The Dalhousie Atheist Community will be hosting a pub night for atheists and freethinkers in Halifax.

Drinking Skeptically is an informal social event designed to promote fellowship and networking among skeptics, critical-thinkers, and like-minded individuals.

Drinking Skeptically provides an opportunity for skeptics to talk, share ideas (and yes, drink) in a casual, relaxed atmosphere. We discuss the issues of the day and whatever else is on our minds. But most of all, we have fun while promoting skepticism, science, and rationality.

For more info, visit the Drinking Skeptically website, or RSVP for the event on facebook.

Event Details
When: Friday Mar. 12th, 7PM - 10PM
Where: Victor’s Bar & Grill (5657 Spring Garden Road, Halifax)

As many of you know, tomorrow is the 150th Anniversary of the publication of ‘On The Origin of Species’ by Charles Darwin.

What better way to celebrate this occasion than with a discussion on Evolution education and outreach, centred around a screening of NOVA’s fantastic documentary, ‘Judgement Day: Intelligent Design On Trial.’

Many of you are also aware of the events of last Thursday, wherein a pair of non-student evangelical christians distributed creationist literature outside of the Killam Library in the form of ‘150th anniversary’ editions of ‘The Origin.’ These books, while bearing all outward appearances of the real thing, were in fact abridged and prefaced to include information on intelligent design, along with plenty of false and defamatory claims about the life and work of Charles Darwin.

Science education must overcome some serious challenges in this arena, so events like these make the marking of The Origin’s publication anniversary even more important.

Please join us this Wednesday for a screening of this very informative and important film.

Event Details
When: Wednesday Nov. 25th, 6:30PM - 9PM
Where: Dalhousie Student Union Building, Rm. 224

Join the DAC Next Wednesday for a screening of this fascinating (and somewhat chilling) documentary.

The event will be preceded by next week’s discussion topic, ’21st century environmental, economic, and social challenges,’ led by DAC’s very own Sarah Craig!

Event Details
When: Wednesday Oct. 28th, 6:30PM - 9PM
Where: Dalhousie Student Union Building, Council Chambers (second floor, on the right at the top of the stairs).

Owing to this, we’ve decided to open each event (be it a movie night, discussion group, or barbecue) with a brief discussion topic presented by one of our members. Whether it’s based on their area of work or research, or just something they find fascinating, the presentations in this series are sure to stimulate great conversations.

If you want to present on a topic that interests you, please email us with your idea!

Presentations should be no more than 10 minutes in length, to be given at the beginning of a scheduled DAC event.

Since we have so many new members, we felt our first event should help us all get to know each other. With that in mind, we’re meeting next Wednesday at 7PM for some casual chit-chat, some snacks, and maybe some games. Meet other members, share stories, and just hang out. Small donations to cover the cost of food stuffs are welcome!

Event Details
When: Wednesday Sept. 23rd, 7PM - 9PM
Where: Dalhousie Student Union Building, room 316

We’ll reschedule the BBQ for a more promising evening and keep you posted.

“One family of religious people told me that I had ruined their trip, and they drove all the way from Virginia,” said Rogers”

Read the full story from ABC News here.

A BBQ party at the cusp of summer and the new school year!

A chance to meet fellow atheists, skeptics, freethinkers and humanists and enjoy the food and sunshine!

Bring a frisbee, bring a friend, bring a book or argument — and most importantly, please BYOB (bring your own booze) and BYOM (bring your own grillables). Note that this will be an all ages / family event.

You’ll find the party just off of Connaught Avenue, near the RCMP station. Please see the map linked below:

http://maps.google.ca/maps?q=6510+roslyn+rd,+nova+scotia&oe=utf-8&client=firefox-a&ie=UTF8&split=0&gl=ca&ei=Yop8SvuWMIG4Nd7_ueoC&ll=44.654795,-63.609166&spn=0.006594,0.01929&z=16&iwloc=A

See you there!

A Supreme Court of Canada decision on freedom of speech in bus advertising means Metro Transit will run atheist-messaged ads from a national organization.

Read the full Chronicle Herald article here:

http://thechronicleherald.ca/Front/9012549.html

Expect this to be a smaller, lower-key summer meeting. Consider bringing a favourite book or argument for discussion!

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Ethics & Spirituality in Medicine: Where are the Secular Voices in Bioethics?

Join members of the Dalhousie Atheist Community for this special lecture event!

Profile of Speaker: Lynette Reid (From the Humanist Canada website.)

Lynette Reid is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Bioethics at Dalhousie University. She is the coordinator for ethics education for undergraduate and postgraduate medical students. Her primary responsibilities are for program development and evaluation, as well as coordinating the delivery of ethics education by our faculty. Dr Reid completed a doctorate in philosophy at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, specializing in philosophy of language, ethics, and ancient philosophy. She completed postdoctoral work both in philosophy of language and in bioethics at the University of Toronto and Dalhousie University.