For champions of freedom of expression.
The Ken Filkow Prize recognizes an individual or institution in Canada who has advanced freedom of expression in Canada, and shown courage in freeing information and ideas from restraint or interference.
The annual award, valued at $2,000, was introduced in 2014. It is named in memory of Kenneth A. Filkow, a former member of PEN’s Canadian and Legal Affairs Committee and former Chair of the Manitoba Human Rights Commission. The prize is generously funded by Cynthia Wine and Philip Slayton.
2025 Prize Recipient: Samira Mohyeddin
Journalist and broadcaster. Founder and managing editor of On The Line Media.
Samira Mohyeddin is an award winning journalist and documentary filmmaker. She has a Master of Arts in Modern Middle Eastern History from the University of Toronto and is a graduate of Genocide Studies from the Zoryan Institute. For nearly a decade, she was a producer and host at CBC Radio and CBC Podcasts. Samira was the 2024/2025 inaugural journalism fellow at the Women and Gender Studies Institute at the University of Toronto. She is the founder and managing editor of On The Line Media, focusing on critical and contextual journalism coupled with intimate conversations and informed commentary.
