We support the efforts of Humanists and Humanism-focused organizations in Canada and encourage such groups to affiliate with us – we all have much to learn about serving Humanists and we support each other’s efforts in promoting Humanism initiatives.

Humanist Canada Affiliate Program

Affiliates are humanist, secular, and critical thinking groups that have their own organizational and governance structure. If you are an established organization that shares our values and would like to form part of our network while maintaining your unique identity, we encourage you to become an HC Affiliate.

As an Affiliate of HC, your organization will have determined its own principles of governance and financial accountability as well as its leadership and membership structure. Affiliate groups are autonomous organizations that maintain their own membership, governance, and in some cases, their own charitable registration.

The partnership between HC and an Affiliate group is mutually beneficial because it allows us to unite around a common vision and expand our reach. It is also a great way to exchange ideas, share resources, and support each other in advocacy efforts.

What Humanist Canada provides to Affiliates

• Half price Humanist Canada memberships for members of the affiliate organization
• Directory listing on humanistcanada.ca
• Access to peer connection with other Affiliates and Chapters
• Event advertisement in HC Newsletter (one per month)
• Social media posts on HC’s channels (2 per month)
• Event advertisement in HC’s online calendar (one per month)
• Joint events and collaboration with HC
• Quarterly online forum with other HC Affiliates
• Annual Canadian Humanist and Secular Summit, hosted online by Humanist Canada

 Commitments of HC Affiliates

• Identification as a humanist community group — independently, or alongside another primary affiliation.
• Support the vision, mission, and values statement of HC 
• Share the Humanist philosophy and principles of the Amsterdam Declaration
• Be approved by Humanist Canada Board of Directors
• Adoption of a code of conduct consistent with Humanist Canada’s standards (the group’s own code of conduct is acceptable if it meets the floor).
• The Affiliate shall place HC’s affiliate logo and embedded link on its website directing users to HC’s website. The Affiliate will have a limited term license for the duration of the Agreement to utilize HC’s affiliate logo. On termination of this Affiliation Agreement by either party, the Affiliate shall remove the affiliate logo and embedded link from its website.
• Raise the awareness of Humanism locally and in Canada
• A designated single point of contact for HC communication
• Pay the annual Affiliate Fee
• Advertise at least one Humanist Canada event per month to your members

Affiliate organizations will maintain separate, autonomous, and independent financial administration, governance, budgeting, planning, accounting, fundraising, endowment funds, and fiscal accountability, responsibility and liability.

HC reserves the right to approve or reject any Affiliate for any reason, in its sole and absolute discretion. The Affiliate will have no legal recourse against HC for the rejection of its Affiliate status. Without limiting the right to reject any application for any reason whatsoever in the Owner’s absolute discretion, the Recipient application will be rejected if it is non complete, if the Recipient’s website contains images or content that is not acceptable to Owner or is inconsistent with the image that the Owner wishes to create in association with its website, or if the Recipient’s website contains any illegal, immoral, repulsive, defamatory, derogatory, harassing, harmful, threatening, obscene, vulgar, pornographic, racial or ethnic objectionable materials, depicts sexual situations, promotes discrimination on the basis of race, sex, sexual preference, national origin, ethnicity, nationality, disability, religious preference, or if the Recipient’s site contains any material that appears to Owner to violate any patent, trademark, copyright, trade secret, confidential information, or other property rights of any other party.

Annual Fee

• $100 for groups with up to 74 members
• $200 for groups with 75 or more members

Next Steps

Complete and sign an Affiliate Agreement which, on completion, will direct you to making the fee payment.

Upon receipt of the Affiliate Agreement, the Humanist Canada Board will review your application and will contact you to confirm your Affiliate status.