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Posts by category
- Category: Academic Research
- Throw BABE Out with the Bathwater? Canadian Atheists are No Less Healthy than the Religious
- Godless in the Great White North
- Heretic, Heal Thyself! Atheism, Nonreligion, and Health
- Good for All
- Life Satisfaction Guaranteed
- Nones: The Past, Present, and Future of Nonbelief in Canada
- With a Little Help from My Canadian Friends
- What’s God Gotta Do with It?
- Humanist Weddings in Canada: An examination of secular marriage as a post-feminist phenomenon
- Category: Miscellaneous Research
- Category: Nonreligion, Religion, and Public Health Research
- Category: Book Club
- Category: Coffee Chats
- Coffee Chat: Leaving Religion
- Coffee Chat: Sustainable Farming Practices
- Coffee Chat: A Talk with Two Young US Humanist Leaders
- Coffee Chat: Humanist Youth Identity and Interfaith Perspectives
- Coffee Chat: Humanists for Reproductive Justice (BCHA)
- Coffee Chat: The Journey Out Beyond Religion
- Coffee Chat: George Floyd to Black Gen Z
- Coffee Chat 2021: Afghanistan: A Closer Look at the Tragedy
- Category: Conferences
- Category: Courses
- Category: Discussions
- Discussion 2024: What is Going on With the Neighbours?
- Discussion 2024: The Importance of Humanism in Understanding the Legalized Dehumanization of Indigenous People in Canada
- Discussion 2024: An Indigenous Roundtable
- Discussion 2024: Divorce: Humanist Style
- Discussion 2024: Anti-Science is the New Religion
- Discussion 2024: Authentic Speaking, Writing, and Inter-Cultural Communications
- Author Talk: Towards a Godless Dominion
- Discussion 2024: Putting A Number on How Much Religion Costs in Canada
- Discussion 2024: MAID (Medical Assistance in Death)
- Discussion 2024: Are the Religious Healthier?
- Discussion 2024: HIV in 2024: What is the State of the Epidemic Today?
- Discussion 2024: Interfaith Family – Marriage and Parenting with Mutual Respect
- Discussion 2023: Digging into the Humanist Ethics of Natural Burial
- Discussion 2023: The Ottawa Abortion Doula Collective: Challenging Stigma and Providing Support
- Category: Humanist News and Views
- Humanist Values Demand Action
- We’re Hiring: General Manager (Independent Contractor)
- A Call to Action: Defending Humanist Freedoms in an Increasingly Hostile World
- Humanist Canada congratulates Diane Patricia Helen Sims, C.M., Stratford, Ontario on her appointment as a Member of the Order of Canada
- Government of Canada Survey on Advance Requests and Medical Assistance in Dying
- Congratulations to KASHA
- Humanism for Humanity: 2024 Poetry Contest Winners
- Humanism is Not a Unicorn – Members Gather to Discuss
- Humanist Canada hosts Humanism in Action Conference in Waterloo, Ontario
- Humanist Canada represented at the launch of Diane Sims’ ‘Living Beyond the Shadow’
- A new Humanist Canada Chapter forms in New Brunswick
- Introducing Our New Video: What is Humanism?
- Hope for Humanity
- Recent Chaplaincy Training
- Launch of the Institute
- Humanist Canada announces Anne Marie Tapp as the second Humanist Chaplain in the Canadian Military
- 2024 BAHACON HC Presentation: Yes, There Are Atheists in Foxholes!
