NEWS AND EVENTS
- Podcast for Inquiry celebrates four incredible years: Four incredible years of asking hard questions and exploring what matters.
- Surrey/Langley Skeptics in the Pub Group Meetup: Do you have questions about unusual claims? We invite you to join the Surrey/Langley Skeptics in the Pub Group. (Sunday, January 4th, 2026, 5:00 PM to 7:00 PM PST)
- Skeptics in the Pub: Ottawa: Meet friendly skeptics, atheists, humanists, and freethinkers for Skeptics in the Pub. (Tuesday, January 6th, 2026, 7:00 PM to 10:00 PM EST)
- Leslie Rosenblood discusses Bill 21 with a secularist supporter: Join CFIC’s Leslie Rosenblood and Michel Virard of Association Humaniste du Quebec as they discuss the most divisive secular issue in Canada – Quebec’s Bill 21. (Sunday, January 18th, 2026, 11:00 AM EST)
- CFIC Town Hall Meeting #9 – “Technological Innovation in the Performing Arts. Who are the Big Winners?”: It’s easier than ever now to produce music and film and put it out there for the audience. Are audiences seeing and hearing the results of all that creativity? Join the discussion via Zoom. (January 18th, 2026, at 8:00 pm EST.)
- Early Bird Registration is now open for the World Humanist Congress (August 7 – 9, 2026 in Ottawa): Join the biggest global movement to forge human-centered solutions and turn humanist ideals into powerful, real-world action.
- If You Missed These December Programs: The Renewable Energy Honeymoon: Starting is Easy, the Rest is Hard and Protecting Blasphemers VII, watch the CFIC’s YouTube channel for recordings.
- Volunteers Needed: Ready to help shape CFIC’s future? Your voice and ideas can lead the way.
- Podcast for Inquiry (PFI) – Recent Episodes
CRITICAL THINKING
- Keith’s Conundrums: Collective Opinions: What’s a collective opinion?
- Critical Thinking QuickLinks – January 2026: Folk remedies, consensus, AI vs Human.
SCIENCE
- Technology and Rural Healthcare in Canada: From small towns to teaching hospitals, technology is reshaping care delivery.
- Science Quicklinks – January 2026: Frog vs hornet, artificial selection, musical monkeys, vaccines.
SECULARISM AND HUMAN RIGHTS
- Secularism QuickLinks – January 2026: Religious conspiracies, death for blasphemy, missionary loses religion.
DATES OF INTEREST
- January 2026 Dates of Interest: January highlights awareness and learning, from Alzheimer’s Awareness Month to key global and Canadian observances celebrating logic, education, clean energy, and the legacy of Lincoln Alexander.
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