May 2012
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| | 1Events on May 1, 2012 BCHA May Book Club - Sing You Home
Starts: May 1, 2012 - 7:00 pm
Ends: May 1, 2012 - 10:00 pm
Location: 245 E Broadway, Vancouver, BC
Description: https://www.facebook.com/events/359189077466045
For our May book club we will be switching gears a bit and reading Jodi Picoult's book Sing You Home.
"A stillborn baby ends Max and Zoe's marriage. Max leaves Zoe and turns to drinking. Zoe falls in love with a female school counsellor, Vanessa. Max finds help for his drinking problem through his brother's church. Vanessa and Zoe get married. Vanessa offers to carry one of Zoe and Max's fertilized embryos. Zoe goes to Max to get permission to release the embryos to her but Max's new found religious fervour leads him to sue Zoe for custody."
The book club will be held on the first Tuesday of every month at Our Town Cafe. The event is free, but consider supporting the venue by purchasing a drink or snack. Please also suggest books for later months and invite anyone who may be interested. The book is available at the Vancouver Public Library ( http://vpl.bibliocommons.com/item/show/2381894038_sing_you_home ) or local book stores.
| 2Events on May 2, 2012 Skeptics in the Pub in Kitsilano
Starts: May 2, 2012 - 7:30 pm
Ends: May 2, 2012 - 11:30 pm
Location: 1407 Laburnum St., Vancouver, BC
Description: Join us on the first Wednesday of the month for an evening of skeptical fun, food, drinks, and conversation by the fireplace at the Billy Bishop Legion. Come out and discuss skepticism-related activities in Vancouver with your fellow science enthusiasts, rationalists, and critical thinkers, and maybe meet some new friends.
The Billy doesn't serve meals, but you are welcome to bring in food from the nearby restaurants, or go in with a few others and have pizza delivered.
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6Events on May 6, 2012 Sunday Morning Skeptics in Poco
Starts: May 6, 2012 - 11:00 am
Ends: May 6, 2012 - 1:00 pm
Location: 2627 Shaughnessy St., Port Coquitlam, BC
Description: http://www.meetup.com/Skeptics-in-the-Pub-Port-Moody/events/61947522/
Let's keep the Sabbath every first Sunday of the month at Waves Coffee House in Port Coquitlam. All righteous and devout skeptics and nonbelievers who follow the teachings of rationalism are welcome. Service will be held at the Shaughnessy and McAllister Waves Coffee House at 11 am. We will begin service with the raising of cups. The breaking of bread is optional. Praise will be given to evidence based thought and solace given to those who have borne the cross of theistic fatuity. Lets rejoice in the good fortune of being alive in a vast universe while maintaining a firm grip on reality. Topics may or may not include science, Star Trek and skoodleypooping.
Triumf tour 2: Revenge of the Mesons
Starts: May 6, 2012 - 3:00 pm
Ends: May 6, 2012 - 4:00 pm
Location: 4004 Wesbrook Mall, Vancouver, BC
Description: https://www.facebook.com/events/346883255370406/
Lars writes: Enough people couldn't make it or ran against the number limit last time that I thought we give it another go in May.
Picked a Sunday this time because some people can't do Saturdays. Also: what else are you going to do, church?
Same deal:
- We're limited to 15 people.
- RSVP by e-mail to larsmartin1978+triumftour[at]googlemail.com, so I can order you by timestamps.
| 7 | 8 | 9 | 10Events on May 10, 2012 BCHA 2012 Annual General Meeting
Starts: May 10, 2012 - 7:00 pm
Ends: May 10, 2012 - 10:00 pm
Location: 515 West Hastings Street, Vancouver, BC
Description: https://www.facebook.com/events/428336710525685
The BC Humanist Association is not just the oldest freethought organization in British Columbia, it's also one of the very few democratic ones. Come out to our AGM on May 10 to have a chance to run and vote for a new Board of Directors.
Our 2012 Annual General Meeting will be held on May 10th at Simon Fraser University's Harbour Centre Campus (555 West Hastings, Vancouver) at 7:00 PM. The exact room details will be available closer to the date.
The meeting will feature reports from the board, as well as elections for our a new board of directors. If you would like to consider running for the board and would like more information, please contact any of our current board members.
Please email Ian if you are outside of Vancouver and would like to attend the meeting virtually. Only current members are able to stand for election or vote, so please make sure you have renewed or paid for a membership for 2012.
More details are coming but we are hoping to have a presentation or some refreshments available. We hope to see you there!
Contact information:
Current President: Ian Bushfield president@bchumanist.ca
Other Board Members: http://bchumanist.ca/index.php/contact-us/board-members
Join/renew your membership: http://bchumanist.ca/index.php/join-us
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13Events on May 13, 2012 UBC Freethinkers Breakfast of Champions! May
Starts: May 13, 2012 - 10:30 am
Ends: May 13, 2012 - 12:00 pm
Location: 317 Broadway E, Vancouver, BC
| 14 | 15Events on May 15, 2012 ScienceOnlineVancouver
Starts: May 15, 2012 - 6:30 pm
Ends: May 15, 2012 - 9:00 pm
Location: 1455 Quebec Street, Vancouver, BC
Skeptics in the Pub Downtown
Starts: May 15, 2012 - 7:30 pm
Ends: May 15, 2012 - 11:30 pm
Location: 579 Dunsmuir St., Vancouver, BC
Description: Join us on the third Tuesday of the month at 7:30pm for another evening of skeptical fun, food, drinks, and conversation in the Railway Club's back bar. Come out and discuss skepticism-related activities in Vancouver with your fellow science enthusiasts, rationalists, and critical thinkers, and maybe meet some new friends.
