Freethought Association 2012: Meeting Location Change & Pub Night Please take note that our meetings on Mondays at 6pm have moved to the second floor of Leacock, beside the elevators. Also, for our meeting on January 23rd we will instead be getting together at Thompson House. See you there! Welcome back! This semester the Freethought Association will meet regularly on Mondays at 6pm in the SSMU cafeteria. The exact time may be changed later in the semester, in which case it will be announced. Instead of a regular meeting this week we'll be holding a screening of the 1956 sci-fi film Forbidden Planet. See you then! Time: Monday, August 15, 5:30pm Location: Lev Bukhman Room (in the Shatner Building) Film Screening with CFI: Agora From CFI: "Agora is a 2009 Spanish historical drama film directed by Alejandro Amenábar and written by Amenábar and Mateo Gil. The biopic stars Rachel Weisz as Hypatia, a female mathematician, philosopher and astronomer in 4th century Roman Egypt who [in the film] investigates the flaws of the geocentric Ptolemaic system and the heliocentric model that challenges it. Surrounded by religious turmoil and social unrest, Hypatia struggles to save the knowledge of classical antiquity from destruction. Max Minghella co-stars as Davus, Hypatia's slave, and Oscar Isaac as Hypatia's student Orestes, prefect of Alexandria." Admission: CFI Members FREE, Students $5, General $7 Time: Wednesday, June 29, 5:30pm Location: Lev Bukhman Room (in the Shatner Building) Summer Semester Our discussion group is continuing to meet as usual over the summer semester on Mondays at 6pm in the Shatner cafeteria. We also have a few events planned, so watch this space for further announcements. 2011/06/05: Due to the change of hours in the Shatner Building, we will now and for the rest of the summer be meeting in Thompson House at 5:30pm on Mondays. Film Screening & Discussion: Jesus Camp Come join us for a showing of the 2006 documentary Jesus Camp, about an evangelical Christian children's summer camp in the United States. All are welcome! Time: Wednesday, November 10, 6pm Location: Break-Out Room (on the second floor of Shatner, between the cafeteria and Lev Bukhman Room) CFI Montreal is pleased to present political activist, writer, and
broadcaster Dr. Tarek Fatah as he discusses his book "The Jew is not my
Enemy: Unveiling the Myths that Fuel Muslim Anti-Semitism". Dr. Fatah
was born in Pakistan to a Muslim-Indian family. Since immigrating to
Canada, he has built a reputation as one of this country's greatest
defenders of a secular and tolerant Islam. His talk will be followed by a
question and answer session and book signing. The talk will take place on Thursday, October 28th, at 7:00pm in room 232 of the Stephen Leacock Building on the McGill University campus. From the main gates, the Leacock Building is straight up the hill and to the left. Admission is free and open to the public. This event is co-sponsored by the McGill Freethought Association and by the Freethought and Humanist Club of Concordia. Pub Night! This week SSMU will be closed for Thanksgiving during our regular Monday meeting time. So, instead we'll be having a pub night on Thursday, October 14th, at 6pm in Hurley's Irish Pub (at 1225 rue Crescent; we'll probably be in the basement). See you there! International Blasphemy Rights Day From the McGill Daily: By Benjamin Elgie and Edna Chan Published: Sep 29 Blasphemous libel is still a crime under section 296(1) of the Criminal Code of Canada. The last time someone was found guilty of such a crime was in 1935 (R. vs. Rahard), when an Anglican reverend was prosecuted for displaying a poster denouncing the Roman Catholic Church. The court found that “[w]e must not do things that are outrages to the general feeling of propriety among the persons amongst whom we live.” Supporters of International Blasphemy Rights Day believe that the freedom to outrage our neighbours (as well as their freedom to outrage us in return) without fear of legal or physical retaliation is one that should be respected. This event is held every September 30, commemorating the publication of the Danish newspaper Jyllands-Posten’s editorial cartoons in 2005, and the violent backlash that followed. We reject the idea that by criticizing or satirizing religious beliefs, one provokes or causes violence or brings it onto oneself. Similarly, the increasing codification of enforced respect for religions – such as the resurrection of blasphemy laws in Ireland and the “Combating defamation of religion” resolution recently passed by the UN – are not encouraging. By supporting this event, we support the right to criticize, satirize, and debate the cherished beliefs of the religious and non-religious alike. The [International Blasphemy Rights] Day does not promote hatred or violence, or single out any one group, but promotes free exchange and criticism of ideas. International Blasphemy Rights Day is a reaction to legal encroachment on the right to criticize and satirize, as well as to violent responses to blasphemous speech or actions. Individuals cannot be forced to act in accordance with belief systems or taboos they do not ascribe to themselves. Discussion Group in Fall 2010 Hello everyone, and welcome back! Our discussion group continues to meet as usual on Mondays at 6pm in the SSMU cafeteria on the second floor of the Shatner Building. The Brothers Karamazov: Film Screening & Discussion Join us for a showing of the 1958 film The Brothers Karamazov, based on the classical novel by Dostoevsky. All are welcome! Time:
Monday, July 19, 6:00 PM Location: Lev Bukhman Room (on the
second floor of the Shatner Building at 3480 McTavish) Marjoe: Film Screening & Discussion Join us for a showing of the 1972 documentary Marjoe, about an American evangelical preacher turned con-artist who shows a
film crew his techniques over the course of his final revival tour. All are welcome! Time:
Monday, June 14, 6:00 PM Location: Lev Bukhman Room (on the
second floor of the Shatner Building at 3480 McTavish) The New Age Movement & Science: A
Love-Hate Relationship Guest speaker Justin
Trottier of CFI-Canada will
explore the uses and abuses of science within the New Age movement,
ranging from psychics and mediums to crystal healers and other
alternative gurus. All are welcome! Justin Trottier is the Executive Director of
the Centre for Inquiry Canada, host of Think Again TV! as well as a
contributor to the National Post and the Michael Coren Show on CTS TV.
