Toronto Oasis, Secular Community

This will be an online Zoom meeting. Please RSVP on our Meetup for this event to get access to the Zoom link. See our online meeting instructions at: https://torontooasis.org/online-meeting-instructions

Our program will run from 11 am to 12:30 pm. You can join the meeting starting at 10:30 am for our open social. After 12:30 pm, we will also have an extended discussion for half an hour, until 1:00 pm.

We will be listening to and then discussing a YouTube video by YouTuber J. Draper. It’s about the story of a warrior-queen figure, Boudica and how her story has been distorted to suit all kinds of political narratives. The video and topic were selected and will be introduced by Lola Bradford, a Toronto Oasis participant.

Please RSVP on Meetup to get access to the Zoom link:

https://www.meetup.com/toronto-oasis/events/297481192/

Looking forward to seeing familiar faces and perhaps some new ones!

This will be an online Zoom meeting. Please RSVP on our Meetup for this event to get access to the Zoom link. See our online meeting instructions at: https://torontooasis.org/online-meeting-instructions

Our program will run from 11 am to 12:30 pm. You can join the meeting starting at 10:30 am for our open social. After 12:30 pm, we will also have an extended discussion for half an hour, until 1:00 pm.

We will be listening to and then discussing a TEDx talk by Dr. Derek Denis, an assistant professor of linguistics in the Department of Language Studies at the University of Toronto Mississauga. The video and topic were selected and an intro & outro will be provided by Helen Lenskyj, a Toronto Oasis participant.

Please RSVP on Meetup to get access to the Zoom link:

https://www.meetup.com/toronto-oasis/events/297337752/

Looking forward to seeing familiar faces and perhaps some new ones!

This will be an online Zoom meeting. Please RSVP on our Meetup for this event to get access to the Zoom link. See our online meeting instructions at: https://torontooasis.org/online-meeting-instructions

Our program will run from 11 am to 12:30 pm. You can join the meeting starting at 10:30 am for our open social. After 12:30 pm, we will also have an extended discussion for half an hour, until 1:00 pm.

We will be listening to and then discussing a YouTube video interview of Rodney Allgood, founder of one of the biggest online ex-Jehovah’s Witness communities, Empowered exJW on Facebook. In this video, Rodney is interviewed by another ex-Jehovah’s Witness, Vevian Vozmediano. They talk about the very difficult experience of “pulling the plug” on the life and reality you are born into and charting a new life. The video and topic will be introduced by Tania Akon, a Toronto Oasis organizer.

Please RSVP on meetup to get access to the Zoom link:
https://www.meetup.com/toronto-oasis/events/297196666/

Looking forward to seeing familiar faces and perhaps some new ones!

This will be an online Zoom meeting. Please RSVP on our Meetup for this event to get access to the Zoom link. See our online meeting instructions at: https://torontooasis.org/online-meeting-instructions

Our program will run from 11 am to 12:30 pm. You can join the meeting starting at 10:30 am for our open social. After 12:30 pm, we will also have an extended discussion for half an hour, until 1:00 pm.

We will be listening to and then discussing a YouTube video interview of Cory Doctorow, a tech journalist, consumer protection/privacy advocate and co-author of “Chokepoint Capitalism”. The video and topic were selected and will be introduced by Lola Bradford, a Toronto Oasis participant.

Please RSVP on meetup to get access to the Zoom link:
https://www.meetup.com/toronto-oasis/events/297048336/

Looking forward to seeing familiar faces and perhaps some new ones!

This will be an online Zoom meeting. Please RSVP on our Meetup for this event to get access to the Zoom link. See our online meeting instructions at: https://torontooasis.org/online-meeting-instructions

Our program will run from 11 am to 12:30 pm. You can join the meeting starting at 10:30 am for our open social. After 12:30 pm, we will also have an extended discussion for half an hour, until 1:00 pm.

We will be listening to and then discussing a TED talk by Brene Brown, recorded one year after her Power of Vulnerability TED talk. The video and topic were selected and will be introduced by Tania Akon, a Toronto Oasis organizer.

Please RSVP on meetup to get access to the Zoom link:
https://www.meetup.com/toronto-oasis/events/296911932/

Looking forward to seeing familiar faces and perhaps some new ones!

This will be an online Zoom meeting. Please RSVP on our Meetup for this event to get access to the Zoom link. See our online meeting instructions at: https://torontooasis.org/online-meeting-instructions

Our program will run from 11 am to 12:30 pm. You can join the meeting starting at 10:30 am for our open social. After 12:30 pm, we will also have an extended discussion for half an hour, until 1:00 pm.

