BC Humanist Association
@bchumanist.ca
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"British Columbia has the largest proportion of atheist, agnostic or non-religious residents across Canada (47%)"
Importance of Religion Stagnant in Canada, Rising in the U.S.
British Columbia stands out as the Canadian province with the largest proportion of agnostic, atheist or irreligious residents.
researchco.ca
December 25, 2025 at 6:22 PM
"British Columbia has the largest proportion of atheist, agnostic or non-religious residents across Canada (47%)"
Some humanist families celebrate a secular Christmas but others don't. There are good ideas here for schools to be inclusive of everyone's winter traditions.
School breaks privilege Christmas, and classroom strategies are needed to foster inclusion
There are opportunities to build classroom activities that genuinely reflect and embrace every learner in our vibrant pluralistic communities.
theconversation.com
December 21, 2025 at 6:22 PM
Some humanist families celebrate a secular Christmas but others don't. There are good ideas here for schools to be inclusive of everyone's winter traditions.
Alberta parents recently received a sermon from the Minister of Education disguised as a holiday letter. We're pushing back and asking Albertans to tell the Minister to respect the duty of religious neutrality. www.bchumanist.ca/ab_education...
December 18, 2025 at 11:14 PM
Alberta parents recently received a sermon from the Minister of Education disguised as a holiday letter. We're pushing back and asking Albertans to tell the Minister to respect the duty of religious neutrality. www.bchumanist.ca/ab_education...
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At our October 18 No Tyrants rally, @bushfield.ca of @bchumanist.ca said, “We can’t look south and be smug and complacent. These same forces are at work right here in Canada.”
This is what he was talking about.
This is what he was talking about.
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Jamil Jivani is doing a TPUSA-style tour through Canadian universities as a sitting MP, and doesn't disclose where any of the funding comes from.
Jamil Jivani is doing a TPUSA-style tour through Canadian universities as a sitting MP, and doesn't disclose where any of the funding comes from.
Questions Mount Over Jamil Jivani's Nationwide “Restore the North” Tour
Extensive travel, production quality, and political messaging raise concerns about undisclosed funding sources behind cross-Canada campaign.
provincialtimes.ca
December 16, 2025 at 9:15 PM
At our October 18 No Tyrants rally, @bushfield.ca of @bchumanist.ca said, “We can’t look south and be smug and complacent. These same forces are at work right here in Canada.”
This is what he was talking about.
This is what he was talking about.
This has been an incredible year for the BCHA. Help fuel our growth into 2026. www.bchumanist.ca/secular_prog...
Secular progress against the storm
A look back at the BCHA in 2025
www.bchumanist.ca
December 17, 2025 at 6:22 PM
This has been an incredible year for the BCHA. Help fuel our growth into 2026. www.bchumanist.ca/secular_prog...
One of the key cases we've been involved in revolves around the privacy rights of ex-Jehovah's Witnesses. This recent Australian case underlines how important our work is. www.friendlyatheist.com/p/australian...
Australian court awards abuse survivor $1.5 million—and exposes Jehovah's Witnesses' cover-up
The damning ruling highlights how JW Elders protected one of their own and silenced his victim for decades
www.friendlyatheist.com
December 16, 2025 at 11:14 PM
One of the key cases we've been involved in revolves around the privacy rights of ex-Jehovah's Witnesses. This recent Australian case underlines how important our work is. www.friendlyatheist.com/p/australian...
Our Kwantlen University Chaplain, Dr Marty Shoemaker, recently spoke about humanist winter traditions. runnermag.ca/2025/12/a-ti...
A time to celebrate light: How different faiths are marking the holiday season – The Runner
The Runner
runnermag.ca
December 14, 2025 at 6:22 PM
Our Kwantlen University Chaplain, Dr Marty Shoemaker, recently spoke about humanist winter traditions. runnermag.ca/2025/12/a-ti...
Still celebrating this historic change for Okanagan commuters. globalnews.ca/news/1157279...
Anti-abortion billboards in West Kelowna, B.C. to be taken down | Globalnews.ca
'(The lawyers) said that if BC Billboards is publishing pro-life billboards and not mine, then it’s considered sex-based discrimination,' Harms explained.
globalnews.ca
December 13, 2025 at 11:14 PM
Still celebrating this historic change for Okanagan commuters. globalnews.ca/news/1157279...
Removing the religious exemptions to Canada's anti-hate laws is a big win for secularism. Hate is hate and no one should get a special pass on promoting such vile bigotry. www.cbc.ca/news/politic...
