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John Degen

John Degen is a novelist and poet. He is executive director of The Writers' Union of Canada and chair of the International Authors Forum.


Canada should fix its cultural Main Street

Should Canada invest in and encourage new technologies? Sure. But can we please do so without ignoring crumbling cultural infrastructure? Stop the monorail; Canada’s professional creators want off.

opinion | BY JOHN DEGEN | January 7, 2026

Pay your copying bill, or pay a much bigger bill

opinion | BY JOHN DEGEN | July 11, 2018

Time to fix Canada’s copyright mistake

opinion | BY JOHN DEGEN | May 8, 2017

Don’t pit consumers against artists in cultural policy review

opinion | BY JOHN DEGEN | August 8, 2016

Copyright disagreement between educational sector and writers ongoing

opinion | BY JOHN DEGEN | March 2, 2016