Our featured speaker will be Ann Norman, who learned to speak Thai while working in Thailand for two years in the mid ‘80s. Twenty years later, she relearned the language, and learned to read Thai in order to translate the songs of her favorite band, Carabao, into English. From there she was recruited into the Thai prodemocracy movement, and served as the Executive Director of the Thai Alliance for Human Rights for two years.

As a preview to her talk on Humanism in Popular Music from Thailand, Ann wrote this article that lists 30-some songs, with excerpted lyrics. Each song title in the list is hyperlinked to the page with the music video and entire translation. You can check out Ann’s article here:
https://carabaoinenglish.com/uncategorized/humanism-in-the-add-carabao-songs

Please RSVP on meetup to get access to the Zoom link:
https://www.meetup.com/toronto-oasis/events/296769747/

Looking forward to seeing familiar faces and perhaps some new ones!

This meeting has been recorded: GMT20231105-162631_Recording_1920x1080.mp4

This will be an online Zoom meeting. Please RSVP on our Meetup for this event to get access to the Zoom link. See our online meeting instructions at: https://torontooasis.org/online-meeting-instructions

Our program will run from 11 am to 12:30 pm. You can join in to the meeting starting at 10:30 am for our open social. After 12:30 pm, we will also have an extended discussion for half an hour, until 1:00 pm.

We will be listening to and then discussing a YouTube video interview of Rodney Allgood, a motivational speaker and international empowerment coach. The video and topic will be introduced by Tania Akon, a Toronto Oasis organizer.

Please RSVP on meetup to get access to the Zoom link:

https://www.meetup.com/toronto-oasis/events/296639831/

Looking forward to seeing familiar faces and perhaps some new ones!

This will be an online Zoom meeting. Please RSVP on our Meetup for this event to get access to the Zoom link. See our online meeting instructions at: https://torontooasis.org/online-meeting-instructions

Our program will run from 11 am to 12:30 pm. You can join in to the meeting starting at 10:30 am for our open social. After 12:30 pm, we will also have an extended discussion for half an hour, until 1:00 pm.

We will be watching and then discussing a YouTube video featuring Dr. Jess Wade, an award-winning physicist at Imperial College London and a champion for diversity in science. She is a Wikipedia legend – having written more than 1700 Wikipedia biographies of scientists who are women, racialized, and or part of the LGBTQI+ community. The topic and video were selected and will be introduced by Tania Akon, a Toronto Oasis organizer.

Please RSVP on meetup to get access to the Zoom link:

https://www.meetup.com/toronto-oasis/events/296490541/

Looking forward to seeing familiar faces and perhaps some new ones!

This will be an online Zoom meeting. Please RSVP on our Meetup for this event to get access to the Zoom link. See our online meeting instructions at: https://torontooasis.org/online-meeting-instructions

Our program will run from 11 am to 12:30 pm. You can join in to the meeting starting at 10:30 am for our open social. After 12:30 pm, we will also have an extended discussion for half an hour, until 1:00 pm.

Misinformation and disinformation abound. And it only seems to be getting worse. Is the world descending into a reality in which we cannot trust anything? Maybe. Maybe not. It’s complicated.

Join us for a presentation that examines “what lying is”, “who is lying”, and “the high price of being dishonest”.

We will be watching and then discussing an episode of PBS “Be Smart” hosted by Joe Hanson. The topic and video were selected and will be introduced by John Shannon, a Toronto Oasis volunteer.

Please RSVP on meetup to get access to the Zoom link:

https://www.meetup.com/toronto-oasis/events/296336484/

Looking forward to seeing familiar faces and perhaps some new ones!

This will be an online Zoom meeting. Please RSVP on our Meetup for this event to get access to the Zoom link. See our online meeting instructions at: https://torontooasis.org/online-meeting-instructions

Our program will run from 11 am to 12:30 pm. You can join in to the meeting starting at 10:30 am for our open social. After 12:30 pm, we will also have an extended discussion for half an hour, until 1:00 pm.

We will be watching and then discussing a TED talk by Brene Brown, an American professor, author and podcast host. The topic and videos were selected and will be introduced by Tania Akon, a Toronto Oasis organizer.

Please RSVP on meetup to get access to the Zoom link:

https://www.meetup.com/toronto-oasis/events/296187510/

Looking forward to seeing familiar faces and perhaps some new ones!