Canada’s changing relationship with the USA – The great Northern awakening

The Humanist Cafe Episode #333Discussion Forum Free* And Open To All!  Wednesday April 16, 2025 – 7:00-8:30 pm Cook Street Activity Center380 Cook St. (Cook St. Village), VictoriaLimited free parking and free street parking Please Use The Side Entrance (beside the construction site) Purchase Coffee/Tea nearby at The Moka House – BYO mug!  Discussion Topic : Canada’s … Read more

Dallas Cliffs and Dying Trees: Sue Big Oil and Victoria’s climate costs

VSHA Speaker Series Free** And Open To All! Wednesday, March 19, 2025 – 7:00-8:30 pmCook Street Activity Center380 Cook St. (Cook St. Village), VictoriaFree ParkingPlease Use The Side EntranceCoffee/Tea nearby at The Mocha House – BYO!  Dallas Cliffs and Dying Trees: Sue Big Oil and Victoria’s climate costs Speaker: Andrew Gage The climate costs driving up the … Read more

Co-designing the future we need: A conversation with Gene Miller and Trevor Hancock

VSHA Humanist Talk , 7:00 PM February 19, 2025 Cook Street Activity Center380 Cook St. (Cook St. Village), VictoriaFree Parking and street parking Co-designing the future we need: A conversation with Gene Miller and Trevor Hancock We live in the midst of a polycrisis, a confluence of multiple crises spanning the ecological, social,economic, political and … Read more

Charles Darwin – Naturalist and Captain’s Companion

Wednesday, February 12, 2025 – 7:00-8:30 pmCook Street Activity Center380 Cook St. (Cook St. Village), Victoria Free admission *Free parking and street parkingPlease Use The Side EntrancePurchase Coffee/Tea nearby at The Moka House – BYO mug!  A VSHA Special PresentationCharles Darwin – Naturalist and Captain’s Companion A slide presentation by Barrie Webster February 12 is … Read more

Can NAFTA Survive Another Trump Presidency?

The Humanist Cafe Episode #328Discussion Forum Free* And Open To All!  Wednesday, January 8, 2024 – 7:00-8:30 pm Cook Street Activity Center380 Cook St. (Cook St. Village), VictoriaFree parking and street parking Please Use The Side Entrance Purchase Coffee/Tea nearby at The Moka House – BYO mug!  Presenter:  Vanessa Hammond ** Moderator:  John Pope Vanessa writes: … Read more

It is Solstice Time with the VSHA

Seasons greetings VSHA Members and Spouses, The VSHA Annual Solstice Party! Place: The lounge at Cook St Activity Centre Date: Wednesday, December 18, 2024 Time: 5:00 – 6:30 PM The Solstice is the real “Reason for the season”, so Barrie Webster is again presenting his now famous Winter Solstice Slide Show! Food: Combination of potluck … Read more

Humanist Cafe Dec 4, 2024

Free* And Open To All!  Wednesday, December 4, 2024 – 7:00-8:30 pm Cook Street Activity Center380 Cook St. (Cook St. Village), VictoriaFree parking and street parking. Please Use The Side EntrancePurchase Coffee/Tea nearby at The Moka House – BYO mug! The Humanist Cafe: Episode #327Discussion Forum  Discussion Topic:  President Donald Trump: The Man, His Politics, And Why … Read more

Climate Change prediction through climate modelling – how it works

Dr Nathan Gillett, Research Scientist, Environment and Climate Change Canada, Victoria Wednesday, November 13, 2024 – 7:00-8:30 pmCook Street Activity Center380 Cook St. (Cook St. Village), VictoriaFree ParkingPlease Use The Side Entrance Free** And Open To All!  Dr. Gillett will describe how climate change predictions arise using detection and attribution analysis, including effects on temperature, … Read more

VSHA Talks Wednesday, October. 23

The Victoria Secular Humanist Association Speaker Series Presents“Biodiversity, Species at Risk and Their Habitat in British Columbia: Time to Act and Enact” Speaker: Yves Mayrand* Wednesday, October 23 2024 – 7:00-8:30 pmCook Street Activity Center380 Cook St. (Cook St. Village), VictoriaFree ParkingPlease Use The Side EntranceFree** And Open To All!  This presentation will summarize the … Read more