Liberals back Bloc's proposal to remove religious exemption from hate speech laws | CBC News
Liberal MPs on the House justice committee backed a Bloc Québécois proposal to remove a religious exemption from Canada’s hate speech laws — after the suggestion initially appeared to halt the government's...
www.cbc.ca
December 13, 2025 at 6:22 PM
Removing the religious exemptions to Canada's anti-hate laws is a big win for secularism. Hate is hate and no one should get a special pass on promoting such vile bigotry. www.cbc.ca/news/politic...
We know from our own polling that BCers don't want public funds going to private schools. New polling shows Albertans feel the same. calgary.citynews.ca/2025/12/11/a...
Many Albertans want end to private school funding, survey says
New data out Thursday suggests many Albertans don't want public funding going toward private schools in the province.
calgary.citynews.ca
December 12, 2025 at 11:14 PM
We know from our own polling that BCers don't want public funds going to private schools. New polling shows Albertans feel the same. calgary.citynews.ca/2025/12/11/a...
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A billboard company that's long had anti-abortion messages along the highway near Kelowna refused to put up pro-choice ads. But now they say the anti-abortion ones are coming down, too www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
Anti-abortion billboards in West Kelowna to come down after pro-choice advocate’s push | CBC News
A dispute over abortion messaging on high-profile billboards in West Kelowna, B.C., has led to a major policy shift by the company that controls the signs.
www.cbc.ca
December 10, 2025 at 4:00 PM
A billboard company that's long had anti-abortion messages along the highway near Kelowna refused to put up pro-choice ads. But now they say the anti-abortion ones are coming down, too www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
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Congrats to our ally the BC Humanist Assoc. for ending anti-choice billboards in Kelowna BC! Some companies were accepting anti-choice ads but refusing pro-choice ads. Unfortunately, they still refuse pro-choice ads despite them meeting legal and advertising standards. Anti-choice ads do NOT.
Anti-abortion billboards gone from West Kelowna commute - West Kelowna News
The BC Humanist Association said in a story posted to their website this week that their members heard last spring about UBC Okanagan student Sophie Harm’s thwarted efforts to launch a counter message
www.castanet.net
December 7, 2025 at 2:59 AM
Congrats to our ally the BC Humanist Assoc. for ending anti-choice billboards in Kelowna BC! Some companies were accepting anti-choice ads but refusing pro-choice ads. Unfortunately, they still refuse pro-choice ads despite them meeting legal and advertising standards. Anti-choice ads do NOT.
"It is absolutely a victory," Sophie Harms said. "When I started this campaign, I had low expectations. But I’m constantly surprised at the success."
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Anti-abortion billboards in West Kelowna to come down after pro-choice advocate’s push | CBC News
A dispute over abortion messaging on high-profile billboards in West Kelowna, B.C., has led to a major policy shift by the company that controls the signs.
www.cbc.ca
December 10, 2025 at 9:27 PM
"It is absolutely a victory," Sophie Harms said. "When I started this campaign, I had low expectations. But I’m constantly surprised at the success."
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
A recent poll suggests more Canadians want to see creationism taught in schools but @jonathanjarry.bsky.social reminds us we to be skeptical www.mcgill.ca/oss/article/...
Does Creationism Have a Place in Classrooms?
A new poll shows that nearly half of all Canadians believe that creationism—the idea that living things on this planet were created by supernatural forces—should be taught in schools. More troubling,...
www.mcgill.ca
December 9, 2025 at 6:22 PM
A recent poll suggests more Canadians want to see creationism taught in schools but @jonathanjarry.bsky.social reminds us we to be skeptical www.mcgill.ca/oss/article/...
Great write-up of our efforts to challenge anti-choice messages along Hwy 97 in West Kelowna.
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When One Voice Becomes a Chorus: The Power Behind Removing Harmful Billboards in the Okanagan
The recent pro-choice win in the Okanagan reminds me of the anti-SOGI billboard takedown
queergranddad.substack.com
December 8, 2025 at 11:14 PM
Great write-up of our efforts to challenge anti-choice messages along Hwy 97 in West Kelowna.
queergranddad.substack.com/p/when-one-v...
queergranddad.substack.com/p/when-one-v...
Going live now: www.youtube.com/watch?v=5UVx...
Shame-Sex Attraction with Dr Lucas Wilson
Join us for a livestream discussion with author and researcher Dr Lucas Wilson about his new book, Shame-Sex Attraction: Survivors' Stories of Conversion Therapy.
Bio: Dr. Lucas Wilson is a SSHRC…
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December 8, 2025 at 7:59 PM
Going live now: www.youtube.com/watch?v=5UVx...
We didn't support Bill C-9 but we are optimistic about that it might be amended to remove the religious hate speech defence. Unfortunately, it sounds like the PMO is walking back from that commitment. www.cbc.ca/news/politic...
