Ordinary Jihadism
“Salah and Mohamed had their chance at school like any other Belgian child. Nowhere in these testimonies is there any mention of racism or discrimination.” Christian Rioux, LeDevoir.com November 5th, 2021 After the scenes of…
Trans-Bullies Fail to Silence Kathleen Stock
Trans-bullies are harming the Trans community with their intolerance of even mentioning that not everyone is ever going to be on board with “Trans-Women are Women”. Contrary to Trans-Bully dogma, there IS a debate on…
The school for freedom, against obscurantism
(Open letter to the media by two Ministers of Education) As several media outlets around the world have recently reported, children’s books, including Tintin and Lucky Luke, were burned and then buried in Ontario, Canada,…
French Canadians, those “not quite white” migrants
Within English speaking North America, and until the middle of the Twentieth Century, French Canadiens were considered “not quite white” and exploited accordingly. Jason Newton, an American researcher and forest historian, describes the use of…
A Nuanced Take on how to Mitigate the Vaccine Hesitancy Problem
In the 22 September, 2021 episode of the Honestly podcast from Bari Weiss, she interviews Dr. Vinay Prasad where they explore the causes and potential remedies for the politicization of the public health measures intended…
Our collective call to include the non-religious in the Special Humanitarian Assistance Program for Afghan nationals
Statement to Address Discriminatory Oversight in Canadian Special Humanitarian Assistance Program for Afghan Nationals October 4th, 2021 The tenuous and dangerous living circumstances in Afghanistan following the nation’s fall to the Taliban are dire for…
President of NEP interviewed by Humanist Freedoms
DISCUSSION: LAUNCH OF “THE NEW ENLIGHTENMENT PROJECT” OCTOBER 7, 2021 HUMANISTFREEDOMS In our search for interesting, challenging and critical perspectives on contemporary humanism, we occasionally find organizations and activities that we think humanistfreedoms.com readers may enjoy. The…
The Evolution of Aboriginal Spirituality
One of the issues with which we have been grappling in the Aboriginal Circle has been that of spirituality and what that means from a humanist lens. One of our members is a traditional pipe…
The Woke cancelled her article, now they want to cancel her
Welcome to Canada Shahdin Farsai! Farsai, a practicing lawyer since 2016, wrote a short, innocuous article suggesting recent British Columbia court directives asking for people’s gender pronouns amounted to compelled speech, endangered privacy rights and…
On the need for aboriginal humanism
Elder David Maheengun shared with me that a search for indigenous or aboriginal humanism produced only two articles: Decolonizaing Humanism (2019) and First Nations Ceremonies (2016): “The following two provide some ideas regarding mainstream society’s…