Category: Blasphemy Laws

Protecting Afghan Apostates

Less Complex Claims Petition Back on the Table

Less Complex Claims Petition Moves To Next Step

Addressing Discrimination Against Atheist Refugee Claimants – E-Petition 3114

Atheist Refugees Need Your Help

Events in September 2022

6:30 pm: ONLINE Secular Community Network - Hosted by SCN Ottawa West

9:00 am: Video Series: Ancient Philosophy: Aristotle and His Successors

6:30 pm: ONLINE Secular Community Network - Hosted by SCN Ottawa West

9:00 am: Video Series: Ancient Philosophy: Aristotle and His Successors

6:30 pm: ONLINE Secular Community Network - Hosted by SCN Ottawa West

7:00 pm: Living Without Religion VIRTUAL EDITION (monthly)

9:00 am: Video Series: Ancient Philosophy: Aristotle and His Successors

6:30 pm: ONLINE Secular Community Network - Hosted by SCN Ottawa West

9:00 am: Video Series: Ancient Philosophy: Aristotle and His Successors

6:30 pm: ONLINE Secular Community Network - Hosted by SCN Ottawa West

9:00 am: Video Series: Ancient Philosophy: Aristotle and His Successors

February 27, 2022September 16, 2022 Critical Links

Secular Connexion Séculière has issued a video call-to-action, and hosting a live panel discussion

Blasphemy Laws, critical links, Human Rights, International Human Rights, Secularism

November 28, 2021December 1, 2021 Critical Links

Humanist groups resubmit refugee policy for atheist refugee status.

Blasphemy Laws, Human Rights, International Human Rights, Secularism

June 27, 2021June 29, 2021 Critical Links 3 Comments

Parliamentary petition to include atheist refugee claimants in the Less Complex Claims policy.

Blasphemy Laws, Human Rights, International Human Rights, Secularism

April 19, 2021July 28, 2021 Critical Links

Parliamentary petition to include atheist refugee claimants in the Less Complex Claims policy.

Blasphemy Laws, Human Rights, International Human Rights, Secularism

January 29, 2021February 25, 2021 Critical Links

Please consider signing a petition asking the Canadian House of Commons to support atheists being persecuted abroad.

Announcement, assistance for apostates, Blasphemy Laws, Blasphemy Laws, Human Rights, International Human Rights, Secularism

3 9:00 am: Video Series: Ancient Philosophy: Aristotle and His Successors 9:00 am – 11:00 am September 3, 2022 This Coursera online course traces the origins of philosophy in the Western tradition in the thinkers of Ancient Greece. We begin with the Presocratic natural philosophers who were active in Ionia in the 6th century BCE and are also credited with being the first scientists. hales, Anaximander, and Anaximines made bold proposals about the ultimate constituents of reality, while Heraclitus insisted that there is an underlying order to the changing world. Parmenides of Elea formulated a powerful objection to all these proposals, while later Greek theorists (such as Anaxagoras and the atomist Democritus) attempted to answer that objection. In fifth-century Athens, Socrates insisted on the importance of the fundamental ethical question, “How shall I live?” and his pupil, Plato, and Plato’s pupil, Aristotle, developed elaborate philosophical systems to explain the nature of reality, knowledge, and human happiness. This course can be found at: https://www.coursera.org/learn/aristotle https://www.meetup.com/centre-for-inquiry-canada-virtual-branch/ More information Read more

7 6:30 pm: ONLINE Secular Community Network - Hosted by SCN Ottawa West 6:30 pm – 8:30 pm September 7, 2022 Every Wednesday evening, the Secular Community Network of CFIC Ottawa will host lightly moderated informal discussions on topics of interest to freethinkers, humanists, and to others who are secular. Virtual More information Read more

10 9:00 am: Video Series: Ancient Philosophy: Aristotle and His Successors 9:00 am – 11:00 am September 10, 2022 This Coursera online course traces the origins of philosophy in the Western tradition in the thinkers of Ancient Greece. We begin with the Presocratic natural philosophers who were active in Ionia in the 6th century BCE and are also credited with being the first scientists. hales, Anaximander, and Anaximines made bold proposals about the ultimate constituents of reality, while Heraclitus insisted that there is an underlying order to the changing world. Parmenides of Elea formulated a powerful objection to all these proposals, while later Greek theorists (such as Anaxagoras and the atomist Democritus) attempted to answer that objection. In fifth-century Athens, Socrates insisted on the importance of the fundamental ethical question, “How shall I live?” and his pupil, Plato, and Plato’s pupil, Aristotle, developed elaborate philosophical systems to explain the nature of reality, knowledge, and human happiness. This course can be found at: https://www.coursera.org/learn/aristotle https://www.meetup.com/centre-for-inquiry-canada-virtual-branch/ More information Read more

