Meetup – Humanist Ottawa

11Nov 2024 by Robert Hamilton

A Gathering of Ottawa Humanists

Members Only

Tonight’s theme: How should Humanist Ottawa take a stand? There are many issues on which humanists, atheists, agnostics, secularists and free-thinkers have something to say. Members met to discuss what inclusive decision-making process should the group use to ensure that the humanist voice is expressed with timely and relevant impact. This informal roundtable discussion took place in a unique and friendly atmosphere where mutual respect and compassion were the ground rules for thoughtful discussion. Humanist Ottawa members were fully engaged in the free-wheeling conversation!

01Oct 2024 by aglaser

Skeptics in the Pub: Ottawa

Meetup

Humanist Ottawa hosts pub nights. This is a great way to chat informally with secular folks. To attend, join Humanist Ottawa to receive notifications or if you aren't ready for that commitment, attend one of our Humanist Ottawa events announced on Meetup.com. :)

05Aug 2018 by aglaser

Humanist Ottawa Annual General Meeting & Summer BBQ 2018

Meetup, Members Only

Thanks to everyone who came out to Humanist Ottawa's 50th Annual General Meeting! Thanks also to Richard and Rejeanne Thain for providing the beautiful venue. Everyone brought delicious things to share and J.P. Westerlund masterfully cooked up some burgers so we made him agree to another year of working for us as our President. We honoured one of the original members, Blodwen Piercy, who's been a member of Humanist Ottawa for 50 years, with a lifetime achievement award:

10Dec 2017 by aglaser

Winter Solstice Potluck 2017

Meetup, Members Only

Humanist Ottawa's annual winter solstice Potluck was held on December 9th, 2017. We had a raffle for some Humanist Association of Ottawa (HAO) t-shirts, collected some cash for the food-bank, and shared some delicious food. Afterwards we played a secret-santa game that involved stealing and a surprise twist: the organizers planted a gift of coal among the presents and the person who picked the coal became the Grinch! The grinch was then allowed to redistribute the gifts. We were lucky to end up with a very big hearted grinch who made sure everyone ended up with their prefered gift.

26Jun 2017 by aglaser

2017 Summer Solstice BBQ

Members Only

Humanist Ottawa held its annual Summer Solstice BBQ & AGM at the beautiful home of two of its most active members, Richard and Rejeanne. Live music was provided and everyone enjoyed the food & drink, despite heavy rain.

24Mar 2017 by aglaser No Comments

Humanist Ottawa presented a lecture on marijuana legalization.

Advocacy, Meetup

On March 24, 2017, Humanist Ottawa (the Humanist Association of Ottawa) presented a public lecture where Eugene Oscapella, an Ottawa lawyer and a lecturer on drug policy in the University of Ottawa Criminology Department, described many of the reasons for moving away from a system of criminal prohibition to a legal, regulated market in cannabis and how potential changes in the law will affect Canadians and others around the globe.

25Dec 2016 by aglaser

2016 Winter Solstice

Members Only

Humanist Ottawa held its annual Winter Solstice potluck in the traditional place. Members enjoyed delicious food and conversation as well as board games and a casino table!

19Aug 2016 by aglaser No Comments

2016 Summer Solstice BBQ

Members Only

On a beautiful July afternoon with only a few tiny (refreshing) sprinkles of rain, the members of Humanist Ottawa got together for our annual summer barbeque, which was generously hosted by Diane and Peter. After a few worries about whether the gas grill would light (it was the first time it was used in the season), things were off to a good start, and the beer, wine, and soda were flowing. It was great seeing longtime members mixing in with new members, and lively conversations were happening up on the deck as well as in the beautiful backyard garden. Everybody liked J.P.'s choice of burgers and he promised to provide them again next year. Here's another one of our many shameless group photos, to commemorate the occasion!

Category: Meetup