A Panel Discussion With Marty Shoemaker, Martin Frith, Srishti Hukku, Mary Beaty, and Nicolas Bruzzone Make history with Humanist Canada and meet Canada’s first accredited Chaplains! Canada currently has a significant gap in the delivery of secular care services to…
How to Make Technology Work for Workers With Jim Stanford, PhD, Economist and Director of the Centre for Future Work Much popular discussion about the future of work is filled with breathless commentary on how our jobs are being transformed by…
Did you know that in 15 countries it is legally or practically impossible to run a humanist organization, while in Norway and Belgium humanist organizations are not only recognized but also funded by the State? Or did you know that…
The Spectrum of Global Humanism and the Importance of Protecting Humanists at Risk With Giovanni Gaetani, PhD Humanists International Sunday, July 25, 2021 3:00 pm EST As a member of Humanist Canada, you might be familiar with humanism as a philosophical…
Medical Assistance in Dying (MAID) in Canada, Part II With Prof. Jocelyn Downie, CM, FRSC, FCAHS, SJD Sunday, June 27, 2021 3:00 pm EST In this presentation, Jocelyn Downie will provide an overview of Medical Assistance in Dying (MAiD) in Canada.…
The Crisis of Democracy in India With Milan Pandya Educator and Researcher The current state of democracy in India is abysmal. As India’s status slips from ‘free country’ to ‘partly free’ according to Freedom House report, the questions about the rise…
Becoming a Certified Humanist Canada Officiant With Ric Glowienka Chair of the Ceremonies and Officiants Committee of Ontario Sunday, June 13, 2021 3:00 pm EST Humanist Canada Officiants are ambassadors for Humanism, and in Ontario, they are certified to perform weddings,…
This World First: Dispatches on Global Secular Progress With Marc Schaus Researcher and Author If you were to rank every major religious faith group around the world by size, it might surprise you to learn that the nonreligious and unaffiliated…
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…
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…
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…