Who we are

Mission: We are dedicated to fostering open respectful dialogue, intellectual exchange, advocacy, collaboration, and research on Canadian challenges to enlightenment values including the erosion of individuality arising from tribalism. We strive to empower humanist ideals while embracing universalism and a sense of compassion.

Vision: We seek a world where reason, science, and compassion guide to pursuit of knowledge, the practice of governance, and the pursuit of individual goals.

Our Constitution describe The NEP as: 
A humanist group in Canada that adheres to the 2002 Amsterdam Declaration as it defines humanism, and that aims to champion the ideals of The Enlightenment that brought about higher standards of living and individual freedoms within societies all over the world. Progress is a process, and The NEP aims to advocate evidence based reason as its guiding principle, while recognizing the inherent dignity of all humans, regardless of immutable characteristics. We are a group that will be constantly challenging accepted theories both new and old, and defending those ideas with vigor that foster a tolerant, secular society.

NEWS & VIEWS

Professor Steven Pinker on Humanism and Campuses

Professor Steven Pinker on Humanism and Campuses

Scott Douglas Jacobsen is the publisher of In-Sight Publishing (ISBN: 978-1-0692343) and Editor-in-Chief of In-Sight: Interviews (ISSN: 2369-6885). He writes for The Good Men Project, The Humanist, International Policy Digest (ISSN: 2332-9416), Basic Income Earth...

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How pseudoscientific ideas about food and medicine have helped to devalue science, reason, and all things Western

How pseudoscientific ideas about food and medicine have helped to devalue science, reason, and all things Western

Lloyd is a registered doctoral psychologist with competencies in counselling psychology, educational psychology (including ability assessments) and human resource development. He also has also published on residential school syndrome, the structure of the aboriginal...

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