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NEWS & EVENTS

Green Burials — June 5

Join us for a talk on green burials. If you live in Ontario, find out more about this important issue before the election.

"Speak of the Devil" — June 8

CFIC's Virtual branch presents a talk by Lucien Greaves, founder of The Satanic Temple.

World Humanist Day — June 21

Don’t forget to plan and register your World Humanist Day activity so we can show the world that religions do not hold a monopoly on good deeds.

Virtual Branch Community Building — June 27

If you have ideas about programming, if you’d like to help to grow the virtual branch or if you’d just like to come out and meet others with similar interests, please join us for our first virtual branch community meeting.

BAHACON 2022: Atheism, Humanism, Agnosticism, Skepticism, & Freethought

Bluewater Atheists, Humanists, Agnostics would like to invite you to their inaugural conference, August 26 to 28. Get tickets here.

Update from Omer

A final push for Omer in the home stretch.

March for Life Counter Protest

Pro-choice supporters gather in Ottawa to defend abortion rights.

Volunteer Opportunities

CFIC is looking for editors to work on our monthly Podcast for Inquiry.

Podcast for Inquiry

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Missed an Event? Check Online!

CFIC has been adding recordings of our events to our national YouTube channel.

Check out our most recent additions.

Group-of-Five Refugee Sponsorship Seminar (January 22, 2022)
Religion and the Actor (William B. Davis, November 14, 2021)
How to Talk to a Science Denier (Lee McIntyre, December 11, 2021)

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SCIENCE

Homeopathy: A Potent Problem

Zack Dumont

Examining the role of a popular, unproven product of alternative medicine. Read more.

Humanist Perspectives Publishes Egregious Editorial

Leslie Rosenblood

A critique of a Humanist Perspectives editorial about COVID vaccines. Read more.

SECULARISM & HUMAN RIGHTS

Our G*ddamn Wedding

If atheists and humanists wish to push back against religious fundamentalism, perhaps the best tool for doing it is pop culture. Read more.

Canada’s Census — Our Faulty Religion Measure

Sandra Dunham & Leslie Rosenblood

Investigating a heavily flawed Canada census question about religious affiliation, and offering a solution. Read more.

Taxpayer Funding of Catholic Schools Must End

Sandra Dunham

Illustrating the effort to end public funding of Catholic schools. Read more.

CRITICAL THINKING

The Internet and Free Speech

Russell Pangborn

Weighing the value of laissez-faire free speech online. Read more.

Podcast for Inquiry

Sandra Dunham

Have you listened to the Podcast for Inquiry yet? If not, you are missing something great. Read more.

Keith’s Conundrums: Leibnizian Principles

Keith Douglas

Answers from last month’s puzzle. Also, examining some Leibnizian principles. Read more.

JUNE DATES OF INTEREST

June 3 is World Bicycle Day.
June 4 marks the 239th anniversary of the first launch of a hot air balloon.[LINK
June 14 is World Blood Donor Day, and June 13–19 is National Blood Donor Week.
June 14 also marks the 286th anniversary of the birth of Charles-Augustin de Coulomb.
June 21 is National Indigenous Peoples Day.
June 21 is also World Humanist Day.
June 24 will see the alignment of Mercury, Venus, Mars, Jupiter, and Saturn.

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