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Last week I did the 2019 Canadian Atheist awards, which was a smashing success. But… it wasn’t perfect, and that’s entirely my fault. In particular, I may have overlooked a strong candidate for person of the year.
Category Archives: Canadian Atheist
We’re off to a good start in 2019!
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January’s readership numbers are in, and wow, did we ever do great.
2019 Canadian Atheist Awards – Results
Last year the inaugural Canadian Atheist awards was a spectacular success. Could this result be replicated? Yes. Yes, it could. And then some.
2019 Canadian Atheist Awards – Person of the year
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The final award in the 2019 Canadian Atheist Awards is “Person of the year”. This award goes to the person who had the greatest positive impact in Canadian secularism, humanism, atheism and freethought in 2018.
2019 Canadian Atheist Awards – Story of the year
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The next award in the 2018 Canadian Atheist Awards is “Story of the year”. This award is for the news or cultural story that captured the most interest or had the most impact among Canadian atheists in 2017.
2019 Canadian Atheist Awards – Art, entertainment, or culture story of the year
The first award in the 2019 Canadian Atheist Awards is “Art, entertainment, or culture story of the year”. This award goes to any work of art, entertainment, or culture – film, music, literature, theatre – that stood out to Canadian atheists in 2018.