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HAT Forum: IQ

HAT Forum
Saturday, September 6, 11:00-1:00
519 Church St., Room 304

Proposed by Gary Higgins

0. Are IQs rising? falling?
1. Are intelligent people necessarily more socially conscious? better humanists?
2. Would it be desirable to artificially boost IQ or intelligence with eugenics, stem cell research, GMOs, drugs and chemicals, or mechanical devices?
3. Could advertising, television, and modern conveniences (i.e. computers and apps and devices) contribute to decreasing or increasing IQ?
4. Is consent required for IQ testing? Could a person, or the parent of a child, refuse permission for these tests? Who has access to these records?

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Bill C-246: Modernizing Animal Protections Act, A Personal Commitment

Saturday, October 15, 2016
1:30pm 3:00pm

Room 8-220OISE, 252 Bloor St. West, Toronto

The Humanist Association of Toronto invites you to “Bill C-246: Modernizing Animal Protections Act, A Personal Commitment” Nathaniel Erskine-Smith, MP, Beaches-East York, on Saturday, October 15, 2016, 1:30 - 3:00 pm OISE, 252 Bloor St. west, Room 8-220

Animal protection is not a partisan issue. Canadians across the political spectrum care about improving animal welfare. This private member’s bill addresses three specific and achievable goals, to modernize our animal protection laws and bring them into the 21st century.

Nathaniel Erskine-Smith has a BA (Politics) and a JD (Law) from Queen’s University and a Master of Law from Oxford. His commitment to animal rights came from his mother, who instilled in him a respect for animals as he was growing up. He is vegan, loves baseball and is the proud father of his three-month-old son.

SYRIAN REFUGEE PROJECT

Syrian Refugee Project Update.

April 8^th 2016

From Stephen Perin and Moses Klein:

The Friends of Music and Arts Steering committee has welcomed HAT's offer of contribution to Syrian Refugee sponsorship. The Friends of Music and Art are a group of 15 Toronto artists whom are sponsoring a family of 5 to Canada. They have been assigned a refugee case number, and are an organized group.

HAT has collected over 6 thousand dollars in donations towards this effort. Our money has been designated as a charitable fund which will be used to buy extra needed things and unforeseen costs which will come up as the settle effort comes to fruition. Examples of this are beds, winter jackets, school supplies and other personal needs. HAT members have also offered to help with settlement assistance once the family arrives.

An arranged meeting with a lawyer is set to finalize The Friends of Music and Arts government approval. Two HAT steering committee members, Stephen Perin and Moses Klein, have established a liaison with the group, through which we will coordinate HAT's contributions to the effort. The Friends of Music and Art have started a Facebook page to post news and to stay in touch with their now larger group of contributors. All contributions will be directed there such as clothes and other materials.

Moses and I will remain in touch with The Friends of Music and Arts as the family settles, and we will be fulfilling donation help requests as they come in.

There is currently a 3-8 month waiting time with new refugee processing rules handed down by the government. Syria is no longer being prioritized and they must wait in queue with all worldwide refugees.

We are still soliciting help for the project, in two important ways.

Financial assistance: Sponsoring organizations need to raise the equivalent of one year of welfare before the sponsorship can proceed. For a family of 5, that amount is officially $29,500, but in an expensive city such as Toronto the actual costs could be much higher.

Settlement assistance: After our refugee family has arrived, they may still need assistance in other forms. Can you volunteer to help find an apartment, take them on errands, introduce them to local culture, etc.? Would you have old clothes or furniture to donate? This is in the future, but we would like to compile a list of people to call on.

Contact Moses Klein at HATRefugeeProject@gmail.com.

For donations: Please fill in this Google Form:

https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1_Kwjz9lI5RLSd2yzxt_1am_gnSvLa6GPWeVlZW6zATc/viewform?usp=send_form

Or, please download this Word document form, and complete the form and mail to the address provided.

https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B5WBEX5yqotHb2E4V092YTJ1MkU/view?usp=sharing

Moses Klein

Stephen Perin

HUMANIST OF THE YEAR

Here is a list also in PDF form of those individuals selected since 2003 by HAT to receive our Humanist of The Year Award. The PDF has photos and more information. This list was compiled by Maria Kochan.

2013 - Dan Falk, science journalist
2012 - Judy Rebick, journalist and activist
2011 - Heather Mallick, journalist
2010 - Dr. Mark Kingwell, Professor of Philosophy, UofT
2009 - Gar Mahood, anti-smoking activist
2008 - Dr. John Robert Colombo, author, poet
2007 - Dr. Ronald de Sousa, author, Professor Emeritus, UofT
2006 - Dr. Khadlid Sohail, psychiatrist, author
2005 - Homa Arjomand, activist
2004 - June Callwood, author, journalist, activist
2003 - Pierre Berton, author

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