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Explore profiles of Exigent Witness Fellows and Exigent Participants who contribute firsthand perspective, professional insight, and independent voices to Exigent’s educational mission and public-interest work.
Exigent Witness Fellows generously contribute their time, judgment, and professional integrity to this work. Each Fellow engages directly with complex realities and carries those experiences back into their platforms, audiences, and communities with full editorial independence, without direction or oversight. Their participation reflects a commitment to careful observation, rigorous questioning, and responsible public discourse.
Exigent is deeply grateful to all participants and Fellows who approach this work with seriousness, openness, and respect for the weight of what they witness. Their independent voices are central to strengthening public understanding and informed conversation in Canada.
Bryan Passifiume
Exigent Witness Fellow
Role/Affiliation:
Journalist/Toronto Sun
About:
Bryan Passifiume is a journalist serving as city hall reporter for the Toronto Sun. Prior to that, he was the crime reporter for the Calgary Sun and Calgary Herald. His 20+ career in journalism began as a television news photographer, news producer and studio director before transitioning to writing for and editing newspapers across Canada. In 2007 he was nominated for a National Newspaper Award for his coverage of that year’s devastating wildfires in Waterton Lakes National Park in southwestern Alberta.
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Bryan Passifiume
Sleeping with the enemy
September 10, 2026
Toronto Sun
Bryan Passifiume reports defence and foreign-affairs critics are demanding an immediate halt to Canada’s defence-coordination talks with China. Conservatives argue the Carney government changed course without informing Parliament or the public, who learned of the talks through Chinese state-controlled media.
‘Canada turned its back on Israel,’ says visiting Israeli legislator
June 5, 2024
National Post
In this news article, Bryan Passifiume reports on remarks by Israeli Knesset member Sharren Haskel during a visit to Canada. She criticizes Canadian policy following October 7 and warns its signals may influence regional perceptions and deterrence.
On Holocaust Remembrance Day in Israel there are doubts about ‘never again’.
May 6, 2024
National Post
In this field report, Bryan Passifiume covers Israel’s Yom HaShoah commemorations in the shadow of the October 7 attacks. As sirens sounded nationwide, interviews with residents highlighted vulnerability, remembrance, and renewed debate over the meaning of “Never Again.”
The cats of Kibbutz Nir Oz have taken over...
May 6, 2024
National Post
In this field report, Bryan Passifiume documents the aftermath of the October 7 attack at Kibbutz Nir Oz near the Gaza border. Through on-site observations and survivor accounts, he describes destruction, loss, and the community’s proximity to Gaza.
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