- A Memorable Visit from the Netherlands
- Walk With Pride: 2024 Toronto Pride Parade
- 2023 HumanLight Virtual Celebration
- Inclusive Spiritual Reflections during Canadian Armed Forces Public Functions
- Visit to the Art Gallery of Ontario
- The Rise of Humanist Chaplains: Exploring the Emergence and Impact of Secular Chaplains
- June is National Indigenous History Month in Canada
- Humanist Canada Celebrating Pride
- Thank you Ruth, Welcome Bettianne
- Humanist Canada Annual General Meeting 2023
- 2022 Photography Contest
- 1st Annual HumanLight Virtual Celebration
- Announcing the first publication from Humanist Canada Press: This World First by Marc Schaus
- Universal Basic Income Survey Results
- Humanist Canada Response on Residential School Discovery
- Humanist Canada 2020 Essay Contest Winners
- CFIC’s Winter Solstice Magic Celebration
- Going Godless: Black Feminism, Humanism, and Anti-Racism
- Giving Tuesday 2020
- Ask a Black Atheist
- Great Canadian Giving Challenge (GCGC) Results & Thank You
- Webinar Series 2020: Anti-Black Racism in Canada: Causes, Impacts, and Remedies
- World Humanist Day 2020
- Joint statement by Humanist Canada and the Centre for Inquiry Canada on the Killing of George Floyd and Systemic Racism
- Humanist Canada Participates in the Great Canadian Giving Challenge (GCGC)
- 2019 Essay Contest Winner | Concours de dissertation
- Dr. Henry Morgentaler Scholarship Fund
- Essay Contest | Concours de dissertation
- Category: Members Connect Weekly Gatherings
- Category: Newsletters
- Category: Past Petitions
- Category: Petitions
- Category: Podcasts
- Season 1, Episode 1 – Providing Care, Defending Choice – Dr. Renee Hall Speaks Out!
- Episode 22 | An Interview with Daniel Dacombe & Cory Doctorow
- Podcast: Episode 21 | An Interview with Derek Forgie and Kate Cohen
- Podcast: Episode 20 | Weird Science with Daniel Dacombe & Dr David Speed!
- Podcast: Episode 19 | An Interview with Daniel Dacombe & Dr. Hugh Turpin
- Podcast: Episode 18 | An Interview with Steve Ghikadis & The Naked Pastor, David Hayward
- Podcast: Episode 17 | An Interview with Steve Ghikadis & Michael Stuart
- Podcast: Episode 16 | An Interview with Derek Forgie & Riley Yesno
- Podcast: Episode 15 | An Interview with Daniel Dacombe & Dr. Will Gervais
- Podcast: Episode 14 | An Interview with Steve Ghikadis & Gretta Vosper
- Podcast: Episode 13 | An Interview with Steve Ghikadis & Dale McGowan
- Podcast: Episode 12 | An Interview with Daniel Dacombe & Dr. Sarah Wilkins-LaFlamme: Part 3 of 3
- Podcast: Episode 11 | An Interview with Daniel Dacombe & Dr. Sarah Wilkins-LaFlamme: Part 2 of 3
- Podcast: Episode 10 | An Interview with Daniel Dacombe & Dr. Sarah Wilkins-LaFlamme: Part 1 of 3
- Podcast: Episode 9 | A Conversation with Deborah Kimmett
- Podcast: Episode 8 | What’s going on with the Neighbours? A Discussion with Nicole Carr
- Podcast: Episode 7 | Divorce: Humanist Style
- Podcast: Episode 6 | Indigenous Roundtable
- Podcast: Episode 5 | The Ottawa Abortion Doula Collective: Challenging Stigma and Providing Support
- Podcast: Episode 4 | Intersectionality Primer
- Podcast: Episode 3 | Interfaith Family: Marriage & Parenting with Mutual Respect
- Podcast: Episode 2 | Putting A Number on the Cost of Religion
- Podcast: Episode 1 | Anti-Science is the New Religion
- Category: Position Statements
- Category: Press Releases
- Category: Webinars & Discussions
- Webinar Series 2023: Are Unions a Force for Progress? Unions and Canadian Politics
- Webinar Series 2023: For Better and Worse: the Problematic Past and Uncertain Future of Marriage
- Webinar Series 2023: Intentional Communities: One Model for Nurturing Human Connection
- Webinar Series 2023: Revitalizing Ethics of Care: Building Sustainable Humanist Communities in Higher Education
- Webinar Series 2023: All in the (Human) Family: Neanderthals, Denisovans and Us
- Webinar Series 2023: The Mythology of Psychology
- Webinar Series 2023: Climate Change 2021: The Physical Science Basis
- Webinar Series 2022: Cohousing Communities: a Housing Model that Can Help Meet the Societal Needs of Today
- Webinar Series 2022: Celebrating Military Humanist Chaplaincy in Canada
- Webinar Series 2022: Reinventing an Old Technology to Deliver Communication Justice in Africa?