If you arrive late and they're collecting a cover charge at the door, just tell them you're with the skeptics' group to get in for free.
| 16Events on May 16, 2012 Creationist Mike Riddle at Langara
Starts: May 16, 2012 - 7:00 pm
Ends: May 16, 2012 - 9:00 pm
Location: 100 West 49th Avenue, Vancouver, BC
Description: Room: Langara College Building 'A' Auditorium - Room A130
https://www.facebook.com/events/392511154116204/
An event by Langara Christians Club:
Mike Riddle is coming to Langara on May 16th to do a seminar and talk on "The Origin and Diversity of Life".
There also will be time for a Q&A period.
Mike currently lectures and teaches internationally on creation apologetics, education, science and the Bible, and developing worldview. He holds a degree in mathematics and a graduate degree in education and has been involved in creation ministry for more than thirty years. He also is an adjunct speaker for Answers in Genesis. Mike currently resides in Northern Kentucky.
This event is held on the Langara Campus! Set your notifications, so you can be automatically notified, or check back the week of the event.
This is a FREE one-time event! First come first serve basis. Come out to this rare opportunity, and invite your friends through this facebook page! (click above link)
Please mark May 16th off on your calendar and keep posted to this event page.
SEMINAR LOCATION IS LANGARA COLLEGE, AUDITORIUM IN BUILDING"A" (Room A130)
| 17 | 18Events on May 18, 2012 World Skeptics Congress in Berlin, Germany
Starts: May 18, 2012 - 12:00 am
Ends: May 21, 2012 - 12:00 am
Location: Berlin, Germany
Imagine No Religion 2 Conference
Starts: May 18, 2012 - 12:00 am
Ends: May 21, 2012 - 12:00 am
Location: Coast Kamloops Hotel & Conference Centre, 1250 Rogers Way, Kamloops, British Columbia V1S 1N5
| 19Events on May 19, 2012 World Skeptics Congress in Berlin, Germany
Starts: May 18, 2012 - 12:00 am
Ends: May 21, 2012 - 12:00 am
Location: Berlin, Germany
Imagine No Religion 2 Conference
Starts: May 18, 2012 - 12:00 am
Ends: May 21, 2012 - 12:00 am
Location: Coast Kamloops Hotel & Conference Centre, 1250 Rogers Way, Kamloops, British Columbia V1S 1N5
Skeptics in the Pub in Port Moody
Starts: May 19, 2012 - 6:30 pm
Ends: May 19, 2012 - 7:30 pm
Location: 248 Newport Drive, Port Moody, BC
Description: http://www.meetup.com/Skeptics-in-the-Pub-Port-Moody/
Meet up with freethinkers, science fans, and religion-free people on the third Saturday of every month, and enjoy the relaxing atmosphere of St. James's Well Olde Irish Pub in Newport Village.
This is a new Meetup group and is a great place to make friends and get involved in new events and activities and to be informed of matters of interest to critical thinkers and science enthusiasts.
We are meeting on the third Saturday of every month. St. James's Well is at 248 Newport Drive, Port Moody, BC a few blocks from Ioco and Barnet Hwy. There is a free parking lot to the right of the pub and parking spots around the pub.
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20Events on May 20, 2012 World Skeptics Congress in Berlin, Germany
Starts: May 18, 2012 - 12:00 am
Ends: May 21, 2012 - 12:00 am
Location: Berlin, Germany
Imagine No Religion 2 Conference
Starts: May 18, 2012 - 12:00 am
Ends: May 21, 2012 - 12:00 am
Location: Coast Kamloops Hotel & Conference Centre, 1250 Rogers Way, Kamloops, British Columbia V1S 1N5
Partial Solar Eclipse
Starts: May 20, 2012 - 3:58 pm
Ends: May 20, 2012 - 6:23 pm
Location: As seen from Vancouver, BC
| 21 | 22Events on May 22, 2012 May Café Sci: Andrew Holding, "Forgotten Knowledge: The discovery and loss of a cure for scurvy"
Starts: May 22, 2012 - 7:30 pm
Ends: May 22, 2012 - 10:30 pm
Location: 579 Dunsmuir St., Vancouver, BC
Description: https://www.facebook.com/events/283178651776660/
Dear Café Scientifiquers,
Our May café will happen on Tuesday May 22th, 7:30pm at The Railway Club. Our speaker for the evening will be Andrew Holding, a research scientist who is currently employed by the Medical Research Council (MRC) in the Laboratory of Molecular Biology, Cambridge, UK. He has worked on many Science outreach projects including founding and organising Skeptics in the Pub in Cambridge, which holds monthly talks by various speakers with the aim of highlighting the application of critical thinking and scientific method. His talk will be:
Forgotten Knowledge: The discovery and loss of a cure for scurvy
Of all the slang names for the British, none is more iconic than
'Limey'. While the the term provokes majestic images of the Golden Age of Sail, scurvy cost countless sailors and seamen their lives. It was once not unheard of for nine out of every ten members of a ship's crew to have succumbed to scurvy by the time it returned to port. The results of James Lind's work on the HMS Salisbury in 1747, which led to a cure, without doubt saved innumerable lives. Yet in Cherry-Garrard's account of Robert Falcon Scott's 1911 expedition to the South Pole, he writes: "There was little scurvy in Nelson's days; but the reason is not clear, since, according to modern research, lime-juice only helps to prevent it." So why did Lind's results get
forgotten?
