Centre for Inquiry Canada
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| Founded | 2007 |
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| Type | Not-for-Profit Educational Organization |
| Focus | Public understanding of science, secular ethics, skepticism |
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| Method | Research, education, outreach, and advocacy |
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Key people
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Current: Kevin Smith, Former: Justin Trottier Derek Pert, Michael Payton, Eric Adriaans |
| Website | www |
The Centre for Inquiry Canada (CFIC) is a not-for-profit educational organization with headquarters in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. The Canadian organization was founded as a member and volunteer driven organization in 2007. Justin Trottier served as Executive Director from 2007 to 2011. It is the Canadian affiliate of CFI Transnational.Their primary mission is to provide education and training to the public in the application of skeptical, secular, rational and humanistic inquiry through conferences, symposia, lectures, published works and the maintenance of a library.
CFI Canada was originally established as a branch of CFI Transnational in Toronto, Ontario, Canada in 2006. Initially supported in part by CFI Transnational, CFIC is an independent Canadian national organization with branches in several provinces. Justin Trottier served as the first national director from 2007 to 2011, followed by Michael Payton until June 2013, and by Eric Adriaans from March 2014 to July 2016.
CFI Canada is governed by a Board of Directors to whom the National Executive Director reports. The ancillary Council of CFI Canada is a quasi-governance body responsible for the election of the Board and for approval of changes to CFIC by-laws. Branch directors (leaders) report to the National Executive Director.
CFI Canada has branches in Halifax, Montreal, Ottawa, Toronto, Saskatoon, Calgary, Regina, Kelowna, Victoria and Vancouver.
The Committee for the Advancement of Scientific Skepticism (CASS) is a science-focused working group of CFI Canada, acting as a national Canadian science advisory group that encourages evidence-based inquiry into scientific, medical, technological and paranormal claims using scientific scepticism. CASS conducts research, provides educational programs in schools, and publishes papers on a variety of scientific topics in a proactive approach to public outreach, and also acts reactively to non-evidence based scientific, medical, and paranormal claims in public discourse.
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