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

How to Win on Climate Change

VSHA Speaker Series Free** And Open To All!  H0W TO WIN ON CLIMATE CHANGE(and how we are already winning) Mitchell BeerAbstract:  It’s easy enough to fall into a pit of despair over the climate emergency. Especially because, if you read the news or conduct a five-minute Google search, there’s more than enough evidence to tell us that … Read more

The Economics of Kindness (Mar 20,2024)

The Victoria Secular Humanist Association Presents “The Economics of Kindness” with Guy Dauncey Free* And Open To All! Wednesday, March 20, 2024 – 7:00-8:30 pmCook Street Activity Center380 Cook St. (Cook St. Village), VictoriaFree ParkingPlease Use The Side Entrance     Our world is in a mess. People know things have to change – but … Read more

Humanist Talks (Nov 1, 2023) – Thomas Homer-Dixon – Geothermal Energy 

A VSHA Presentation: Wednesday, November 1st, 2023 – 7:00-8:30 pm Cook Street Village Activity Center 380 Cook St. Victoria, B.C. Dr. Thomas Homer Dixon GEOTHERMAL ENERGY the urgent need for developmentzero carbon, reliable base load, low environmental impact Dr. Thomas Homer-Dixon Executive Director of the Cascade Institute at Royal Roads University Dr. Thomas Homer-Dixon will … Read more

Humanist Talks – September 6, 2023 – Ten Rules for Being a Good Person in the 21st Century

Where:  Cook Street Activity Centre, 380 Cook St. (Cook St. Village), Victoria, BC “Ten Rules for Being a Good Person in the 21st Century: Are you being a good person?  Are you really?” -Author and Presenter, Michael Doherty A Presentation followed by Q&A Good and evil, right and wrong, are these concepts that still mean … Read more