- Webinar Series 2022: Architecture of a Healthcare System for Canadians
- Webinar Series 2022: Abortion Care in Canada
- Webinar Series 2022: Why Men Made God: Our Past Explains Our Present
- Webinar Series 2022: Placemaking: Building Safe, Connected, and Resilient Communities
- Webinar Series 2022: Challenges and Opportunities in Post-Pandemic Work & Employment
- Webinar Series 2022: Indigenous Languages and Non-alphabetic Writing in the Americas
- Webinar Series 2022: Chaplaincy in the U.K.: The Journey of a Dutch Humanist Chaplain
- Webinar Series 2022: Low-Cost Housing in Canada: Past, Present and Future
- Webinar Series 2021: Humanist Chaplains: A Canadian Milestone
- Webinar Series 2021: Technology and Future Jobs
- Webinar Series 2021: The Spectrum of Global Humanism and the Importance of Protecting Humanists at Risk
- Webinar Series 2021: Medical Assistance in Dying (MAID) in Canada, Part II
- Webinar Series 2021: The Crisis of Democracy in India
- Webinar Series 2021: Becoming a Certified Humanist Canada Officiant
- Webinar Series 2021: This World First: Dispatches on Global Secular Progress
- Webinar Series 2021: Whatever Happened to Saguenay?
- Webinar Series 2021: Black History: Achievement, Purpose, Progress Ancient Africa to 2021
- Webinar Series 2021: A One School System in Ontario
- Webinar Series 2021: Understanding Science as a Process: Why Science is not all about Results
- Webinar Series 2020: Artificial Womb Technology
- Webinar Series 2020: Strategies in Reproductive Health Activism
- Webinar Series 2020: Female Genital Mutilation: Religion, Culture, and Human Rights
- Webinar Series 2020: Understanding Aboriginal Self From A Humanist Lens
- Webinar Series 2020: Anti-Black Racism in Canada: Causes, Impacts and Remedies
- Webinar Series 2020: A Universal Basic Income?
- Webinar Series 2020: Unveiled
- Webinar Series 2020: Critical Thinking in a ‘Post-Truth’ World
- Webinar Series 2020: Canada’s Medical Assistance in Dying Legislation
- Webinar Series 2020: Bill 21 – Part 4 of 4
- Webinar Series 2020: Bill 21 – Part 3 of 4
- Webinar Series 2020: Bill 21 – Part 2 of 4
- Webinar Series 2020: Bill 21 – Part 1 of 4
- Category: Workshops
HC Team Members
- Paul Belyea
- Daniel McPhee
- David Fraser
- Paul Sparks
- Karamjeet Dhillon
- Jackie Nemni
- Louis O’Reilly
- Alex Howard
- Maureen Bulbrook
- Mélissa Gutierrez
- Luis-Enrique Arrazola
- Sassan Sanei
- Martin Frith
Events
- MAiD: An Invitation to a Compassionate Conversation: MAiD in Canada with Dr. Jackie Nemni
- MAiD Webinar
- Winter Gathering / HumanLight
- Fall Gathering
- Summer Gathering
- Turning of the Seasons: Spring Ritual & Reflection
- Monthly New Member Orientation
- Officiant Discussion: Best Practise Chat
- Member Discussion: Book Club
- Member Discussion: Book Club
- Member Discussion: Book Club
- Member Discussion: Book Club
- Member Discussion: Book Club
- Member Discussion: Book Club
- Humanist Canada’s 2024 AGM
- Monthly New Member Orientation
- Office Closed
- Member Course: End of Life Ceremonies ~ A Masterclass
- Officiant Discussion: Best Practise Chat
- Officiant Discussion: Best Practise Chat