| 23 | 24Events on May 24, 2012 CFI Lecture: "Science, society and the #arseniclife debacle" by Dr. Rosie Redfield
Starts: May 24, 2012 - 7:00 pm
Ends: May 24, 2012 - 9:00 pm
Location: 555 West Hastings Street #1800 Vancouver, BC
Description: https://www.facebook.com/events/288236011261916/
Terasen Cinema (Room #1800, Main Floor), Harbour Centre, Simon Fraser University, Vancouver
Science lecture entitled "Science, society and the #arseniclife debacle" by UBC microbiologist Dr. Rosie Redfield.
This talk will address how personal biases and funding sources affect scientific judgement as well as the increasing roles of social media in both the practice and public communication of science.
Dr. Redfield is very active in promoting science to the general public so this promises to be an exciting talk!
Drinks afterwards at the Railway Club.
Richmond Skeptics in the Pub
Starts: May 24, 2012 - 7:30 pm
Ends: May 24, 2012 - 10:30 pm
Location: Legends Pub, 6511 Buswell St., Richmond, BC
Description: Richmond Skeptics in the Pub is a casual social event for local science enthusiasts who value critical thinking and skepticism. Join us for drinks and food in a friendly atmosphere. It's a great place to meet local skeptics, make new friends, and get involved and informed about new events and activities.
We meet on the fourth Thursday of the month at the Legends Pub in Richmond, located at 6511 Buswell Street, minutes from the Brighouse Skytrain station and Richmond Centre. There's free parking on the roof for those who need it.
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27Events on May 27, 2012 BCHA Toastmasters Info Meeting
Starts: May 27, 2012 - 10:00 am
Ends: May 27, 2012 - 12:00 pm
Location: 650 West 41st Ave., Vancouver, BC
Description: https://www.facebook.com/events/286713334754440/
Room: Oakridge Seniors Centre
On Sunday, May 27th, a representative of Toastmasters International will be speaking at our regular meeting. Based on the reception to the presentation the BC Humanists may pursue the creation of a Humanist Toastmasters group.
Toastmasters International is a world leader in communication and leadership development. Their membership is 270,000 strong. These members improve their speaking and leadership skills by attending one of the 13,000 clubs that make up our global network of meeting locations.
Caustic Soda Live @ VanCAF
Starts: May 27, 2012 - 11:00 am
Ends: May 27, 2012 - 2:00 pm
Location: 181 Roundhouse Mews, Vancouver, BC
Description: https://www.facebook.com/events/351032504943692/
Did you miss our last live show in downtown Vancouver? The next one is 11am Sunday May 27th @ the Vancouver Comic Arts Festival. Our guest is Cinema Sewer's Robin Bougie and the topic is "Censorship."
IT'S FREE!
Tell all your friends! Book your time off now! Resist the urge to make other plans with your family!
| 28 | 29Events on May 29, 2012 LSI Café Scientifique “Seeing is Believing Series' Title: “NanoSpace Invaders: Seeing into the Subcellular World”
Starts: May 29, 2012 - 6:00 pm
Ends: May 29, 2012 - 8:00 pm
Location: 2350 Health Sciences Mall, Vancouver, BC
| 30Events on May 30, 2012 World Science Festival
Starts: May 30, 2012 - 12:00 am
Ends: June 4, 2012 - 12:00 am
CFI Lecture: "The future of blasphemy" by Austin Dacey
Starts: May 30, 2012 - 7:00 pm
Ends: May 30, 2012 - 8:30 pm
Location: 1866 Main Mall, Vancouver, BC
Description: Room: BUCH A103, UBC
https://www.facebook.com/events/247581488682467
The Centre for Inquiry Vancouver and UBC Freethinkers are proud to present a talk on "The future of blasphemy" by Austin Dacey.
Austin Dacey is a philosopher, author, and human rights activist whose work on issues of freedom of conscience and expression has been profiled by the New York Times, Wall Street Journal, BBC World Service, NPR, and Voice of America. His writings have appeared in numerous publications including USA Today, Dissent, and the New York Times.
| 31Events on May 31, 2012 World Science Festival
Starts: May 30, 2012 - 12:00 am
Ends: June 4, 2012 - 12:00 am
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