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June 1, 2022January 29, 2026public, video

Steven Pinker on Rationality and Humanist Values

Even as a young teenager, Dr. Steven Pinker (@sapinker) prized rationality as a virtue, and considered himself an anarchist. He changed that […]

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May 27, 2022January 9, 2026video, public

Widdowson on Wokism and the failure of university tenure to protect

Dr. Frances Widdowson was finally fired from her job as a tenured professor despite challenging prevailing narratives with a series of books […]

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May 24, 2022January 25, 2026public, video

Rational Space Disputations 12 (with Lloyd Hawkeye Robertson)

In this “disputations”, Lloyd Hawkeye Robertson and Frances Widdowson discuss the mapping of the self, “woke-ism”, indigenous education, mobbing and the unmarked […]

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May 12, 2022January 9, 2026public, video

They cancelled her article then came for her: Shahdin Farsai interviewed

Shahdin Farsai, a refugee from Iran, became a Canadian lawyer in 2016. In 2021, she submitted an article to the BC legal […]

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May 9, 2022January 9, 2026video, public

From Feminist Ideology to Intersexual Dialogue

Paul Nathanson has a Ph.D. in religious studies and has co-authored, with Katherine Young, Spreading misandry: The teaching of contempt for men […]

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April 30, 2022January 27, 2026public, article

President’s Report and Keynote Address to the 2022 NEP Annual General Meeting

Lloyd Hawkeye Robertson You might have noticed I got my hair cut earlier this month. My new hairdresser talked about a lot […]

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April 19, 2022January 29, 2026public, video

Women, genders and trans identities – Meghan Murphy in conversation with Joann Robertson

Meghan Emily Murphy is a Canadian writer, journalist, and founder of Feminist Current,[1] a feminist website and podcast.[2][3] Her writing, speeches, and […]

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March 9, 2022January 29, 2026public, video

Does Everyone Have a Gender Identity? w/ Jose | Street Epistemology

Jose and I talk about whether or not everyone has a gender identity, the fairness of transwomen in sports, and other related […]

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March 3, 2022January 27, 2026article, public

Ontario superior court castigates the effects of creeping Wokism in family proceedings

The following excerpts come from a judgement by Mr. Justice A. Pazaratz of the Ontario Superior Court. The full judgement can be […]

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January 26, 2022January 9, 2026video, public

Can Cultural Criticism Come Only From Within? – with Lloyd Robertson

Indigenous scholar Lloyd Hawkeye Robertson (@LloydHawkeye7) and host Leslie Rosenblood discuss the importance of enlightenment values and defending them from attack. Lloyd […]

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Humanism and Economics

HUMANISM AND ECONOMICS PART ONE You do not have to be a doctor to know that good hygiene, nutrition, and ...
April 21, 2026 / George Hewson

Humanism as Resistance: Reclaiming Dialogue in Divided Times

Previously published in: humanistfreedoms The rise of modern individualism, scientific inquiry, and pluralistic thought did not emerge in Europe because ...
February 8, 2026 / Lloyd Robertson

Two Solitudes of Secularism

Two distinct interpretations of secularism are discussed by Leslie Rosenblood, Secularism Chair of the Centre for Inquiry Canada, and Michel ...
February 3, 2026 / Michel Virard

Humanism and Religion

PART ONE I Humanism seeks truth from evidence and rational analysis. It engages in calm and open discussions that display ...
January 28, 2026 / George Hewson

Humanism, Democracy, and Freedom

PART ONE Democracy in government essentially means “rule by the people” rather than rule by a monarch, aristocracy or dictator ...
January 25, 2026 / George Hewson

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  2. Gleb Lisikh on My first impressions of the New Enlightenment projectMarch 25, 2026

    That's very profound and observant!

  3. Gleb Lisikh on Humanism as Resistance: Reclaiming Dialogue in Divided TimesFebruary 27, 2026

    "Authoritarian or totalitarian systems—whether religious or political—cannot sustain scientific progress because science depends on criticism, dissent, and the institutionalization of…

  4. John Janis on Humanism and ArtFebruary 22, 2026

    A "this is not a pipe - or is it?" comment apologies to René Magritte One art concept that I…

  5. Dan Mason on Humanism as Resistance: Reclaiming Dialogue in Divided TimesFebruary 10, 2026

    In a pluralistic society where freedoms of critical thinking, thought, cognitive reasoning, increased consciousness and awareness are promoted - divisiveness…

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