has pro-vided more than $200,000 in funding for journalists in distress.

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We have no words to express what your support means to us. The money is most definitely obliging and will go to tremendously good use, there’s no hesitation about that. But more than the monetary value, we so greatly appreciate the thought behind instantaneous response. Exile life is a burden but your actions have really lightened the load. For that especially, we thank you.”— Ethiopian journalist

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This year, IFEX launched the International Day to End Impunity on Nov. 23, the anniversary of the 2009 Maguindanao mas-sacre (also called the Ampatuan massacre) in the Philippines, the deadliest attack on journalists in recent history. In the past 10 years, 500 journalists have been killed; in nine of 10 cases, the murderers have not been brought to justice. The day’s aim is to raise awareness of impunity and showcase IFEX mem-bers’ work in fighting for justice and freedom of expression.

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AfghAnistAn • Ahmad Omid Khpolwak, journalist • Farha

Taqaddosi, cameraman (Iranian) • BAhrAin • Zakaria Rashid al-Ashir,

blogger • Karim Fakhrawi, newspaper publisher/owner • BoliviA •

David Niño de Guzmán, journalist/news director • BrAzil •

Luciano Leitão Pedrosa, TV journalist • Valério Nascimento, journalist •

Ednaldo Figueira, blogger/newspaper owner • Auro Ida, reporter

• Valderlei Canuto Leandro, radio journalist • Gelson Domingos,

cameraman • ChinA • Li Xiang, TV journalist • ColomBiA • Luis

Eduardo Gómez, journalist • Côte d’ivoire • Marcel Legré, media

worker—printing press employee • Lago Sylvain Gagneto, journalist

• demoCrAtiC repuBliC of Congo • Kambale Musonia,

journalist • dominiCAn repuBliC • José Agustín Silvestre de los

Santos, journalist • egypt • Ahmad Mohamed Mahmoud, journalist

• Wael Mikhael, journalist • el sAlvAdor • Alfredo Hurtado,

cameraman • guAtemAlA • Yenis Roberto Ordoñez Galdámez,

journalist • hondurAs • Héctor Francisco Medina Polanco, TV

journalist • Luis Mendoza, journalist • Adán Benítez, journalist • Nery

Jeremías Orellana, radio journalist • Medardo Flores, radio journalist

• indiA • Umesh Rajput, journalist • Jyotirmoy Dey, journalist •

irAn • Hoda Saber, journalist • irAq • Hilal al-Ahmadi, journalist •

Mohamed al-Hamdani, journalist • Sabah al-Bazi, broadcast reporter

• Muammar Khadir Abdelwahad, journalist • Taha Hameed, journalist

• Salem Alwan Al-Gharabi, cameraman • Hadi al-Mahdi, radio

journalist • liByA • Ali Hassan Al Jaber, cameraman • Mohammed

Nabbous, citizen journalist • Anton Hammerl, photographer (South

African/Austrian) • Tim Hetherington, photojournalist (British) • Chris

Hondros, photographer (American) • mexiCo • Rodolfo Ochoa

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Moreno, media worker—television engineer • Luis Emanuel Ruiz Carrillo,

photographer • José Luis Cerda Meléndez, journalist • Noel López Olguín,

journalist • Miguel Ángel López Velasco, journalist • Misael López Solana,

photographer • Angel Castillo Corona, reporter/columnist • Yolanda Ordaz

de la Cruz, journalist • Humberto Millán Salazar, director of online journal •

Rocio González Trápaga, freelance reporter • Maria Elizabeth Macías, freelance

journalist/news editor • Identity unknown (a.k.a. “Rascatripas”), blogger •

nigeriA • Alhaji Zakariya Isa, cameraman • pAKistAn • Ilyas Nazar,

journalist • Wali Khan Babar, TV reporter • Abdost Rind, journalist • Zaman

Ali, journalist • Nasrullah Afridi, journalist • Syed Saleem Shahzad, journalist •

Asfandyar Abid Naveed, journalist • Shafiullah Khan, journalist • Muneer Shakir,

journalist • Faisal Qureshi, journalist/editor • Javed Naseer Rind, journalist

• peru • Julio Castillo Narváez, radio host • Pedro Alonso Flores Silva,

journalist • José Oquendo Reyes, TV journalist • philippines • Gerardo

Ortega, radio journalist • Johnson Pascual, journalist • Roy Bagtikan Gallego,

freelance journalist • Maria Len Flores Somera, radio broadcaster • Romeo

Olea, radio broadcaster • Neil Jimena, radio commentator • sierrA leone

• Ibrahim Foday, journalist • somAliA • Farah Hassan Sahal, radio presenter

• Noramfaizul Mohd Nor, cameraman/TV journalist (Malaysian) • Abdiaziz

Ahmed Aden, radio journalist • thAilAnd • Sornwichai Khatannukul,

cameraman • Phamon Phonphanit, journalist • tunisiA • Lucas Mebrouk

Dolega, photojournalist (French) • venezuelA • Wilfred Iván Ojeda Peralta,

journalist • vietnAm • Le Hoang Hung, reporter • yemen • Jamal

al-Sharabi, photojournalist • Mohamed Yahia Al-Malayia, journalist • Hassan

al-Wadhaf, cameraman • Abdel Majid Al-Samawi, reporter • Abdel Hakim

Al-Nour, cameraman • Abd Al-Ghani Al-Bureihi, cameraman •

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ABOUT CJFE

SCOTIABANK/CJFE FELLOWSHIP AT MASSEY COLLEGE

In 2009, CJFE partnered with Scotiabank and Massey College

to create the Scotiabank/CJFE Fellowship at Massey College.

