Podcast: Episode 6 | Indigenous Roundtable
Maureen Bulbrook and her sister Christina Ninham are both lawyers with Indigenous heritage who have witnessed and experienced the unjust treatment of Indigenous Canadians. During this conversation with Humanist Canada members Derek Forgie and Bettianne Hedges, they dive into contemporary…
Discussion 2024: Divorce: Humanist Style
With Alex Howard
Working as both a humanist officiant and divorce mediator, Alex Howard has cultivated a unique and well-rounded perspective on relationships. You may recognize her as one of the co-hosts of Dirty Laundry: The Divorce Podcast, where she gets down to the nitty of gritty of divorce.
Podcast: Episode 5 | The Ottawa Abortion Doula Collective: Challenging Stigma and Providing Support
Alex Howard, Sarah Hedges-Chou, and Anna Dion cover the basics of abortion access in Canada. They discuss the barriers that persist, what an abortion doula does, and how you can challenge abortion stigma and support abortion access in your own…
Podcast: Episode 4 | Intersectionality Primer
In this episode, we’re visited by Alison Symington, a legally trained advocate, writer, strategist, and project manager who has applied an intersectional approach to human rights and social justice throughout her twenty-year career. Here, she discusses intersectionality as both a…
Podcast: Episode 3 | Interfaith Family: Marriage & Parenting with Mutual Respect
Secular humanist Steve Ghikadis sits down with Jarrod W. Clegg to talk about his marriage with his Christian wife and the trials, tribulations, and mutual respect they’ve experienced whilst raising their two wonderful children with very different world views. Apple…
Podcast: Episode 2 | Putting A Number on the Cost of Religion
We are very excited to partner with our affiliates at BC Humanist Association and the Center for Inquiry Canada to bring you this important and lively discussion on the many ways Canada still tangibly privileges religion and its institutions over…
Podcast: Episode 1 | Anti-Science is the New Religion
In this episode, we’re visited by Dr. Jackie Nemni, a graduate of McGill and McMaster University. She practiced respirology and sleep medicine for thirty years, including many years in the ICU, a COVID assessment centre, and vaccination clinic. Dr. Nemni…
Intersectionality: A Primer
Delve into the depths of intersectionality and its impact on human rights, social justice, the law, social dynamics, and everyday personal interactions with legally trained advocate, Alison Symington. By contemplating the restrictive and oppressive aspects of discriminatory policies and practices,…
Discussion 2024: Anti-Science is the New Religion
With Dr. Jackie Nemni Dr. Jackie Nemni , a graduate of McGill and McMaster University, practiced respirology and sleep medicine for thirty years, including many years in the ICU. Most recently, and before retirement, she worked at a COVID assessment…
Discussion 2024: Authentic Speaking, Writing, and Inter-Cultural Communications
With Rita Shelton Deverell, CM, EdD
Dr. Deverell has worked in the Canadian arts and cultural industries and academe: as a theatre artist, television broadcaster/senior executive, independent producer, journalism educator, and author.