NEWS AND EVENTS
Update on “Omer” – Moving Forward Just a Bit Some good news – SJTD issued – now waiting on exit visa
CFIC Town Hall Meeting #7 – Are the new ways we communicate and share information, changing us, our society, our Human civilization? November 11, 2025, at 8 pm Eastern Standard Time. Join the discussion via Zoom
Cyber-Security Awareness Featuring Amy JS. Vethanayagam November 9, 2025 at 3 pm Eastern Time
CFIC Virtual Book Club – November 3, 2025 at 7 pm Eastern Time – Reading Who Owns the Moon by A.C. Grayling
Skeptics in the Pub: Ottawa Tuesday November 4, 2025, 7 pm Easter Time
SOFREE’s Humanism in Action Conference November 22, 2025 in Kitchener
Hold the Date: December 10, 2025 Protecting Blasphemers
Chasing the Wind – If you missed this, watch for it on CFIC’s YouTube Channel
Podcast for Inquiry – What’s new on PFI?
- Once Upon a Prime with Sarah Hart
- Justin Ling on the right wing media ecosystem
- The Examined Run with Sabrina Little
CRITICAL THINKING
Want to Support CFIC but Hate PayPal? Alternatives to PayPal for people who like our cause but want to give in their own way.
Google Search? Scroll Before You Click Why you need to take care when searching online.
Critical Thinking Quicklinks – November 2025 Vaccine campaigns, AI overlooks retractions, gender bias in science reporting, poetry vs philosophy, and Peterson as messiah.
SCIENCE
Two Critical Factors Renewable Energy Analysts Don’t Account For: Global Energy Poverty and Power Engineering Renewable energy analysts ignore global energy poverty and power engineering.
Science Quicklinks – November 2025 Farewell to Jane Goodall, measles, meat vs. climate, earth and space.
SECULARISM AND HUMAN RIGHTS
Towards A New Remembrance Day The true history of Remembrance Day, the 2018 pitch to change it, and today’s pitch to make it more inclusive.
Review of Cardus webinar on Christianity and pluralism Can Christians Fully Participate in 21st Century Pluralism? Find out what this religious think-tank thinks.
Secularism Quicklinks November 2025 Defending abortion in BC, Islam marginalizes women, threats of theocracy in the US.
November Dates of Interest Sagan Day, science for peace, standing against violence and bullying.
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