A not-for-profit educational association, the Council supports a wide range of activities to meet the needs of people who find meaning and value in life without looking to a god. Its activities range from magazine publishing to campaigning on ethical issues, from conferences to support networks, from educational courses to conducting secular ceremonies, from local groups to international development.
The Secular Web is owned and operated by Internet Infidels, Inc., a nonprofit educational organization dedicated to defending and promoting a naturalistic worldview on the Internet. Since its founding in 1995, the Secular Web has grown from a small site spawned in a dorm at Texas University into the most comprehensive freethought resource on the Internet. Offering thousands of outstanding essays, reviews, and critiques, covering everything from articles of general interest to scholarly papers by prominent nontheistic philosophers, scientists, historians, and others.
The Center for Inquiry is dedicated primarily to promote and defend science, reason, and free inquiry in all aspects of human interest. The purpose of the Center for Inquiry is to contribute to the public understanding and appreciation of science and reason, and their applications to human conduct.
The Institute for Humanist Studies is a think tank whose mission is to promote greater public awareness, understanding, and support for humanism. Founded in 1999 as a educational nonprofit institute, IHS provides accessible and authoritative information about humanism and the nonreligious to the media, academia, and the general public.
Humanist Perspectives is a Canadian journal that seeks to promote the idea that human problems can best be solved by human beings, by relying on our intellectual, moral and social capabilities, free from notions of supernatural purpose or design, and affirming that human life has meaning in its own terms. Humanist Perspectives publishes articles, poems, artworks and stories that reflect the ideas of modern humanism: the belief that the only world we have is the natural world. We examine social issues from a rational, ethical perspective, and we celebrate human freedom and achievement.
The Official Richard Dawkins website. The website includes news articles, videos, forums, book extracts, and a store. Richard Dawkins is a British ethologist, evolutionary biologist and a popular science author. He was formerly Professor for Public Understanding of Science at Oxford and was a fellow of New College, Oxford. Dawkins is a prominent critic of creationism and intelligent design and he has widely been referred to in the media as "Darwin's Rottweiler".
The Freedom From Religion Foundation, with more than 13,000 members, is the largest association of freethinkers (atheists and agnostics) in the United States. FFRF has been working since 1978 to promote freethought and to keep state and church separate. The Foundation promotes freedom from religion with a weekly national radio show, a newspaper, a freethought billboard campaign and other educational endeavors, including scholarships for freethinking students.
Edge Foundation, Inc., was established in 1988 as an outgrowth of a group known as The Reality Club. Its informal membership includes some of the most interesting minds in the world. The mandate of Edge Foundation is to promote inquiry into and discussion of intellectual, philosophical, artistic, and literary issues, as well as to work for the intellectual and social achievement of society.
Make Poverty History is part of a global call to action against poverty. The campaign was launched in Canada in 2005 with the support of a wide cross-section of public interest and faith/non-faith groups, trade unions, students, academics, literary, artistic and sports leaders. National campaigns are now active in over 100 countries.
The Canadian Atheist Bus Campaign seeks to bring awareness to the general public about atheism, humanism, and secularism. The Canadian Atheist Bus Campaign assert that it’s perfectly acceptable not to believe in any God or Gods and that there almost certainly isn’t any Gods or God despite what many religions will have you believe. The Canadian Atheist Bus Campaign wants people to know that we can live morally good, ethically sound, happy, and fulfilling lives without having to be religious or base our lives on the doctrine and theologies of religion.
Founded in 2007, Canadian Freethinker is a unique quarterly magazine that promotes freethought, critical thinking and humanist culture. Canadian Freethinker discusses news and issues affecting our secular lifestyle and our civil rights, and promote events and projects for the humanist community. Their mission is to increase awareness of freethinkers via a national print media forum that encourages open dialogue about humanism and secularism.
Skeptics Canada promotes critical thinking and the scientific method to address beliefs or practices. They examine extraordinary claims with open minds, but expose claims for which evidence and reason are poor. Skeptics Canada is society of diverse individuals who share a common interest in promoting the understanding and application of critical thinking skills and scientific methodology in the explanation of human experience — from the seemingly mundane to the alleged paranormal.
Founded in Amsterdam in 1952, International Humanist and Ethical Union (IHEU) is the sole world umbrella organisation embracing Humanist, atheist, rationalist, secularist, skeptic, laique, ethical cultural, freethought and similar organisations world-wide. IHEU vision is a Humanist world; a world in which human rights are respected and everyone is able to live a life of dignity. The mission of IHEU is to build and represent the global Humanist movement that defends human rights and promotes Humanist values world-wide.
