Skip to content
Centre for Inquiry Canada (CFIC)

Centre for Inquiry Canada (CFIC)

Your humanist community for scientific, skeptical, secular, and rational inquiry.

  • About
    • What Is CFIC?
      • Mission, Vision, & Values
      • Centre for Inquiry Globally
      • Why We Need CFIC
      • History
    • Areas of Focus
      • Secularism
      • Scientific Skepticism
      • Critical Thinking
      • Building Community
    • Our Structure
      • Governance of CFIC
      • CFIC Bylaws
      • Branches
    • Supporters of CFIC
    • Contact
    • Privacy Statement
  • Media
    • Critical Links Newsletter
    • Podcast for Inquiry (PFI)
    • Other Videos
    • Cost of Religion Report
    • Search Archives
  • Get Involved
    • Join Us
    • Calendar of Events
    • Find a Local Branch
      • Victoria
      • Regina
      • Saskatoon
      • Winnipeg
      • Ottawa
      • Toronto
      • Montreal
      • Halifax
      • Virtual Branch
    • Volunteer
    • Mailing List
  • Donate
    • Donate to CFIC
    • CanadaHelps
    • PayPal
    • Interac Transfer
  • Become a Member
  • Toggle search form

Category: Science

What the Heck is ‘Oumuamua?

Posted on June 13, 2019October 15, 2023 By Critical Links
What the Heck is ‘Oumuamua?

It seems impossible, given how long humans have been studying the skies, but last October 19, a Canadian astrophysicist at the University of Hawaii observed the first confirmed interstellar object to travel through our solar system. The object is called ‘Oumuamua (the apostrophe is not a typo).

ScienceChek

Kids for Inquiry held during Skepticamp 2019

Posted on April 26, 2019April 26, 2019 By Centre for Inquiry Canada Ottawa
Kids for Inquiry held during Skepticamp 2019

During Ottawa’s Skepticamp 2019, Seanna Watson and Hilary Brown both volunteered to run a KFI. Much fun was had by all building ‘squishy circuits’. Kudos to both! [Best_Wordpress_Gallery id=”3″ gal_title=”KFI April 13, 2019″]

Amateur Science, CFI Community, Education, Event, Kids for Inquiry, Science

Skepticamp 2019 photos

Posted on April 14, 2019 By Centre for Inquiry Canada Ottawa 1 Comment on Skepticamp 2019 photos
Skepticamp 2019 photos

Photos from April 13, 2019 Skepticamp held in Ottawa [Best_Wordpress_Gallery id=”2″ gal_title=”Ottawa Skepticamp April 13, 2019″]

Amateur Science, Announcement, critical thinking, Education, Event, Science, Secularism

Stop Funding Homeopathy: Letters to Global Affairs Canada

Posted on March 28, 2019March 29, 2019 By E Pictetus

Following are some letters sent by CFIC members and associates protesting the funding of homeopaths by Global Affairs Canada: No homeopathy for Honduras

critical thinking, Medicine, Science, ScienceChek

Unfriending the Future: Motivated Empathy in Science and Political Advocacy

Posted on February 26, 2017February 26, 2017 By info
Unfriending the Future: Motivated Empathy in Science and Political Advocacy

What should the science minded community know in order to respond effectively to the claims of alternative medicine?

Announcement, Education, Event, Science

Posts pagination

Previous 1 … 35 36 37 … 40 Next
Donate via PayPal
Donate via Interac
Donate via CanadaHelps

Categories

a4a Announcement assistance for apostates Blasphemy Laws Blasphemy Laws CFI Community CFIC Volunteers Climate Change Cost of Religion critical links critical thinking Critical Thinking Week Debate Education Educational Material environment Event Give to CFIC governance health humanism Human Rights Information International Human Rights Living without Religion Media Advisory Medicine philosophy podcast Policy Press Release pseudoscience Quick Links quicklinks Science ScienceChek Science Literacy Secular Check Secularism Secularism in Schools Secular Rescue skeptics slider Think Check volunteer

View Full Calendar

Contact

Center for Inquiry Canada (CFIC) Logo

PO Box 83045, Ottawa RPO Bank Walkley, Ontario, K1V 1A3
info@centreforinquiry.ca
613-663-8198

Centre for Inquiry Canada (CFIC) is a CRA-Registered Educational Charity. Charitable Registration Number: 83364 2614 RR0001

Read our Privacy Statement.

Explore

Our Mission
History of CFIC
Latest Announcements
Podcast for Inquiry (PFI)
Donate to CFIC
Become a Member

Follow Us

Subscribe Now

Copyright © 2026 Centre for Inquiry Canada (CFIC).

Powered by PressBook WordPress theme