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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
  • Humanist Canada Monthly 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
  • Humanism in Action: Igniting Progress for Positive Change
  • 2024 Officiants Conference
• Category: Courses
  • Intersectionality: A Primer
• 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
  • Members Connect Weekly Chat
• Category: Newsletters
  • Our Current Newsletter
• Category: Past Petitions
  • End Discrimination Against Atheists in Canada’s Refugee Policies – Petition e-3638
  • Atheist Refugees Need Your Help
• Category: Petitions
  • Petition – Eliminate Prayer in the House of Commons
• 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
  • Position Statement on Reproductive Justice
  • Position Statement on Prayer in Government Proceedings
  • Vision Statement on Humanist Weddings
  • Humanist Canada’s Position Statement on Bill 21 – Quebec’s Secularism Law
• Category: Press Releases
  • The 2026 World Humanist Congress Comes to Canada
  • Petition to include atheists in refugee policy gains momentum
  • Nationwide Essay Contest to Sharpen Thinking Skills
  • Student Essay Contest, Hosted By Humanist Canada, Call for Submissions
• 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
  • Workshop: Patriarchy: How Do We Overcome It?
  • Workshop: How to Start A Humanist Community and Keep it Going
  • Workshop: What is Woke and Wokeness?

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

• Club de lecture Franco: L'art de mourir, de Marie de Hennezel.
• Club de lecture Franco: Les quatre accords toltèques, de Don Miguel Ruiz.
• Club de lecture Franco: Klara et le soleil, de Kazuo Ishiguro.
• Energy, Prosperity and Geopolitics
• Humaniste Canada : Séance d'orientation des nouveaux membres
• July Book Club : Robin Wall Kimmerer’s “The Serviceberry
• 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

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