- Officiant Discussion: Best Practise Chat
- Member Discussion: New Member Orientation
- Member Discussion: Members Connect 2025
- Member Discussion: Members Connect
- Officiant Event: 2025 Officiant Training
- Officiant Event: 2025 Officiant Training
- Officiant Event: 2024 Officiant Training
- Officiant Event: 2024 Officiant Training
- Governance Event: Board of Directors Meeting
- Governance Event: Board of Directors Meeting
- Governance Event: Board of Directors Meeting
- Member Event: 2025 Annual General Meeting
- Governance Event: Board of Directors Meeting
- Governance Event: Board of Directors Meeting
- Member Discussion: Book Club
- Governance Event: Fundraising Meeting
- Governance Event: Morgentaler Committee Meeting
- Governance Event: Finance Committee Meeting
- Member and Invited Guests Event: 2024 HUMAN LIGHT
- Governance Event: HCCOP Meeting
- Officiant Event: 2024 Officiants Conference
- Public Conference: Humanism in Action: Igniting Progress for Positive Change
- Governance Event: HCCOP Meeting
- Governance Event: Board of Directors Meeting
- Officiant Discussion : Best Practise Chat
- Officiant Discussion: Best Practise Chat
- Member Discussion: Book Club
- Member Event: Book Club
- Member Discussion: Book Club
- Day of Reflection: Remembrance Day
- Member Course: Humanism Is Not a Unicorn
- 2023 Humanist Canada AGM
- HC Annual General Meeting - for members only
- Webinar Series: Challenges and Opportunities in Post-Pandemic Work & Employment
- Day of Reflection: National Day of Truth and Reconciliation
- Day of Reflection: Amsterdam Day of Declaration
- Day of Reflection: World Humanist Day
- Day of Reflection: Earth Day
- Day of Reflection: Atheist Day
- Day of Reflection: Darwin Day
- Humanist Canada Town Hall for Members Only
- Webinar: Chaplaincy in the UK: The Journey of a Dutch Humanist Chaplain
- Webinar Series: Low-Cost Housing in Canada: Past, Present and Future
- Coffee Chat with Kathleen Johnson : Ask Me Anything
- Webinar Series: Indigenous Languages and Non-alphabetic Writing in the Americas
- Webinar Series 2022: HISTORIES OF INDIAN RESIDENTIAL SCHOOLS IN AN ERA OF TRUTH AND RECONCILIATION
- Workshop: How To Start a Humanist Community And Keep It Going
- Day of Reflection: Secular Day
- Virtual Coffee Chat
- Course: Culture, Conflict, and Democracy
- Webinar Series 2021: Humanist Chaplains: A Canadian Milestone
- Webinar: Technology and Future Jobs
- Course: What is Woke and Wokeness?
- Course: Critical Thinking II: Ethical Reasoning Course
- Webinar: The Spectrum of Global Humanism and the Importance of Protecting Humanists at Risk
- World Humanist Day
- Webinar: Medical Assistance in Dying (MAID) in Canada, Part II
- The Humanist Association of Toronto weekly forum
- Course: Critical Thinking I
- On Consciousness: A Probe into the Boundaries of Science
- WEBINAR: The Crisis of Democracy in India
- Webinar: This World First: Dispatches on Global Secular Progress
- Information session about COVID-19 vaccines
- Humanist Canada Officiant Program Training - Day 2
- Humanist Canada Officiant Program Training - Day 1
- Webinar: Whatever Happened To Saguenay?
