Name: Okanagan – Secular Social
Start: 2014-07-14T19:00:00-04:00
End: 2014-07-14T22:00:00-04:00
Location: Freddy’s Brewpub

May 2014
Okanagan – Kids for Inquiry: Ornithologist

May 25, 2014 @ 9:00 am - 12:00 pm

Rotary Centre for the Arts 421 Cawston Ave, Kelowna, BC, Canada

I know it’s 9am on a Sunday morning! But the birds will be busy at that time of day, so it’s a good time to go watch them. We will meet at the entrance to the Rotary Marsh Bird Sanctuary on Sunset Drive, downtown Kelowna. We will be joined by experts from the Central...
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Free
TORONTO: Science and Philosophy Book Club – Consciousness Explained, by Daniel Dennett

May 26, 2014 @ 7:00 pm - 9:00 pm

Scallywag's 11 St Clair Ave, Toronto, ontario, Canada

Join guest host, Heider Alward for a discussion on Daniel Dennett’s Consciousness Explained. Consciousness Explained is a book from 1991 by the American philosopher Daniel Dennett which offers an account of how consciousness arises from interaction of physical and cognitive processes in the brain. This book can be read with genuine pleasure by a non-philosopher;...
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June 2014
Okanagan – Kids for Inquiry: Chemist

June 14, 2014 @ 1:30 pm - 3:30 pm

Kelowna Art Gallery 1315 Water Street, Kelowna, British Columbia, Canada

Chemistry is the driving force inside batteries and they can be made out of a variety of different ingredients. At this KFI gathering, the kids will be making batteries out of pennies! We will have plenty of pennies, but if you have any pennies lying around, please do bring them along and put them to...
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Okanagan – Kids for Inquiry: Chiller

June 28, 2014 @ 2:00 pm - 3:00 pm

917 Purcell Drive, Kelowna 917 Purcell Drive, Kelowna, British Columbia, Canada

Dr Janice Snyder, professor of psychology at UBC-Okanagan, will give a presentation on the science of attention and focus. (If you haven’t already done so, don’t tell your kids about the gorilla in the basketball game!) She will then lead the kids in a guided meditation, practising the art of attention, as well as relaxation....
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July 2014
Okanagan – Secular Social

July 14, 2014 @ 7:00 pm - 10:00 pm

Freddy's Brewpub McCurdy Corner, Kelowna, Canada

It’s been a long time! Come to the pub and hang out with other skeptics and freethinkers. If you don’t recognize anyone, look for the table with the CFI sign.

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