CFI Canada – An 18-Month Review PREPARED BY: ERIC ADRIAANS, NATIONAL EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR DATE: March 28, 2015
Centre For Inquiry Mission Statement To educate and provide training to the public in the application of sceptical, secular, rational and humanistic enquiry through conferences, symposia, lectures, published works and the maintenance of a library.
CFIC is a registered educational charity with registration number : 83364 2614 RR0001 Headquarters: 55 Eglinton Avenue East – Suite 307, Toronto M4P 1G8 Telephone: 416-971-5676 Funding is 100% donations and membership fees.
Centre For Inquiry Structure – Ratified June 2014 Board of Directors Board of Directors Kevin Smith – Chair (Toronto) Pat O’Brien – Vice Chair (Vancouver) Gary Fitzgibbon - Treasurer (Toronto) Genessa Radke – Secretary (Toronto) Council 5% of Membership Veronica Abbass – Chair, Human Rights (Peterborough) Mike Gary – Chair, Science (Calgary) Seanna Watson – Chair, Education Members at Branches National Executive Director: Eric Adriaans
COMMUNITY GROUPS: Vancouver Okanagan Regina Saskatoon Calgary Sudbury Ottawa Toronto Halifax Montreal Community Activity is 100% volunteer driven.
CFIC’s marketed Programming Areas Human Education Rights Science
Human Education Rights Science and Targeted Issues: Health Women’s Health Vaccination Consumer Advocacy
Targeted Issues: Humanism as Ethical Framework Human Education Kids For Inquiry Rights Seminars Speakers Science and Targeted Issues: Health Women’s Health Vaccination Consumer Advocacy
Targeted Issues: Targeted Issues: LGBT Humanism as Ethical Framework Free Speech New Canadians Human and Refugees Kids for Inquiry Education Blasphemy Law Seminars Rights Speakers Science and Targeted Issues: Health Women’s Health Vaccination
As an educational charity, CFI Canada is Canada’s leading voice for secular humanism, skepticism, and science. CFIC is Canada’s Community for Skepticism and Secularism. We speak out and provide education. We are not a political lobby organization.
CURRENT & RECENT CAMPAIGNS AND INITIATIVES Humanist Verses De-funding Schools Extraordinary Claims Trinity Law School Bus Advertisements Uganda Library Educational Talks, Film Showings Secular Sobriety Living Without Religion Game Nights Pub Nights Breast Thermography CASS Vaccination Secular Seminar Series Faith Based Bigotry Funding of Religion in Schools Religion in Healthcare
GET INVOLVED IN YOUR COMMUNITY WITH THE ISSUES THAT MATTER TO YOU! Activities From Branch Innovation and Self-Direction: Visit our Website and Browse Local Innovation and Activity Speakers such as James Randi, Richard Dawkins, Penn Gilette Carl Sagan Day Facebook Clothing Drive Pride Events Blog Connections Kids For Inquiry College of Medical Intuition Inquiry Local Secular Library Fundraising Events Secular Seminars Media Awareness Camping Trips
October – December 2013 November CFIC Comments on Quebec Charter December Board of Directors interviews NED candidates Peter Boghossian Talk (Calgary)
January- March 2014 March Eric Adriaans formally begins duties at CFI Canada
April - June 2014 April CFI Ottawa, Kevin Smith and Eric Adriaans march in support of gay rights to the Nigeria and Uganda Embassies Richard Carrier Speaks in Ottawa Calgary Issues Response to faith-oriented physician June 15 Annual General Meeting- new bylaws are adopted
July - September 2014 July CFI Canada relocates to 55 Eglinton Avenue East – Suite 307 and repatriates the library Halifax hosts Joggins Exploration August Eric Adriaans, Veronica Abbass, Richard Thain visit Montreal Branch for Pride Event September Change over to new information systems Richard Carrier Speaks at Western Canada Branches
October - November 2014 October 18 CFIC volunteers and leaders gather to set the CFIC Human Rights priorities November 6 Members of CFIC Advisory Fellowship meets with CFIC staff and board to discuss an updated process for Expert Advisors November 29 Third “Teaching the Controversy” video segment is recorded
December 2014 December 1-5 Financial Audit of Fiscal Year Oct 2013-Sept 2014 December 8 Eric Adriaans meets a small group of volunteers and contacts in London Ontario December 8 CFIC issues letter to BC Gov’t contacts regarding PCTIA and science in education December 12 CFIC joins “Donate A Car Canada” program CFIC sends letter to Toronto Catholic School Board regarding HPV vaccination December 17 Jeremy Patrick gets involved on the subject of Canada’ Blasphemy Law – the second topic in CFIC’s new “Secular Seminar Series” December 21 CFI Toronto hosts a Winter Solstice event December 22 Eric Adriaans & Kevin Smith meet with Ambassador Andrew Bennett of the Office of Religious Freedom; CFI Canada arranges a joint meeting with Humanist Canada December 25 CFI Toronto hosts Hitchmas event – a secular get-together targeted to minimize isolation during the secular mid-winter holiday season
January- March 2015 January 18-22 Eric Adriaans visits BC Branches Raif Badawi Protests and Support Charlie Hebdo Murders January 19 Human Rights Tribunal in St. Catharines for Rene Chouinard February Chilliwack School Board & Gideon Bibles International Coalition Against Blasphemy Laws March Eric Adriaans visits Ottawa: Blasphemy Talk, Pi Day, Tim Caulfield Speaks in Calgary March 28 Annual General Meeting of CFI Canada; Greta Christina speaks
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