Humanist Talks & Humanist Cafe

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.

VSHA Sunday Talk – DARWIN DAY CELEBRATION – 9 February 2020

This Sunday is the 211th birthday of Charles Darwin.  Let’s celebrate!  Barrie Webster and Robert Light will be co-hosting a talk and slide show on good old Charlie Darwin.  And there’s going to be cake!  This talk is based on the third part of a Darwin documentary series Barrie and Robert wrote and now have in preliminary production. See … Read more

Sunday Talk Schedule 2019/2020

 10:00 am on the first and second Sundays every month at the Cedar Hill Recreation Centre  FALL SEASON September  8th:   SAVING THE SALMON TO SAVE THE ORCAS.  Co-founder and Director Gregg McElroy of the CANADIAN ORCA RESCUE SOCIETY will relate how CORS is working ‘to bring salmon back to every river and creek in BC’ to … Read more

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