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Humanist Canada is very proud to welcome Dr. Rita Deverell
Many of our members are writers, podcasters, facilitators, performers, and officiants and to further inspire these creative intentions we have invited Dr. Rita Deverell to speak with us.
Dr. Deverell has worked in the Canadian arts and cultural industries and academe: as a theatre artist, television broadcaster/senior executive, independent producer, journalism educator, and author. She cites four awards that remind me of my responsibilities to the community and in the world: Gemini Canada, honours excellence in mainstream television programming that reflects the racial and cultural diversity of Canada; Member, Order of Canada, for work at Vision TV and APTN (Aboriginal Peoples TV Network); Black Women’s Civic Engagement Leadership Award; Governor General‘s Performing Arts Award, Lifetime Achievement, Broadcasting. She reminds us that ‘artists do not retire, and currently I am working on four theatre and media projects.’ Queen Bee: NFB film about Dr. Deverell
“Authentic Speaking, Writing, and Inter-Cultural Communications: A Discussion with Rita Shelton Deverell”
Putting A Number On How Much Religion Costs in Canada
We are very excited to partner with our affiliates at BCHA and CFI to bring you this important and lively discussion. We hope you can join us - Please register to attend.
Join us on Tuesday, March 19 at 7 PM ET (4 PM PT) for an online roundtable discussion about the cost of religion in Canada - quantified by original research conducted by the Centre for Inquiry Canada.
Bettianne Hedges of Humanist Canada will be hosting Leslie Rosenblood from CFIC alongside Teale Phelps Bondaroff and Ian Bushfield of the BC Humanist Association, who will discuss the many ways Canada still tangibly privileges religion and its institutions over similar non-theistic organizations. Just a few policy choices cost Canadians billions - yes, with a "b" - each and every year. You can learn more by reading CFIC's Cost of Religion in Canada reports or watching the recent Podcast for Inquiry conversation with CFIC's Executive Director, Sandra Dunham: Why does Canada give $5.6 Billion annually to religious charities?
Dr. Jackie Nemni, a graduate of McGill and McMaster University, practiced respirology and sleep medicine for thirty years, including many years in the ICU. Most recently, and before retirement, she worked at a COVID assessment centre and vaccination clinic. In retirement, she paints and travels and is also an active member of Humanist Canada. She is now training to become a MAID assessor and provider.
Dr. Nemni will speak about her experiences with conspiracy theories and how fear-mongering impacts the delivery of vaccines and health services in Ontario.
RECORDED: HIV In 2024. What is the State of the Epidemic Today?
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Live Discussions
Sunday, May 26th, 3:00 PM, Alex Howard, "Divorce: Humanist Style".
Please note that our program offerings are recorded and will be available on our website.
Volunteer Opportunities
We are growing! We like to ensure that our new members receive a telephone call. And we need more volunteers to carry this out. Please reach out to Bettianne Hedges if you can do a few calls a week. An opportunity to talk to fellow Humanists across the country? We promise you will enjoy this role!
We are committed to bringing engaging and productive volunteer opportunities to our members. Please see your member portal for role descriptions and the application process. If there is something you would like to do but don't see it on the list please reach out to the Executive Director.
Committee Highlight - Humanities Program Committee
Our committee organizes live discussions, webinars, and provides regular content to our members and the general public on a variety of platforms.
Committee members should begin skills in anyone of the following: skills in managing Zoom events, podcasts or editing video, research, or content development. You could also be able to interview guest speakers and host our discussions. Apply Now
Local Member Gatherings
Kitchener - May 4th
ORGANIZED BY MEMBER ANGIE HALLMAN
Humanists building and maintaining relationships with the Indigenous community is essential to creating noticeable impacts in our shared community. Humanist Canada members have been invited to Crow Shield Lodgeon May 4th from 10 am to 1 pm. This in-person event has been organized by member Angie Hallman. program at Crow Shield Lodge is Indigenous-led. It will start with an elder, at a sacred fire, sharing their personal story and how we as Humanists can walk alongside them to demonstrate allyship. There will be an opportunity for each person to speak. At the end of the morning, we can all expect that we will have heard intimate stories about residential school survivors, sixty scoop survivors, and millennial scoop survivors or their dependents. We will have heard common themes about the way of life for local Indigenous people and how we can walk with them on the path forward to reconciliation.
To be held at 10 Huron Rd, Kitchener, Ontario (Ken Seiling Museum - gate 3). $125 per person - a light lunch will be provided. There is a twenty-guest maximum. RSVP to Angie by March 20th. She will direct you to payment.
Please also note that the Zoom link to each community platform can now be found in your member portal - centre screen.
MEMBERS CONNECT
Are you looking for a good conversation? All of our members are welcome to join us at our weekly Members Connect Zoom discussion group - open format. We meet every Wednesday at 6:00 PM EST.
BOOK CLUB
The members of our popular book club have made their book choices for the next several months, please see below. Anyone is welcome to join. Read the book and join via your portal at 7:00 PM EST on any of the dates below.
April 2nd, The Clockwork Universe by Edward Dolnick
May 7th, The Love of Singular Men by Victor Heringer
June 4th, Bush Runner, The Adventures of Pierre-Esprit Radisson by Mark Bourrie
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WINDSOR For event details and more information please contact. A food bank/collection is being planned for March. WindsorChapter@HumanistCanada.ca
Published online: 2 July 2015 Springer Science+Business Media New York 2015 Abstract: The relationship between atheism and health is poorly understood within the Religion/Spirituality–health literature. While the extant literature promotes the idea that Attendance, Prayer, and Religiosity are connected to positive health outcomes, these relationships have not been established when controlling for whether a person is an atheist. Data from the 2008–2012 American General Social Survey (n = 3210) were used to investigate this relationship. Results indicated that atheists experienced Religiosity more negatively than non-atheists. Additionally, results demonstrated that non-belief in God was not related to better or worse perceived global health, suggesting that belief in God is not inherently linked to better-reported health.
Please note that Dr. Speed was recently interviewed on this topic and the recording can be found here: View Here
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