NEWS AND EVENTS
Were you fooled on April Fools’ Day? Don’t get fooled again! Follow us for CFIC’s first Critical Thinking Week(ish).
Ottawa Skeptics in the Pub: April 1. Tired of listening to people make unlikely claims or promote outlandish theories? Come out and meet friendly skeptics, atheists, humanists, and freethinkers at Skeptics in the Pub. Find out more.
Ontario Humanist Society #FillYourLife: April 26 to 27 (Aurora, ON). Check out the stellar speaker lineup at the upcoming OHS #FillYourLife Conference (co-sponsored by CFIC), including CFIC/PFI’s own Leslie Rosenblood. Register here.
WeCanReason: May 2 to 4 (Calgary, AB). CFIC is a co-sponsor of the Western Canadian Reason (WeCanReason) conference, presented by Rocky Mountain Atheists. Purchase tickets here.
BAHACon: Aug 8 to 10 (Earlybird Tickets Available) (Sarnia, ON). CFIC is a co-sponsor of BAHACon, presented by Bluewater Atheists, Humanists, Agnostics. Earlybird tickets are on sale until June 30.
CFIC’s annual report is now available. Find out what we did from Oct 1, 2023, to Sept 30, 2024.
Religious Neutrality Day 2025 (April 15, 2025). It is the tenth anniversary of the Supreme Court of Canada’s decision that prayers at municipal council meetings are an unconstitutional breach of the state’s duty of religious neutrality. Help champion “Religious Neutrality Day.”
Podcast for Inquiry Recent Episodes:
- Trials and Tribulations trying to Bring a Refugee To Canada
- Distinguishing jargon from gobbledygook – Dr. Jonathan Stea on evidence-based medicine over wellness industry misinformation
- Burkas, beatings and bicycles – The life of Yasmine Mohammed
SCIENCE
QuickLinks: COVID (still), anti-vaxxers (still), astrophysics, and particle physics
SECULARISM/HUMAN RIGHTS
Examining the 51st State Proposal: One never knows if Trump is telegraphing or bluffing.
Critical Thinking Revisited: The Politics of Secular Science: Exploring what we mean when we promote and discuss “Critical Thinking”.
QuickLinks: Secular wins in BC and MB, amid the threat of increasing theocratic encroachment around the world.
CRITICAL THINKING
Evidence of no god(s): A discussion of the evidence that they are all man-made.
The Gish Gallop: When you’re on the receiving end of a word salad.
Spirituality is an Emotion: Exploring what it means to be spiritual with or without being religious.
Keith’s Conundrums: What is the title of this post? Commentary from last month. This month: Thoughts about names and titles.
QuickLinks: Dealing with information overload, confirmation bias, critical thinking pedagogy.
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