Centre for Inquiry Canada (CFIC)
Your humanist community for scientific, skeptical, secular, and rational inquiry.
A talented atheist musician and his family, who are being persecuted for their “western ways” including non-religious beliefs, need your help. This musician intends to open a music institute in Canada. His visa application was submitted through a new Government of Canada pilot program designed to support talented refugees to access skilled visas. The musician’s case…
Sandra Dunham Memes abound about our race to kick 2020 to the curb. What a year it was! Nothing filled our minds more than the pandemic. But was it really that bad? According to National Geographic, we have a tendency to view every year as worse than the last. While there is no doubt it…
A good friend of mine is a cellist. We talk from time to time about the nature of her instrument, and as I don’t know much about music and she doesn’t know much physics we have a hard time understanding each other in these conversations. In order to understand the cello, I started by the…
How much does the Government of Canada subsidize religion? Over the next year, CFIC will be reviewing Canada Revenue Agency data to bring you the answer to this important question. In 2017, subsidizing religious charities through charitable tax rebates cost Canadians in excess of $2 billion. It was more than the entire national student grant…
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Stop Faith Based Bigotry: Canada’s Only Charity for Science and Secularism Defends Ottawa Pride Week Events Ottawa – When Mark J. Maharaj, member of Centre for Inquiry Canada (CFIC), heard that protesters were threatening Ottawa’s Family Pride Picnic, he turned to CFIC’s Ottawa members to help make the event a safe one. The CFIC is…