CONTENTS
About CJFE
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Leslie de Freitas
CJFE’s Report Card 2011–2012: Connected Disconnect
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Managing Editor
Silenced Scientists
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Editorial Director
Cara Smusiak
Delay, Redact, Refuse, Repeat: The Access to Information Runaround
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Art Director
From Leader to Laggard: Canada’s Right to Information Rating
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When ATI Works
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The Rise and Fall of Freedom of Information
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Freezing Out Civil Society
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CYBER NATION
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Gigi Lau COPY EDITOR
Lyndsie Bourgon CONTRIBUTERS
Arnold Amber Dean Beeby Grant Buckler Ron Deibert Michael Geist Peter Jacobsen Amy Johnson Paul Knox Susan Mohammad Sophie Nicholls Kathryn O’Hara Danielle Stone Paula Todd Laura Tribe INFOGRAPHIC DESIGNER
Mark Tang Photo Editor
David Lee Lawyer
Links and Libel
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The Price of Peeking
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Cyber Nation Infographic
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Anonymous in the Internet Age
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Collaborative Efforts
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Securing Cyberspace
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Controlling Interests: Media Ownership in Canada
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Out on a Limb: Canadian Whistleblowers Face Great Obstacles
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Truth and Consequences
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Cross-Canada Free Expression Reports
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Appendix: Major Court Decisions 2011–2012
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Peter Jacobsen Additional Thanks
Bob Carty John Norris Paul Saguil Phil Tunley Canadian Committee for World Press Freedom (CCWPF) Annie Game
We are grateful to the Canadian Commission for UNESCO and to the Globe and Mail for their support of this Review.
We are also grateful to Transcontinental for printing this Review.
CJFE celebrated its 30th year in 2011.