Anti-hate bill stalled after Fraser’s office brokered deal without PMO approval: sources | CBC News
The future of the federal government’s anti-hate Bill C-9 is unclear, after Justice Minister Sean Fraser’s office brokered a deal with the Bloc Québécois without getting it approved by the Prime...
www.cbc.ca
December 8, 2025 at 6:22 PM
We didn't support Bill C-9 but we are optimistic about that it might be amended to remove the religious hate speech defence. Unfortunately, it sounds like the PMO is walking back from that commitment. www.cbc.ca/news/politic...
Join us today at noon for our livestream with Lucas Wilson on his book Shame-Sex Attraction: Survivors' Stories of Conversion Therapy. www.youtube.com/watch?v=5UVx...
Shame-Sex Attraction with Dr Lucas Wilson
Join us for a livestream discussion with author and researcher Dr Lucas Wilson about his new book, Shame-Sex Attraction: Survivors' Stories of Conversion Therapy.
Bio: Dr. Lucas Wilson is a SSHRC…
www.youtube.com
December 8, 2025 at 5:21 PM
Join us today at noon for our livestream with Lucas Wilson on his book Shame-Sex Attraction: Survivors' Stories of Conversion Therapy. www.youtube.com/watch?v=5UVx...
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Used the option for a custom Pela Case to show off some humanism.
December 7, 2025 at 3:58 AM
Used the option for a custom Pela Case to show off some humanism.
We get results.
www.castanet.net/news/West-Ke...
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Anti-abortion billboards gone from West Kelowna commute - West Kelowna News
The BC Humanist Association said in a story posted to their website this week that their members heard last spring about UBC Okanagan student Sophie Harm’s thwarted efforts to launch a counter message
www.castanet.net
December 5, 2025 at 11:14 PM
We get results.
www.castanet.net/news/West-Ke...
www.castanet.net/news/West-Ke...
For the past few months, we've been working with a Kelowna activist and our legal team to try to get a pro-choice billboard up. We failed at that but we did get the local billboard companies to stop running anti-choice propaganda! www.bchumanist.ca/we_helped_en...
We helped end anti-abortion billboards in Kelowna
Local companies agreed to stop posting anti-choice ads to avoid having to erect a pro-choice message.
www.bchumanist.ca
December 4, 2025 at 6:22 PM
For the past few months, we've been working with a Kelowna activist and our legal team to try to get a pro-choice billboard up. We failed at that but we did get the local billboard companies to stop running anti-choice propaganda! www.bchumanist.ca/we_helped_en...
While we have serious concerns about the how this bill will criminalize protests outside places of worship, we're optimistic about news the Government may remove the religious defence to Canada's hate speech laws. nationalpost.com/news/politic...
Liberal deal with Bloc means hate-speech laws will lose exemption for 'sincerely held' religious belief
The Liberals have agreed to remove a religious exemption in to secure Bloc Québécois support for a bill targeting hate crimes
nationalpost.com
December 1, 2025 at 11:21 PM
While we have serious concerns about the how this bill will criminalize protests outside places of worship, we're optimistic about news the Government may remove the religious defence to Canada's hate speech laws. nationalpost.com/news/politic...
Manitoba has finally repealed some unconstitutional parts of its Public Schools Act that mandated prayers in schools. Unfortunately, they left in provisions that allow clergy to deliver religious instruction if enough parents petition for it. www.bchumanist.ca/manitoba_rep...
Manitoba repeals unconstitutional school prayers
Problematic sections remain, however.
www.bchumanist.ca
November 27, 2025 at 11:14 PM
Manitoba has finally repealed some unconstitutional parts of its Public Schools Act that mandated prayers in schools. Unfortunately, they left in provisions that allow clergy to deliver religious instruction if enough parents petition for it. www.bchumanist.ca/manitoba_rep...
Earlier this week, we argued to Parliament's Status of Women committee that religious privilege in our tax laws promote antifeminist ideologies. www.bchumanist.ca/confronting_...
Confronting antifeminist ideology through secular policy
Our brief to the Status of Women committee
www.bchumanist.ca
November 27, 2025 at 6:22 PM
Earlier this week, we argued to Parliament's Status of Women committee that religious privilege in our tax laws promote antifeminist ideologies. www.bchumanist.ca/confronting_...
Throughout 2025, we've worked to fight the rising Christian nationalist-fueled illiberal movements that threaten your rights and freedoms. You helped us win some of those fights. www.bchumanist.ca/secular_prog...
Secular progress against the storm
A look back at the BCHA in 2025
www.bchumanist.ca
November 26, 2025 at 11:14 PM
Throughout 2025, we've worked to fight the rising Christian nationalist-fueled illiberal movements that threaten your rights and freedoms. You helped us win some of those fights. www.bchumanist.ca/secular_prog...