- Day of Reflection: Isaac Newton's Birthday
- Day of Reflection: Indigenous Peoples Day
- Day of Reflection: Canada Day
- Day of Reflection: World Humanist Day
- Day of Reflection: Anniversary of the Formation of Humanist Canada
- Day of Reflection: Earth Day
- New Discoveries Month
- Day of Reflection: Dr. Henry Morgentaler's Birthday
- Day of Reflection: Albert Einstein’s Birthday
- Day of Reflection: International Women's Day
- Day of Reflection: Charles Darwin's Birthday
- HC Board Meeting
- Humanist Canada AGM
- HC Board Meeting
- Webinar: Black History: Achievement, Purpose, Progress Ancient Africa to 2021
- Webinar: A One School System in Ontario
Humanist Groups
- Rocky Mountain Atheists (RMA)
- Canadian atheists (National Headquarters)
- Brandon Humanists
- Alberta Humanist Association
- Humanism PEI
- Libres penseurs athées — Atheist Freethinkers (LPA-AFT)
- BAHA (Bluewater Atheists, Humanists, Agnostics)
- Eastman Humanist Community
- Fraser Valley Atheistis, Skeptics and Humanists
- Sunshine Coast Atheists
- Ottawa Skeptics
- Sacred Secular Sanctuary
- Toronto Oasis
- Laurier Freethought Alliance
- Society of FreeThinkers - Guelph Campus Atheists
- Grey Bruce Humanists
- Canadian Secular Alliance
- Hamilton-Niagara Atheists & Humanists
- Humanists, Atheists & Agnostics Of Manitoba
- Winnipeg Skeptics
- Freethinkers of UBC
- Vancouver Skeptics
- Simon Fraser University (SFU) Skeptics
- Friends in Wonderment
- Edmonton Atheists
- Association humaniste du Québec
- Mouvement laïque québécois
- Society of Freethinkers (SOFREE)
- Humanist Association of Toronto
- Humanist Ottawa
- Atheist Community of Toronto (GTA and beyond)
- Halton Peel Humanist Community
- Victoria Secular Humanist Association (VSHA)
- Comox Valley Humanists
- BC Humanist Association
- Central Ontario Humanists
- Ontario Humanist Society
Humanist Officiants
- Ryan Walsh
- Tim Tierney
- Simon Sottile
- Mark Slater
- Lindsay Robles
- Shael Risman
- Karen Richter
- Kristina Nicoll
- Jackie Nemni
- Wendy Morley
- Nancy McConnell
- Catherine MacNeill Hodgins
- Victoria Etta Kirkwood
- Chris Kirby
- Juli Heney
- Lisa Gremonprez
- Emina Delalic
- Jarrod Clegg
- Desiree Chan
- Bob Carter
- Pamela Bursey
- Henryk Sokolowski
- Anita Oefner
- Kate Mooney
- Christine McKinlay-Smith
- Tenzin Lhawang
- Randolph Johnston
- Bettianne Hedges
- Wilson Giraldo
- Cindy Elkerton
- Mike Cuttle
- Christina Charles
- Alvin Tedjo
- Rosie Sears
- Jerry Ni
- Stacie Matthews
- Devin Mahnke
- Alexandra Knoll
- Marie-Claire Khadij
- Nancy Kay
- John Dougan
- Karen Burke
- Paige Bennett
- Srishti Hukku
- Nancy-Ann Fretter
- Ruth McGregor
- Alexandria Howard
- Brent Douglas McLaughlin
- Sean Hillman
- Christopher Henry Forgie Blake
- Erika Norrad
- Donny Lovering
- Peter Giblett
- Karis Burkowski
- Jacinthe Audette
- David Vowles
- Rankin Middlebrook
- Michele Humphrey
- Paul Belyea
- Karen Lambert
- Susan Whynott
- Murray Whitehorn
- Linda Watt
- Debbie Wang
- Erin Vretteas
- Jane Van Toen
- Glenn Tombia
- Shelley Styles
- Pat Smies
- Age Smies
- Valerie Russell
- Scott Rothwell
- Julie Rose
- Josh Phillips
- Suzanne Peters
- Simon Parcher
- Peter Norman
- Richelle Monaghan
- Sheila McKillop
- Bill McElree
- Jim McDonald
- John Martin
- Alisa Lillico
- Peter Lillico
- Robert Lewis
- Michele Lawson
- Pat Johnston
- Darrell Hayashi
- James Griffiths
- Ric Glowienka
- Lynne Gaudette
- Frances Garner
- David Fowler
- Katherine Dimou
- Dave Corkery
- Lise Chamberland
- Bryan Causarano
- Kathleen Brosemer
- Tracy Biggar
- Julianna Klein
- Jonny Belinko
- Michelle Ballow
- Laura-Lee Balkwill
- Jennifer Baird-Norman
- Gabor Krausz
- Sassan Sanei
- Martin Frith