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SUMMARY:2016 Calgary Pride Parade
DESCRIPTION:Visit our Meetup Event page for up-to-date information. \nJoin us for CFI Calgary’s 6th year of participation in the Calgary Pride Parade on Sunday\, September 4\, 2016. \nAt CFI Calgary we support Pride because we stand for secular values and freedom of inquiry\, and oppose religious based bigotry. This is a Humanist opportunity for people to join us in support of positive social change.  \n \n \nWe have CFI Calgary Pride T-shirts that will be available for $10. The T-shirt design is the same from previous years\, so you can wear your old one. \n \nThe Parade starts at Center Street and 8th Ave S (aka\, Stephen Ave)\, and proceeds West towards Shaw Millennium Park. This family friendly parade sees upwards of 60\,000 spectators as over 125 entries from community groups\, corporations\, politicians\, churches and public services roll through the heart of downtown\, and celebrates the tremendous diversity of Calgary’s community. \nThe parade starts at 12 noon and we will need to be in place at 11:30. More exact details as to where we will meet will be released closer to the event. \nPride Calgary is all about\, well\, Pride! So please\, have fun! Make some noise and promote equal attitudes and treatment of all citizens of Canada!
URL:https://centreforinquiry.ca/event/2016-calgary-pride-parade/
LOCATION:Parade Start\, Centre Street and 8th Avenue\, Calgary\, AB\, Canada
CATEGORIES:CFI Calgary
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SUMMARY:Fifth Bi-Annual CFI Calgary Pastafarian Equinox Bash
DESCRIPTION: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. \nThis event is $30 with advance tickets and includes a choice of 3 Pasta Dinners (Rustic Spaghetti Bolognese\, Tuscan Vegetable Ragout (with Gluten Free Pasta) or Mediterranean Chicken and Spinach) and one alcoholic beverage. \nEarly Bird Tickets are $25 and are available until Tuesday\, September 18. Tickets at the door are $40 so buy your tickets early and save $15 off of the door price! \nBuy your Tickets on our EventBrite page. \nThis event is a fundraiser for CFI Calgary. Centre for Inquiry Calgary is a 100% volunteer run\, non-profit group. Your CFI memberships and donations from events like this allow us to continue to offer reasonably priced social events\, speakers and debates\, outreach programs\, and to pursue important human rights and skeptical activities. \nCentre for Inquiry Canada is a volunteer-based\, Canadian registered educational charity with a mandate to promote the values of reason\, science and freedom of inquiry. CFI Canada is supported entirely by voluntary donations and works across the country on issues that matter most to people like you.
URL:https://centreforinquiry.ca/event/fifth-bi-annual-cfi-calgary-pastafarian-equinox-bash/
LOCATION:The Dog and Duck Pub\, 5340 2nd St SW\, Calgary\, alberta\, Canada
CATEGORIES:CFI Calgary
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SUMMARY:CFIC T.O.: Science & Philosophy Book Club
DESCRIPTION: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. \nSuggested donation is $5. \nTHIS MONTH’S BOOK SELECTION: \nFinding Zero: A Mathematician’s Odyssey to Uncover the Origins of Numbers by Amir D. Aczel \nThe invention of numerals is perhaps the greatest abstraction the human mind has ever created. Virtually everything in our lives is digital\, numerical\, or quantified. The story of how and where we got these numerals\, which we so depend on\, has for thousands of years been shrouded in mystery. Finding Zero is an adventure filled saga of Amir Aczel’s lifelong obsession: to find the original sources of our numerals. Aczel has doggedly crisscrossed the ancient world\, scouring dusty\, moldy texts\, cross examining so-called scholars who offered wildly differing sets of facts\, and ultimately penetrating deep into a Cambodian jungle to find a definitive proof. Here\, he takes the reader along for the ride. \nThe history begins with the early Babylonian cuneiform numbers\, followed by the later Greek and Roman letter numerals. Then Aczel asks the key question: where do the numbers we use today\, the so-called Hindu-Arabic numerals\, come from? It is this search that leads him to explore uncharted territory\, to go on a grand quest into India\, Thailand\, Laos\, Vietnam\, and ultimately into the wilds of Cambodia. There he is blown away to find the earliest zero—the keystone of our entire system of numbers—on a crumbling\, vine-covered wall of a seventh-century temple adorned with eaten-away erotic sculptures. While on this odyssey\, Aczel meets a host of fascinating characters: academics in search of truth\, jungle trekkers looking for adventure\, surprisingly honest politicians\, shameless smugglers\, and treacherous archaeological thieves—who finally reveal where our numbers come from. (goodreads.com) \n \n 
URL:https://centreforinquiry.ca/event/toronto-science-and-philosophy-book-club-2/
LOCATION:The Duke of Kent\, 2315 Yonge St.
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SUMMARY:A Talk by Gary Bauslaugh - Assisted Death in Canada - What Went Wrong
DESCRIPTION:View this event on Meetup. \nGary 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 assisted death should be legalized in Canada. \nThe Supreme Court of Canada’s historic ruling in February\, 2015\, declared the law prohibiting assisted death unconstitutional\, and provided guidelines for new legislation which would be in tune with our Charter of Rights and Freedoms. \nThen it was up to the politicians to pass actual legislation\, an exercise that many of whom have been advocates for progressive reform on assisted dying looked forward to with great hope and anticipation. \nThe results\, however\, were problematic. Bauslaugh spoke out against the proposed legislation and on May 6 was called to Ottawa to speak on the matter to the House of Commons Standing Committee on Justice and Human Rights. His views were reflected in the Senate’s initial rejection of the legislation. \nStill\, the flawed Bill was passed in June – a negation of the efforts of many Canadians\, over many years\, to protect the right of grievously ill and suffering Canadians to have a dignified and peaceful death. \nIn his talk Bauslaugh discusses how and why this happened and looks at where we go from here. \nGary Bauslaugh is a Victoria writer who has served as President of the Humanist Association of Canada and on the board of CFI Canada. He was Editor of Humanist Perspectives for five years. Recent books include The Right to Die – the courageous Canadians who gave us the right to a dignified death; Robert Latimer\, a story of justice and mercy; and The Secret Power of Juries. (All published by James Lorimer and Co.\, Toronto). \nTickets will be sold at the door. This event is free for CFI and MRU Secular Humanists members (with card) and $10 for the general public.
URL:https://centreforinquiry.ca/event/a-talk-by-gary-bauslaugh-assisted-death-in-canada-what-went-wrong/
LOCATION:Mount Royal University\, Room EA 1004 (Faculty of Arts)\, 75 Mount Royal College\, Calgary\, Alberta\, T3E 7N5\, Canada
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