April 2021 Newsletter
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Webinar Series 2021: This World First: Dispatches on Global Secular Progress
This World First: Dispatches on Global Secular Progress With Marc Schaus Researcher and Author Sunday, April 25, 2021 3:00 pm EST If you were to rank every major religious faith group around the world by size, it might surprise you…
Webinar Series 2021: Whatever Happened to Saguenay?
Whatever Happened to Saguenay? Municipal Prayer in Canada after Mouvement laïque québécois v. Saguenay With Dr. Teale Phelps Bondaroff Sunday, March 21, 2021 3:00 pm EST In 2018, the British Columbia Humanist Association was notified that a number of municipalities…
Webinar Series 2021: Black History: Achievement, Purpose, Progress Ancient Africa to 2021
Black History: Achievement, Purpose, Progress Ancient Africa to 2021 With Kathleen Johnson Join us for a conversation about Black history: from Africa to the Trans Atlantic and Arabic Slave Trades, to the Civil Rights Movement up to today, from the…
Webinar Series 2021: A One School System in Ontario
A One School System in Ontario With Alvin Tedjo and Leonard Baak The Ontario government currently funds four overlapping school systems: English public, English Catholic, French public, and French Catholic. In Quebec, Manitoba, Newfoundland, and Labrador, religiously segregated school systems…
Course: Critical Thinking I
Critical Thinking I Instructor Dr. Christopher DiCarlo 04/07/2021 - 05/26/2021 Location Virtual Course on Zoom, WEDNESDAYS 4.00 - 6.00 PM EST Description COURSE DESCRIPTION The purpose of this course is to teach students how to analyse and critically reflect on…
Petition to include atheists in refugee policy gains momentum
OTTAWA, Ontario - Feb. 17, 2021 - PRLog -- A petition launched to save the lives of atheists in countries where they are often labelled as terrorists, apostates or blasphemers has garnered sufficient signatures to be presented to parliament. "As…
Atheist Refugees Need Your Help
We need you to sign an e-petition for the Canadian House of Commons to support atheists threatened by religious extremists and fundamentalist governments in other countries. These atheists desperately need asylum in Canada because of the imminent threat of serious…
Webinar Series 2021: Understanding Science as a Process: Why Science is not all about Results
Understanding Science as a Process: Why Science is not all about Results With Dr. Christopher DiCarlo, Dr. Guilherme Guzzo, and Gabriel Dall’Alba To quote Lee McIntyre in The Scientific Attitude: Defending Science from Denial, Fraud, and Pseudoscience, “We live in…
Webinar Series 2020: Artificial Womb Technology
Artificial Womb Technology With Srishti Hukku, research fellow and reproductive health consultant Recent scientific developments have brought forward a number of ethical debates about the risks associated with traditional pregnancy, who has the right to reproduce and how technologies should…
Critically Thinking About Covid-19 – Part 4
By Dr. Christopher DiCarlo In this installment of commentary on the current Covid19 pandemic, we will consider our current status in regards to testing, restrictions, vaccination development, and public policies.
Humanist Canada 2020 Essay Contest Winners
Congratulations to the Award Winners! Award of Distinction Madeleine Ghatavi, Peterborough, ON Essay Title: Youth Advocacy: How to Cultivate Progressive Movements Among Teenagers Third Prize Iris Hu, Milton, ON Essay Title: Abortion is Justifiable: Comparing the Values at Stake Second…