Raymond J. de Souza, “a Roman Catholic priest and well-known newspaper columnist,” is honoured to have been appointed the inaugural chair of the [External Advisory Committee (EAC)] on religious freedom, which brings together Canadians who know that the religious liberties we have traditionally enjoyed in Canada are increasingly under attack around the world. That Canada’s… Read more »
Atheists tend to be a gloriously disputatious bunch, which is not surprising for a group united only by rejection of the blandishments and superficial consolations of religion. Atheists, it sometimes appears, are people who can argue about anything – and as if to prove the point, we Canadian Atheist readers and writers had a good… Read more »
I don’t know how I missed the April story about a private school in Alberta, Webber Academy, ordered to pay $26,000 in damages to two students who they prevented from praying in their school. According to the parents of the two students, upon enrollment, they explicitly asked if it would be okay for their children… Read more »
I apologize for not feeling up to writing anything much for months since the unexpected death of my mother, April 21. Apart from the grieving process, I discovered the death industry is still very much biased against atheists/humanists. Starting with the Ottawa Hospital, yes the same one that put up a Christian nativity scene and… Read more »
Doug Cowan, professor of Religious Studies at Renison University College at the University of Waterloo, was a guest speaker at the 2014 Non-Conference in Toronto: His presentation on “Why Atheism Matters” described as “a riveting talk about why we should care about non-belief’ is now available on video:
Yesterday, Humanist Canada released its response to Canada’s Truth and Reconciliation Commission Report: A Humanist Response to the Report of Canada’s Truth and Reconciliation Commission Humanist Canada welcomes the release of the final report of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada. We agree that Canada’s Indian Residential Schools represented a shameful chapter in the… Read more »