Open to a mid-career journalist from South America, Central

America, Mexico or the Caribbean, the fellowship’s objective

is to enhance inter-American understanding and promote

dialogue through exploration of issues in journalism and free

expression in the Americas in an academic setting.

“Run in tandem with the Canadian Journalism Fellowships,

the Scotiabank/CJFE Fellowship for Latin American Journal-

ists provides a great opportunity for Latin American and

Canadian journalists to exchange ideas and learn from each

other in a collegial setting,” says Massey College administra-

tor Anna Luengo. This year, the fellowship was extended to

two semesters, allowing the fellow to take full advantage of

the Canadian Journalism Fellows program. The fellow audits

courses at the University of Toronto, makes connections with

Canadian media, and expands his or her work on a significant

issue. The fellowship is made possible by a generous grant

from Scotiabank and partnership with Massey College.

Current fellow Luis Horacio Nájera is a veteran journalist who

reported for Reforma media group in Ciudad Juarez and

other hot-spot areas on the Mexico-U.S. border. He dedicat-

ed himself to investigating politically sensitive issues rang-

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ing from government corruption to the trafficking of drugs,

people and weapons, until fears for his life and his family’s

safety forced him to seek asylum in Canada.

In 2010, Nájera was honoured with a CJFE International Press

Freedom Award, and in the spring of 2011 he was granted the

fellowship. “Thanks to CJFE, Scotiabank and Massey College,

my life has changed dramatically already,” says Nájera. “I’m

getting access to a completely new world where my knowl-

edge is expanding. Also, I’m making new friends, but the

most important thing so far is to recover my sense of myself

as a real person, instead of just a file number.”

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Canada’s

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Global Right to

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with Estonia and

Montenegro)

Average number of days it takes to resolve an

Access to Information complaint in

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© Jim Rankin/ToronTo STar

Tunisia Toronto Star photojour-nalist Jim Rankin was in Tunisia on Feb. 11, 2011, when Egypt’s president, Hosni mubarak, stepped down. Rankin captured the jubilation among the people who had started it all. He was back in Tunis to cover the country’s first free election on Oct. 23.

BaHRain Lucas Oleniuk, a Toronto Star photographer, often found himself too close to the action in Bahrain.in this photo, taken Feb. 18, 2011, a protestor gestures to supporters after helping an injured man to safety. shiite anti-regime demonstrators marching from Budaiya to Pearl square were fired on by security forces near manama. © Lucas OLEniuk/ToronTo STar

ABOUT THE PHOTOS

in honour of cJFE, Henry’s has sponsored arab awakening: a revolutionary Snapshot, an exhibition featuring the work of Toronto Star photographers and photojournalist Ed Ou, reporting for the new York Times. These are selected images from the exhibition. cJFE is grateful to Henry’s for its generosity.

YEmEn Michelle Shephard michelle shephard was one of only a few foreign journalists in sana’a dur-ing the revolution’s early days, capturing images of a people delirious with their newfound voice. But calls for President saleh to step down have gone unheeded, and to date hundreds of demonstra-tors have died.

© micHELLE sHEPHaRd/ToronTo STar

LiBYa Rick Madonik braved gunfire to track Libyan rebels’ path through Ras Lanuf until Gadhafi’s regime started air strikes, forcing a retreat. in this image, taken at an anti-Gadhafi rally in march 2011, a woman makes the victory sign behind Libya’s new flag. Gadhafi would be ousted in august; he died after a firefight with government forces in October.

© Rick madOnik/ToronTo STar

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When revolution spread throughout the middle East and north africa, images of protest, triumph, tragedy and peace brought it home. a flood of photos from Tunisia, Egypt, Yemen, Bahrain and Libya, shared via social media, made it impossible for stalwart autocrats to deny the brutal force they were using to fight back.

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Khaled al-HammadiWinners of this year’sInternational Press Freedom Awardsand other brave journalists who continue the fight for press freedom.

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Responsibility means the world to usCorporate Social Responsibility (CSR) is a fundamental part of the way Scotiabank

does business and an essential element of our success.

We want to acknowledge CJFE and reporters around the word who work

tirelessly and fearlessly in the pursuit of truth and the ful lment of their profession.

Scotiabank recognizes the profound implications of living in an increasingly

interconnected world and we understand that to succeed, we must act in a manner

that is environmentally, economically and socially responsible.

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