14 6:30 pm: ONLINE Secular Community Network - Hosted by SCN Ottawa West 6:30 pm – 8:30 pm September 14, 2022 Every Wednesday evening, the Secular Community Network of CFIC Ottawa will host lightly moderated informal discussions on topics of interest to freethinkers, humanists, and to others who are secular. Virtual More information Read more

15 7:00 pm: Living Without Religion VIRTUAL EDITION (monthly) 7:00 pm – 9:00 pm September 15, 2022 Have you given up your faith? Maybe you never had faith. Has your newfound or longstanding lack of faith been the source of difficulties? Has your lack of faith created conflicts with family? Friends? Neighbors? Coworkers? Why not take part in a discussion group where you can get things off your chest? No higher powers, no dogma. Just free expression, empathy, understanding, without judgment. We’re here for you. We are Living Without Religion, and you can too. This monthly recurring CFI Canada Virtual branch Meetup is hosted by Edan Tasca More information Read more

17 9:00 am: Video Series: Ancient Philosophy: Aristotle and His Successors 9:00 am – 11:00 am September 17, 2022 This Coursera online course traces the origins of philosophy in the Western tradition in the thinkers of Ancient Greece. We begin with the Presocratic natural philosophers who were active in Ionia in the 6th century BCE and are also credited with being the first scientists. hales, Anaximander, and Anaximines made bold proposals about the ultimate constituents of reality, while Heraclitus insisted that there is an underlying order to the changing world. Parmenides of Elea formulated a powerful objection to all these proposals, while later Greek theorists (such as Anaxagoras and the atomist Democritus) attempted to answer that objection. In fifth-century Athens, Socrates insisted on the importance of the fundamental ethical question, “How shall I live?” and his pupil, Plato, and Plato’s pupil, Aristotle, developed elaborate philosophical systems to explain the nature of reality, knowledge, and human happiness. This course can be found at: https://www.coursera.org/learn/aristotle https://www.meetup.com/centre-for-inquiry-canada-virtual-branch/ More information Read more

21 6:30 pm: ONLINE Secular Community Network - Hosted by SCN Ottawa West 6:30 pm – 8:30 pm September 21, 2022 Every Wednesday evening, the Secular Community Network of CFIC Ottawa will host lightly moderated informal discussions on topics of interest to freethinkers, humanists, and to others who are secular. Virtual More information Read more

24 9:00 am: Video Series: Ancient Philosophy: Aristotle and His Successors 9:00 am – 11:00 am September 24, 2022 This Coursera online course traces the origins of philosophy in the Western tradition in the thinkers of Ancient Greece. We begin with the Presocratic natural philosophers who were active in Ionia in the 6th century BCE and are also credited with being the first scientists. hales, Anaximander, and Anaximines made bold proposals about the ultimate constituents of reality, while Heraclitus insisted that there is an underlying order to the changing world. Parmenides of Elea formulated a powerful objection to all these proposals, while later Greek theorists (such as Anaxagoras and the atomist Democritus) attempted to answer that objection. In fifth-century Athens, Socrates insisted on the importance of the fundamental ethical question, “How shall I live?” and his pupil, Plato, and Plato’s pupil, Aristotle, developed elaborate philosophical systems to explain the nature of reality, knowledge, and human happiness. This course can be found at: https://www.coursera.org/learn/aristotle https://www.meetup.com/centre-for-inquiry-canada-virtual-branch/ More information Read more

28 6:30 pm: ONLINE Secular Community Network - Hosted by SCN Ottawa West 6:30 pm – 8:30 pm September 28, 2022 Every Wednesday evening, the Secular Community Network of CFIC Ottawa will host lightly moderated informal discussions on topics of interest to freethinkers, humanists, and to others who are secular. Virtual More information Read more