Announcements

What’s New

New page! Guide to religion in Manitoba public schools. It’s under the Resources menu. Check it out!

Check this page, our Facebook page, or our MeetUp page for announcements regarding cancellations. We’ll try to get the word out ASAP.

Community Events of Interest to Humanists and Atheists

Public Lecture – Refugees and Immigrants

The Diversitas lecture series continues with this discussion on the timely topic of immigration.

Film Screening – Losing Our Religion

A new film about preachers who are not believers and what atheists do when they miss church.

See our Community Events page for details.

Calls to Action

Speak Up for Fair, Secular Government in Canada

There’s a new e-petition to the House of Commons dealing with systematic discrimination against non-believers. Please sign! Details here.

Voice Your Choice for Assisted Dying

The federal government is studying the possible impacts of allowing medical assistance in dying (MAID) for three groups of Canadians who don’t currently qualify – Those who will be excluded unless the law is changed to allow for advance requests; Individuals whose primary medical condition is a mental illness; and Mature minors.

Dying With Dignity is seeking submissions from Canadians who have personal concerns or stories to tell about how the current restrictions on MAID have already unfairly restricted (or may, in future, restrict) choices in dying for themselves or someone they know. Click here for more information about this campaign. Deadline for submissions is September 15^th.

If you don’t have a personal story to tell right now, but still want to add your voice to those of others who support advance requests for assisted dying, click 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

Our September Charity of the Month is the Island Lake Relief Fund.

More information about this charity is available in our newsletter each month. Donations for the Charity of the Month will be accepted at any of our events.  Tax receipts are available for donations over $10. If you would like to donate but cannot attend, you can do so via the ‘Donate’ button on this page. Please specify that the donation is for the Charity of the Month.

To view a list of our past charities, click here.

Recent News and Views

Event Review – Human Rights: By Design or By Default? (7/26/2017) -   A curious and committed group of HAAMsters attended the debate Human Rights: By Design or By Default at the Canadian Museum of Human Rights in July. It was part of an apologetics conference, so they were greatly outnumbered by the 400+ Christian conference attendees. It was worth going just to support and hear Dr. […]

Tough Questions from the Old Testament (6/25/2017) - A Biblical Challenge During a conversation with a Christian at our outreach booth in Steinbach, I cited Numbers 31 (in particular verses 7-11 and 17-18) as an example of Yahweh’s cruelty in the Old Testament. She informed me that the pastor at her church had explained away all the concerns about that chapter in a […]

Event Review: Can Faith and Science Coexist? (3/28/2017) - Diversitas is a series of community presentations held in Morden, Manitoba, designed to educate and inform people about the diversity of humanity. On March 22, the topic was “Can Faith and Science Coexist?”, and the guest speaker was Dr. Patrick Franklin (PhD, McMaster Divinity College), Associate Professor of Theology and Ethics at Providence Theological Seminary, […]

Read more issues and opinions here.