As an outspoken advocate of freedom of expression and inquiry, science
education, church-state separation, and equality rights for
non-believers, he's appeared on TVO, CBC, CTV, Global, CityTV, OMNI and
the Space Channel, among other networks. He was the chief spokesperson
for the Canadian Atheist Bus Campaign. Time: Thursday, May
27, 7:00 PM Place: ARTS-W120 (that's Arts west wing
120, not Arts 120) The Seventh Seal: Film Screening & Discussion Join us for a showing of Ingmar Bergman's "The Seventh Seal,"
a classic film about a medieval Swedish knight and his encounter with
Death. All are welcome! Time: Monday, May 17, 6:00 PM Location: Lev Bukhman Room (on the second floor of the Shatner Building at 3480 McTavish) Summer Semester Our discussion group is continuing to meet as usual over the summer semester on Mondays at 6pm in the Shatner cafeteria. We also have a few events planned, so watch this space for further announcements. Meeting Time Change Please be advised that our meeting this week planned for Monday, March 29, will be held on Tuesday, March 30, instead. Likewise, our weekly meetings for the month of April will be held on Tuesdays. We'll get together in the SSMU cafeteria and then, if we like, go to Thompson House. The Enemies of Reason: Film Screening & Discussion Join the Freethought Association for a screening and discussion of the documentary The Enemies of Reason by Richard Dawkins. All are welcome! Time: Monday, March 15, 6:00 PM Location: Burnside Room 512 It's my pleasure to let you know that the Freethought Association is now a full-status SSMU club! To everyone who has contributed so far in making the club great, thank you. In other matters, the discussion group will now be meeting regularly on Mondays, not Tuesdays as before, at 6:00 PM in the SSMU cafeteria. Discussion Group in 2010
For your information, the discussion group will be meeting this week on Monday, January 25, at 6:00 PM in the SSMU cafeteria. Note that we haven't settled on a regular time for our future meetings this semester, but will probably announce one later in the week. Prof. Ariel Fenster presents the history of forensic science, including some of its most famous cases and its depiction in literature and film. Presented by McGill's Office for Science and Society, the Freethought Association, and the Montréal Centre for Inquiry. Time: Friday, November 20, 6:00 PM Place: Room 10, Otto Maass Chemistry Building, 801 Sherbrooke Inherit the Wind: Film Screening & Discussion
Come join the Freethought Association to watch and discuss 'Inherit the Wind' (Stanley Kramer: 1960), a film based on the Scopes "Monkey" Trial of 1925 which was of great significance in the American evolution-creation controversy. All are welcome! Time: Wednesday, November 18, 8:00 PM Place: Lev Bukhman Room, second floor, Shatner, 3480 McTavish New Freethought Discussion Group!
Our discussion group now meets every Tuesday at 6:00 PM. For now, we are meeting in the SSMU cafeteria on the second floor of Shatner. Look for the sign that says 'Freethought Association.' All are welcome! First General Meeting: Tuesday September 22
We will be holding our first general meeting on Tuesday, September 22, at 6 PM. We'll be in the cafeteria on the second floor of Shatner, and we'll have a sign so that you can find us. This will be a great way for new members to get involved. We hope to see you there! We will be tabling with the other clubs in Shatner at Activities Night this week, on September 14 and 15, from 4 PM until 7 PM each day. Look for us in the 'Other' category of clubs at Gert's in the Shatner basement! Rumour has it that there will be free tea... The Freethought Association and Centre for Inquiry (CFI-Montréal) present Michel Virard, president of the Humanist Association of Québec (AHQ), who will speak on the multiple roots of secularism and the Atheist Bus Campaign in Montréal. Time: Thursday, September 10, 7 PM Place: Lev Bukhman Room, second floor, Shatner Building, 3480 McTavish All are welcome! Freethought Association Students' Society of McGill University William and Mary Brown Student Services Building 3600 McTavish Street, Montréal, QC, H3A 1W2  |
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