Public Meeting May 20th, 2008
Peter Orphanos, chair of the Peel Region chapter of the Sierra Club, will be speaking at our public meeting on May 20th, 2008 on the topic of the 'The true cost of fossil fuels' in relation to the...
View ArticleSept 16th Restaurant Meeting
The next meeting of the Halton Peel Humanist Community will be held at Montfort Restaurant on Iroquois Road, just south of the Oakville Town Centre in Oakville on Tuesday, Sep. 16th at 7:00pm.The topic...
View ArticleHow Humanists celebrate seasonal and life events
This months meeting will focus on how the non-religious celebrate life events and special occasions. With Thanksgiving having just taken place and Halloween around the corner heralding the arrival of...
View ArticleHPHC November meeting
Our November meeting was held in the boardroom of the Creditview Animal & Bird Hospital in Mississauga and was attended by several members.The topic of discussion centred around our mortality as...
View ArticleDarwin Day, 2009
We are excited to inform you that we will be hosting the 2009 Darwin Day event in the Noel Ryan auditorium of the Mississauga Central Library on February 10th at 7:00pm.Our speaker is Dr. Jason Wiles,...
View ArticleHappy Birthday, Mr. Darwin
Our Darwin day event went off marvelous if I may say so myself, thanks to the assistance rendered by the staff (Kathryn Franklin) of the Mississauga Library and the Mississauga Freethought Association...
View ArticleDARWIN DAY CELEBRATION report by David McCamus
“Evolution in Canadian Education”Location: Noel Ryan Auditorium, Mississauga Central Library - 7 p.m. Date: February 10, 2009, 301 Burnhamthorpe Road West, Mississauga Present: Edgar Coxeter, Marc...
View ArticleSeptember Meeting
It's been a while since I added a post to this blog.We met at Symposium Cafe in the Meadowvale Town Centre on the 15th to resume our monthly HPHC meetings generally held on the third Tuesday of the...
View ArticleOctober Meeting - Advance Directives
The October meeting was held on Friday, the 23rd instead of our usual 'third Tuesday of the month' due to non-availability of the Acorn Grill at the Oakville Town Hall for that day.It was well attended...
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Humanlight celebration and Tree of Knowledge dedication
December was an exciting month as we had our HumanLight celebration on the winter solstice, December 21st, 2009, at my place in Mississauga.However, preceding this social event to close off our annual...
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Darwin Day Event
When: Monday, February 22, 2010 @ 6:30 pmWhere: UTM, South Building, Room 2080 Who: Dr. Jason Head (Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, UofT)Jason Head is a vertebrate palaeontologist and biologist who...
View Article2010 Annual HPHC General Meeting
The meeting was held on Tuesday, May 18th at Cheri's beautiful place in Caledon. It was well attended by stalwart members as well as newbies. The discussion centred around what Humanism meant to each...
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Goodreads
The Faith Instinct: How Religion Evolved and Why It Endures by Nicholas WadeInteresting history of dance and singing in the evolution of religion.View all my reviews >>
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End of Faith by Sam Harris
The End of Faith: Religion, Terror, and the Future of Reason by Sam HarrisMy rating: 4 of 5 starsMainly focusing on the monotheistic faiths, Sam makes a compelling case for letting go of irrational...
View ArticleRushPRNews: Sex and Secularism Aug 3-5th, 2012, Montreal: Humanist Conference...
RushPRNews: Sex and Secularism Aug 3-5th, 2012, Montreal: Humanist Conference Celebrates Enlightened Attitudes
View ArticleWhy People are Eating their Own Trash « India's Endangered
Why People are Eating their Own Trash « India's Endangered: 'via Blog this'
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Support the new orphanage in Kasese
CLICK HERE TO GO TO THE GOFUNDME PAGEBiZoHa Orphanage - Rwenzori, UgandaOAKLAND, CACOMMUNITY$1,030 of $4,605Raised by 16 people in 7 hoursDonate NowSHARE ON FACEBOOK2TOTALSHARES20Created February 24,...
View ArticleSoul Searching: From Roman Catholic to Secular Humanist
(Published by The Humane Society of the United States)By Kevin Saldanha, DVM, BVSc&AH, MVSc Mississauga, OntarioI have been a companion animal veterinarian for more than 20 years and a practicing...
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