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Date: Thursday, February 9th, 2012

Time: 7:00 pm

Place: Presentation Room, Student Centre


Tell us you’re coming on FACEBOOK

We are looking for bright, outgoing, organized, and enthusiastic people to continue running the Mississauga Freethought Association. The following executive positions are available for the 2012/13 year:

• President
• Vice President
• Secretary
• Treasurer
• Publicity and Media Relations
• Community Relations

If you are interested in running for an executive position, send us an email with your name, year of study at UTM, position you’re interested in, and a brief (3-5 sentences) statement on why you would be the best person for the job.

Some reasons to consider being part of the MFA executive:

• Great way to get involved in Campus Life!
• Great way to meet new people!
• Looks great on a resume!
• Ability to bring important issues to the student body!
• Encourage critical thinking!
• Promote science!
• All the cool kids are doing it!

We hope to see you there!

Did you know that Charles Darwin didn’t become a doctor because he couldn’t stand the sight of blood? His favourite daughter died at the age of 10, which put him in a depression.

Find out about Charles Darwin’s journey through his personal turmoil as he proposed the concept of ‘evolution’- one of the greatest ideas in the history of science and finished his book “The Origin of Species” (On the Origin of Species by means of Natural Selection, or the Preservation of Favoured Races in the Struggle for Life)

9th February 2012 @ 5pm
Presentation Room, Student Centre

FREE PIZZA AND POP

Tell us you’re coming on our FACEBOOK event here

What happens when a world-renowned scientist, crushed by the loss of his eldest daughter, formulates a theory in conflict with religious dogma? This is the story of Charles Darwin and his master-work “The Origin of Species”. It tells of a global revolution played out the confines of a small English village; a passionate marriage torn apart by the most dangerous idea in history; and a theory saved from extinction by the logic of a child. Written by JC – IMDB

Find out more about the movie here

10 Fun Facts about Charles Darwin

When was the first time you used Google? Can’t remember? Then, when was Google started? Have you ever googled about Google!?

Find out in the documentary: The Google Boys about the guys who started the internet giant and how Google Search works.

This Friday at 12pm in the Presentation Room of the Student Center. There will be a FREE PIZZA lunch!

Go to the Facebook Event and select attend if you are coming.

Also, don’t forget about the Meetup at 1pm in North Building Cafe today!

Hope to see you there!

What is the current state of world religion? Find out Bill Maher’s take on it.

Movie Screening – Religulous (Bill Maher)
Thursday, October 13, 2011
FREE PIZZA + POP @ 5:00 pm!
Student Centre – Presentation Room, Lower Level
Followed by a discussion on topics relevant to the film.

We will be having our 2010/11 Annual General Meeting to wrap up the year. Details of the meeting are below:

Date: Friday, April 1, 2010
Time: 3:00 pm
Place: Room 280 (Lounge), Student Centre

This meeting will include: A review of this years events, financial review, plans for next year, and voting in of new executive members!

We are looking for bright, outgoing, organized, and enthusiastic people to continue running the Mississauga Freethought Association. The following executive positions are available for the 2011/12 year:

• President
• Vice President
• Secretary
• Treasurer
• Publicity and Media Relations
• Community Relations

If you are interested in running for an executive position, send us an email with your name, year of study at UTM, position you’re interested in, and a brief (3-5 sentences) statement on why you would be the best person for the job.

Some reasons to consider being part of the MFA executive:

• Great way to get involved in Campus Life!
• Great way to meet new people!
• Looks great on a resume!
• Ability to bring important issues to the student body!
• Encourage critical thinking!
• Promote science!
• All the cool kids are doing it!

We hope to see you there!

Join Mississauga Freethought Association and UTM Mathematical and Computational Science Society for a free screening of “The Mathematics of Chaos”. The documentary looks at the modern advances in mathematics and how they affect our understanding of physics, economics, environmental issues and human psychology.

The film looks at how developments in 20th Century mathematics have affected our view of the world, and particularly how the financial economy and earth’s environment are now seen as inherently unpredictable. The film looks at the influence the work of Henri Poincare and Alexander Lyapunov had on later developments in mathematics. It includes interviews with David Ruelle, about chaos theory and turblence, the economist Paul Ormerod about the unpredictability of economic systems, and James Lovelock the founder of Gaia theory about climate change and tipping points in the environment.
As we approach tipping points in both the economy and the climate, the film examines the mathematics we have been reluctant to face up to and asks if, even now, we would rather bury our heads in the sand rather than face harsh truths.

Tuesday, March 9, 2010
Killing Us Softly 3
In Partnership with the UTM Women’s Centre

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Jean Kilbourne continues her groundbreaking analysis of advertising’s depiction of women in this most recent update of her pioneering Killing Us Softly series. In fascinating detail, Kilbourne decodes an array of print and television advertisements to reveal a pattern of disturbing and destructive gender stereotypes. Her analysis challenges us to consider the relationship between advertising and broader issues of culture, identity, sexism, and gender violence.

Questions addressed are: Does the beauty ideal still tyrannize women?
| Does advertising still objectify women’s bodies? | Are the twin
themes of liberation and weight control still linked? | Is sexuality still presented as women’s main concern? | Are young girls still sexualized? | Are grown women infantilized? | Are images of male violence against women still used to sell products?

We look forward to viewing the video and then having an informal discussion on the information presented..

This is a free event.

Brought to you by the Mississauga Freethought Association (www.freethoughtcanada.ca) and the UTM women’s Centre (http://www.utm.utoronto.ca/~w3women/uwomhis.html)

We are happy to announce that the MFA is looking for a number of executive members.

As an executive member, you would be responsible for planning, organizing, and promoting freethought events around campus, and being actively involved in the freethought movement. All it takes is a few hours per month (including meetings)!

If interested, send us an email to free...@gmail.com. No prior experience is necessary… Just an open mind, and a skeptical eye!

Positions available:
Secretary
Treasurer
Media/Promotions
Community Relations

Read our constitution to see what we’re all about.

Rep. Pete Stark of Fremont might have crossed what some are calling “one of the last frontiers” in politics when he delighted atheists this week by acknowledging that he does not believe in a supreme being.

Just a generation ago, says Democratic political strategist Dan Newman, “you couldn’t go anywhere near” such a statement, which “would have been political suicide.”

Read more here

Last night, nearly 3,000 people received a mini lesson on the origin of the universe from perhaps the world’s most famous cosmologist, Stephen Hawking.

Hawking spoke to a packed audience in Zellerbach Hall about how Albert Einstein’s general theory of relativity and quantum theory explained the creation of the universe.

The event was also simultaneously broadcast to a sold-out Wheeler Auditorium, as well as Webcast live.

Full Article Here