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(The full statement may also be downloaded from Position Papers) STATEMENT RE ENBRIDGE NORTHERN GATEWAY PROJECT REVIEW “Humanism ventures to build a world on the idea of the free person responsible to society, and recognises our dependence on and responsibility for the natural world.” Amsterdam Declaration of the World Humanist Congress, International Humanist and Ethical Union [...] Report from the Humanist Association of Ottawa, September, 2011 At the HAO board meeting Sept. 4th, it was decided that a special meeting would be held on September 30 to pass an amendment to the bylaws. Clause 11 will be amended to reduce the number of directors from 10 to 5, and the quorum to [...] Central Ontario Humanist Association. Here is the newsletter for COHA. We are posting this online in this link, as COHA does not have an RSS feed (like the other organizations listed at the sidebar). But please enjoy reading their summer newsletter online. It’s going to be a great June with your local Humanists, before all [...] We want to let you know that we have changed our website host, and you may notice a few little hiccups until the web committee get everything sorted out. But we are pleased to announce that in line with our humanist & ethical principles, we have moved to a Canadian hosting company that runs on [...] March 04, 2011 Subject: Reduce Subsidies to Tar Sand Developments Open Letter to Prime Minister Harper and Minister Flaherty An appeal to end special tax breaks to oil, coal and gas companies As organizations concerned about the worsening impacts of climate change at home and around the world, as well as the need to [...] OHS 2011 new board appointments The OHS 2011 board is pleased to announce the appointment of two new members to its ranks at its first meeting in on Feb. 9th, 2011. This follows the recent amendment of the bylaws allowing an increase to up to 9 members. They are Ruth Henrich and Michael [...] ONTARIO HUMANIST SOCIETY 2011 ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING DATE: Saturday, April 9, 2011. LOCATION: OISE (Ontario Institute for Studies in Education) University of Toronto, 252 Bloor St. W. (direct underground subway entrance from St. George). 11:00am, members invited. FORUM: 1:00pm, “Global Youth and International Trends: Human Rights, Impact of Social Media & Democratic Values” MODERATOR: [...] On February 8, Board members Gail McCabe and Mary Beaty spoke to students in the World Religions program at Durham College about Humanism. This presentation was at the request of Humanist Canada. The college had invited a series of speakers representing various Faith communities. Gail and Mary are currently Secular Humanist Chaplains at the University [...] Dear OHS Members and Friends of OHS, OHS Newsletter February 2011 For your information and enjoyment, here is the latest edition of our OHS newsletter, which you may download as a PDF and print, if you desire. My commendations to the newsletter committee who I know have been busy as beavers putting it together. Gail [...] SAVE THE DATE! We will be hosting our Annual General Meeting in Toronto at the Peace Centre, O.I.S.E. on April 9th. We will post updates on this blog, or you may write to us for information. Our AGM committee is planning activities that will be educational and entertaining. Your ideas are significant and we hope [...] A letter from Richard Thain – “Please circulate this message to HAT members and other Toronto folks”. “We are requesting help regarding transport of the yellow One School System signs used in the Toronto demonstration to Ottawa for the January 28th Pre-Budget Consultation meeting there. We need one or more persons to transport the signs [...] The Ethical Action Committee of the Ontario Humanist Society has issued this press release: PRESS RELEASE on PUBLIC SCHOOLING When the establishment of Separate (Roman Catholic) and Public (Protestant) school boards was first mandated, we lived in a different society, and at a different time. This act may have secured equal funding to education in [...] We are pleased to announce that the Ontario Humanist Society is now an official Associate Member of the International Humanist and Ethical Union (IHEU) ‘Founded in Amsterdam in 1952, International Humanist and Ethical Union (IHEU) is the sole world umbrella organisation embracing Humanist, atheist, rationalist, secularist, skeptic, laique, ethical cultural, freethought and similar organisations world-wide. [...] |
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