Announcements

What’s New

Read our June news and updates here.

If an event has to be canceled due to weather or other unforeseen circumstances, we’ll try to get the word out ASAP. Check this page, our Facebook page, or our MeetUp page for announcements and updates.

Feedback wanted!

We’re looking for your opinions and suggestions about our meeting venue. Take our 2 minute survey here.

Calls to Action

End the Gay Blood Ban

Sign a petition asking for blood donor screening based on risk factors rather than demographics.

More information and a link to the petition are here.

Register Your Intent to be an Organ Donor 

An ‘organ donor card’ in your wallet is no longer adequate to convey your wishes. Manitoba’s organ and tissue donor registry is now online.

Sign up now! More information here. 

Demand an End to “Faith-Based” Health Care

Religiously affiliated health care facilities are denying their patients access to legally available Medical Assistance in Dying (MAID) in Canada. Let your government representatives know that you want that changed.

Click here for more information and a sample letter.

Charity of the Month

We’ll be collecting food donations for Winnipeg Harvest at the Summer Solstice Party.

The regular Charity of the Month program will resume with our regular monthly meetings in the fall. In the meantime, if you’re looking for a worthwhile secular charity to support, click here to take a look at the list of those we have supported in the past.

Recent News and Views

Publicly Funded Groups Must Respect Human Rights (1/29/2018) - The January 25th edition of the Steinbach Carillon published a column by Michael Zwaagstra regarding the attestation that applicants for the Federal Summer Jobs Program are required to sign before receiving public money. (The column is behind a paywall.) Mr Zwaagstra is a teacher, a Steinbach city councillor, an evangelical Christian, and a contributor to […]

Show Me the Evidence (12/31/2017) - Believers take note – if you are presenting your beliefs to those who don’t already share them (atheists, agnostics, or members of any religion other than your own), you must be prepared to offer evidence for your claims. Expect to have your evidence critically examined before being accepted. If you cannot make your beliefs appear […]

Evolution vs. Creation – Christianity Tries to Stay Relevant (10/29/2017) - What the Heck is ‘Evolutionary Creationism’? At the beginning of the documentary Losing Our Religion, philosopher Daniel Dennett says “Religion Is going through a profound revolutionary period and we’re right in the middle of it”. I agree, and I think this is happening on many fronts and in many religions. Just recently, I had a […]

Read more issues and opinions here.