Centre for Inquiry Canada (CFIC)
Your humanist community for scientific, skeptical, secular, and rational inquiry.
By Gus Lyn-Piluso “ All those interested in how humans overcome adversity must read this book. Yasmine is one of the bravest people of our time. She is a shining example to all of us.” — Ayaan Hirsi Ali First-generation Canadian children often complain about feeling trapped between two worlds. At home, they live in the world…
By Seanna Watson The first vaccine, a preventive treatment for smallpox, was developed in the late 1700s. Over the years, vaccines have revolutionized medicine, saving millions of lives . Yet in the past few years, we have seen an increase of people who are opposed to vaccines. The rate of philosophical exe mptions for children in alternative public…
By Seanna Watson Twenty years ago, we were on the cusp of a new millennium. (Yes, I know that there are pedants who assert that the actual start of this millennium was January 1st, 2001, since there was no year “zero.” But I think most people were on the side of the “odometerists.” What they…
By Sandra Dunham I have enjoyed the dramatic sound of this term since I first heard it studying undergraduate economics in the 1980s. Throughout the ensuing 30+ years, I have seen this tragedy play out many times and I am currently witnessing it firsthand with CFIC. The tragedy of the commons is a concept that was popularized…
By Sandra Dunham When I tell people that I am for secularism, friends often agree, but then ask, “Why does it matter?” Let’s be clear. I am happy for individuals to choose to belong to a religious group and I hope that they are comforted by their belief system and the people they meet in…