Name: CFI Calgary – Faith on the Plate 2.0 – Dr. Camille D. Ryan
Start: 2016-10-20T19:30:00-04:00
End: 2016-10-20T21:00:00-04:00
Location: Mount Royal University, Room EA 1024 (Faculty of Arts)

September 2016
Fifth Bi-Annual CFI Calgary Pastafarian Equinox Bash

September 22, 2016 @ 7:00 pm - 10:00 pm

The Dog and Duck Pub 5340 2nd St SW, Calgary, alberta, Canada

The Flying Spaghetti Monster first crawled into this universe on the Fall Equinox. Come celebrate this momentous event at The Dog and Duck Pub with a full Pasta Dinner, door prizes, draws and much more. This event is $30 with advance tickets and includes a choice of 3 Pasta Dinners (Rustic Spaghetti Bolognese, Tuscan Vegetable...
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CFIC T.O.: Science & Philosophy Book Club

September 26, 2016 @ 7:00 pm - 9:00 pm

The Duke of Kent, 2315 Yonge St.

Hosted by CFI Canada member Christine Gagnon, the goal is to provide a friendly, free-thinking environment in which to discuss books that inspire rewarding conversation on subjects related to science and philosophy. Suggested donation is $5. THIS MONTH’S BOOK SELECTION: Finding Zero: A Mathematician’s Odyssey to Uncover the Origins of Numbers by Amir D. Aczel The invention of numerals is perhaps...
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A Talk by Gary Bauslaugh – Assisted Death in Canada – What Went Wrong

September 29, 2016 @ 7:30 pm - 9:00 pm

Mount Royal University, Room EA 1004 (Faculty of Arts) 75 Mount Royal College, Calgary, Alberta, Canada

View this event on Meetup. Gary Bauslaugh is the author of three books related to assisted death in Canada; his most recent (The Right to Die, April 2016) tells the stories of the courageous Canadians, from the 1940s to the present, whose often heroic actions helped create a climate of acceptance of the idea that...
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$10
October 2016
CFIC T.O. Counter Apologetics Group

October 6, 2016 @ 7:00 pm - 9:00 pm

Counter-apologetics is a field of thought that criticizes religious apologetics. Luke Muehlhauser, the former executive director of the Machine Intelligence Research Institute, defines counter-apologetics as “a response to Christian apologetics…examining the claims and tactics of Christian apologists and then equipping [a thinker] with skeptical responses to them”. Join your host and CFI Canada member Lee...
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CFI Calgary – Faith on the Plate 2.0 – Dr. Camille D. Ryan

October 20, 2016 @ 7:30 pm - 9:00 pm

Mount Royal University, Room EA 1024 (Faculty of Arts)

The facts and fiction of food production in an information-rich world. A skeptic’s guide to the hype around the science of agriculture and food. What does “organic” mean? Are GM foods “dangerous”? What are the facts of agriculture and food production? Dr. Camille D. Ryan – Social Sciences Lead at Monsanto Company; Professional Affiliate at...
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October 2016