We welcome guests, so if you’re curious come to one of our events!
These are generally held every first and third Wednesday of the month 7:05 pm to 8:30 pm.
LOCATION: The Cook Street Activity Center 380 Cook St. (Cook St. Village), Victoria
Humanist talks
Our Humanist Talks are held from September through to June. Guest speakers provide insights into several topics of interest to secular humanists followed by a question and answers session.
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 New Age of Delusion Climate Change Overshoot and the Age of Delusion
This is the PDF of Dr. Bill Rees’ PowerPoint presentation of Wednesday, May 1, 2024 Click on the title below to access the presentation The Age of Delusion
Humanist Cafes
Our Humanist Cafés are held on the first and third Wednesday of every month except when a Humanist Talk is scheduled. Specific topics of current interest are introduced by a guest speaker followed by a moderated discussion.
The Humanist Cafe – Discussion Topic: NATO: IN OR OUT? – February 5, 2020, 7:00-8:30 pm
The Humanist Cafe Wednesday, February 5, 2020, 7:00-8:30 pmJames Bay New Horizons 234 Menzies Street, Victoria Discussion Topic: NATO: IN OR OUT? Presenter: VSHA President Robert Light Moderator: John Pope You may have noticed last week that the world was almost pulled into a major war between America and Iran. We had NATO forces in their client state … Read more