Black History: Achievement, Purpose, Progress Ancient Africa to 2021 With Kathleen Johnson Sunday, February 28, 2021 3:00 pm EST Join us for a conversation about Black history: from Africa to the Trans Atlantic and Arabic Slave Trades, to the Civil…
A One School System in Ontario With Alvin Tedjo and Leonard Baak February 21, 2021 3:00 pm EST The Ontario government currently funds four overlapping school systems: English public, English Catholic, French public, and French Catholic. In Quebec, Manitoba, Newfoundland,…
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…
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…
Strategies in Reproductive Health Activism With Dr. Teale Phelps Bondaroff, researcher and community organizer The rise of far-right governments in many jurisdictions across the globe risks undoing years of steady progress on reproductive rights, and there is much work to…
Female Genital Mutilation: Religion, Culture, and Human Rights With Farzana Doctor, writer and activist According to the World Health Organization, Female Genital Mutilation (FGM) has no health benefits, and harms girls and women in many ways. FGM involves removing and…
Understanding Aboriginal Self From A Humanist Lens With Dr. Lloyd Robertson, University of Regina Humanism presupposes the existence of a self capable of exercising individual volition. Such a self is fluid and evolving because as our understandings of reality change,…
Anti-Black Racism in Canada: Causes, Impacts and Remedies Racism in Canada has many different faces. To improve equity and justice for all in Canada, we first must understand racism from differing perspectives, and find safe spaces to inquire and understand.…
A Universal Basic Income? With Dr. Evelyn L. Forget University of Manitoba Technological change and recurrent crises are creating a new reality in which automation is replacing human labour, employment is increasingly insecure, and much socially valuable work goes unrewarded.…
Unveiled With Yasmine Mohammed Canadian human rights activist, Yasmine Mohammed, advocates for the rights of women living within Islamic majority countries, as well as those who struggle under religious fundamentalism. Her book, Unveiled, is a memoir/polemic that recalls her experiences…
Critical Thinking in a 'Post-Truth' World With advances in technology involving the increasingly rapid transfer of information throughout the world, it has become more difficult to determine what is legitimate news or information, from what is fake news. Luckily, to…
Canada's Medical Assistance in Dying (MAID) Legislation In June 2016, the Parliament of Canada passed federal legislation Bill C-14, allowing eligible Canadian adults to request medical assistance in dying. Since MAID has been legalized, more than 6,700 Canadians have chosen…