Toronto, May 4, 2020 Canadian Authors Association (CAA) joins our fellow creator and publisher organizations in their reactions to the April 22, 2020 Federal Court of Appeal decision in the case of York University v. The Canadian Copyright Licensing Agency (Access Copyright). In that recent decision, the higher federal court affirmed the lower federal court’s … Read more
The Canadian Authors Association (CAA) is shocked and dismayed by the lawsuit filed against Access Copyright by the Ministries of Education in most of the provinces and territories in Canada as well as all of the school boards in Ontario. We join The Writers’ Union of Canada and the Association of Canadian Publishers in calling … Read more
CAA Lit Awards Winners Revealed >> From the Canadian Authors Association June 18, 2016 – The Canadian Authors Association today announced the winners of its 2016 Literary Awards during a lunch event held at the Canadian Writers’ Summit in Toronto, Ontario. The 2015 Canadian Authors Literary Awards winners are as follows: CAA Award for … Read more
>>From the Canadian Authors Assocation June 14, 2015 – The Canadian Authors Association is thrilled to announce the Canadian Authors Literary Awards winners for 2015. Introduced in 1975, these awards continue the association’s long tradition of honouring Canadian writers who achieve excellence without sacrificing popular appeal. The 12 finalists were selected from almost 300 nominations. … Read more
From the Canadian Authors Association June 21, 2014 – Tonight the Canadian Authors Association (CAA) continued its long-held tradition of writers honouring writers and announced the winners of its 2014 Literary Awards competition during the CanWrite! Conference and Retreat in Orillia, Ontario. Joseph Boyden was awarded the CAA Fiction Award for The Orenda (Penguin Group … Read more