With Chris Fairweather, McMaster University Are unions a force for progress? Should unions intervene in politics outside their workplace? If so, why? How? This webinar will offer a critical assessment of union politics in Canada, past, present, and future. I…
With Stephanie Coontz, PhD Council on Contemporary Families Join us for a Q & A with Stephanie Coontz to discuss the past and future of marriage. Everyone knows that marriage isn’t what it used to be, and everyone is quite…
With Martin Frith President, Humanist Canada While we may be members of many communities (family, work, neighbourhood, etc.) out of necessity, intentional communities create a safe experience of belonging, purpose, and shared values for us. In them, each of us…
With Anthony Cruz Pantojas, Humanist Chaplain Tufts University This conversation highlights the urgency of developing an ethics of care to sustain humanist communities in higher education. Specifically, dimensions of care in this era of sociopolitical flux will be explored as…
With Dr. Bence Viola, PhD University of Toronto Over the last decade, the development of ancient DNA technology allowing us to study the genetics of past populations transformed our understanding of our origins. It be came clear that up until…
With Rami Gabriel, PhD Columbia College Chicago In every society, a mythology is developed to express, enhance, and codify belief. The symbols adopted and maintained by the practice of rites and rituals in a given human semiotic niche are a…
With Nathan Gillett, PhD Canadian Centre for Climate Modelling and Analysis The Sixth Assessment Report of the U.N. Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change represents the most thorough and up-to-date assessment of climate change science. This talk will summarize the assessment…
With Linda Kruus, Ottawa Cohousing Join us for a conversation with Linda Kruus, Directing Manager at Ottawa Cohousing, to find out: What are cohousing communities? What are the benefits and advantages of the cohousing model? What is the history of…
With Marie-Claire Khadij, Canadian Armed Forces Chaplain Captain Marie-Claire Khadij is a Canadian Armed Forces Chaplain since 2017, and the first military humanist chaplain of the Americas since May 2022. Join Marie-Claire to celebrate this historic moment during an interactive…
How Radio Fights Misinformation, Upholds Human Rights and Challenges the Status Quo in Africa With Kevin Perkins On a continent where literacy rates average 66% for those over the age of 15, according to the World Bank, and where misinformation…
With David Walker, MD FRCPC Queens University Canada ranks comparatively low in healthcare effectiveness despite relatively high public and private spending. Access to primary care is problematic, emergency department utilization is high, and those departments are crowded providing care in…
With Jill Doctoroff, Executive Director of the National Abortion Federation (NAF) Canada This presentation will start with a brief historic context of abortion in Canada to better understand the contemporary landscape. There will be an overview of myths surrounding abortion care…