We are building a community based on reason and compassion in BC through education, outreach, support, and advocacy. This podcast contains recordings of speakers at our weekly Sunday Meetings in Vancouver. Some speakers may use profanity or discuss explicit content.
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Gesamtlänge aller Episoden: 4 days 20 hours 55 minutes
Cherise Louie - On Donating Blood
Cherise Louie is the Territory Manager for Canadian Blood Services. She talks about the simplicity of blood donation and stem cell registration. Recorded at the Sunday, January 31, 2016 meeting of the BC Humanist Association in Vancouver. Learn more at www.bchumanist.ca
Nader Abdullah - Syria: the Land of Diversity
Nader Abdullah of the Syrian Canadian Council talks about Syria's culture, society and history. He touches on the expected difficulties newcomers to Canada encounter and suggests solutions from his group's perspective as a community and from experience with some newcomers. View the slides: http://www.slideshare.net/bchumanist/nader-abdullah-syria-the-land-of-diversity Recorded at the Sunday, January 24, 2016 meeting of the BC Humanist Association in Vancouver. Learn more at www.bchumanist.ca
John Ince - Happiness and How to Maximize It
John Ince, who intrigued and edified us with his excellent talk on The Political Implications of Sex on Dec 6, 2015, returns for a talk on Happiness and how to maximize it. Science has identified the ingredients of happiness. But most of us don't know them...
David Simpson - How to be a Christian Atheist
David Simpson is a young man with a YouTube channel. David tells how he lost his faith while managing to keep a sense of spirituality (and morality) that is entirely Humanistic but still deeply Christian. He discusses worship, prayer, meditation, morality, scripture, the gospel and an Atheist Trinity. Find David on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC3n-cydKGrfsYNktx96P64g Recorded at the Sunday, January 10, 2016 meeting of the BC Humanist Association in Vancouver...
Tee Barnett Charity Science
Effective altruism may be the fastest growing charitable movement you've never heard of. With 1.2 million views and counting for Peter Singer's TED Talk on the subject, and Givewell, the flagship charity evaluator of the movement, now moving more money than Charity Navigator, it's worth getting to know the basic tenets of Effective Altruism before making your next donation...
John Ince - The Political Significance Of Sexuality
This speech contains some some discussion of sexual activities. Sex and politics seem like they operate in completely different spheres of life. But both are intimately connected through a complex psycho-social system that has received little attention. Lawyer and activist John Ince sketches out its key components...
Humanist LORE - Episode 1 - What is Humanism?
Listen to the first episode of our podcast Humanist LORE about What is Humanism? This episode was first recorded in 2013. To learn more about the BC Humanist Association visit www.bchumanist.ca