The CFIC AGM was held on Sunday, March 29th, 2026. You can find our financial statements, annual report and other meeting materials here.
NEWS AND EVENTS
- Update on Omer: Omer continues to wait. See September 2025 Critical Links for details.
- OHS Annual Conference: OHS #FillYourLife conference. April 25 and 26, 2026, in Aurora, ON.
- ONLINE Living Without Religion – Hosted by CFIC Virtual Branch: Join Living Without Religion for an open, supportive conversation where you can speak freely, feel understood, and connect with others in a respectful, judgment-free space. (April 5th, 2026, 12:00 PM to 1:30 PM ET)
- Surrey/Langley Skeptics in the Pub Group Meetup: Do you have questions about unusual claims? We invite you to join the Surrey/Langley Skeptics in the Pub Group. (April 5th, 2026, 5:00 PM to 7:00 PM PDT)
- Book Club (non-fiction): Welcome, all inquiring minds. The goal of this group is to explore topics, ideas, and concepts with a critical eye and the willingness to ask the questions. (April 6th, 2026, 7:00 PM to 9:00 PM ET)
- Skeptics in the Pub: Ottawa: Meet friendly skeptics, atheists, humanists, and freethinkers for Skeptics in the Pub. (April 7th, 2026, 7:00 PM to 10:00 PM EST)
- Electricity Grids: The foundation of modern societies with Jason Doering: How do electricity grids work? What does it take to keep them reliable, affordable, and running? (April 12th, 2026, 8:00 PM ET)
- CFIC Town Hall Meeting #12 – “Aging Well”: What does “aging well” mean in 2026? (April 19th, 2026, 8:00 PM ET)
- A Discussion About Food Security, Food Waste and New Solutions in Manitoba with Ted Dzogan: How a Manitoba community rescues surplus food to reduce waste and improve food access. (May 3rd, 2026, at 8:00 PM ET)
- A Discussion with Bruce Friedrich about His New Book: “Meat: How the Next Agricultural Revolution Will Transform Humanity’s Favorite Food―and Our Future”: Rethinking how the world produces and consumes protein. (June 7th, 2026, at 8:00PM ET)
- World Humanist Congress – Registration Continues (August 7 – 9, 2026 in Ottawa): Join the biggest global movement to forge human-centered solutions and turn humanist ideals into powerful, real-world action.
- Volunteers Needed: Ready to help shape CFIC’s future? Your voice and ideas can lead the way.
- Podcast for Inquiry (PFI) – Recent Episodes
CRITICAL THINKING
- Keith’s Conundrums: Beginning of a conversation: the pessimistic meta-induction.
- Critical Thinking QuickLinks – April 2026: Optical illusions, AI, Shroud of Turin.
SCIENCE
- Critical Links Retrospective: Homeopathy Course at Ontario College: Ontario college cancels course in homeopathy.
- Canada’s Measles Resurgence and the Public Health Risks of Online Medical Misinformation: Canada has lost our measles elimination status.
- New Brunswick Mystery Brain Illness Investigation Finds No Evidence of a New Disease: No evidence of a new brain disease in New Brunswick.
- Science Quicklinks – April 2026: COVID vax safety, hot things do freeze faster, falling space junk.
SECULARISM AND HUMAN RIGHTS
- A Letter to My American CFI Cousin: Dear Americans: What are you doing to stop your country from turning into a dictatorship?”
- Quebec’s Bill 21 Fails the Secularism Test: Why Québec’s Bill 21 violates secular principles.
- Bill 21 and the Constitutional Boundaries of State Laicity in Québec: Explaining Québec’s Bill 21.
- Not for Violence. Not for Hate. For Words.: CFIC’s Human Rights Chair challenges Turkey’s blasphemy laws at the UN Human Rights Council.
- Outing Canada’s Ghost Religious Population: If you don’t go, mark NO.
- Secularism QuickLinks – April 2026: Religion vs free speech, same sex marriage, exaggerated revivals.
DATES OF INTEREST
- April 2026 Dates of Interest: April highlights critical thinking, health, science, environment, and immunization awareness initiatives.
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