Join us on our fourth annual Burnaby Lake walk to meet and greet fellow humanists safely outdoors! Burnaby Lake is a major stop-over for migrating bird life as well as home to many local species. We’ll pass over the dam and fish ladders, and check out efforts by local conservation groups to support species at risk. We’ll make this a fairly easy walk of about 2 hours, although keeners can continue around the whole lake! Bring a camera and binoculars if you like, and dress for the weather.

We'll start at the Avalon entrance at the east end of the lake. It has a large parking lot and is within reach of Production Way SkyTrain station or busses 110 and 101. Meet at the notice board in the parking lot.

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The Annual General Meeting of the BC Humanist Association will be held virtually via Zoom on May 22, 2025, at 7:00 PM (PDT) with the following agenda:

1. Territorial acknowledgement
2. Name the chair
3. Determine if quorum is present
4. Approval of the agenda
5. Approval of the minutes of the previous AGM
6. Receive the 2024 financial report
7. Receive the Executive Director's Report
8. Receive any other director's report
9. Announcement of election results
10. Adjournment

Only current members may vote at the AGM; proxies are not accepted. Minutes of the previous AGM, financial statements and statements by candidates nominated for election are posted on the members site. Candidates for the five available board positions must be members in good standing for at least six months prior to the AGM. The returning officer is Eric Damer.

Guest speaker: Evan Clark, Atheists United

How are atheists and humanists in the USA responding to the Trump era? Stick around after the meeting to hear from Evan Clark, Executive Director of Atheists United in Los Angeles about how he's building thriving atheists communities and fighting to defend the separation of government and religion.

Evan is an award-winning humanist community organizer with over 15 years experience tinkering with secular communities. He is currently the Executive Director of Atheists United in Los Angeles, CA, the Southern California State Director for American Atheists, and a Board Member for the American Humanist Association.

Evan was previously the Creative Director at Spectrum Experience LLC, North American Coordinator for Young Humanists International, Chair of the Secular Student Alliance Board of Directors, co-host of the Humanist Experience podcast, co-founder of the Humanist Community of Ventura County, and President of the Secular Student Alliance at California Lutheran University.

Join us in celebrating the Summer Solstice at the Burnaby Village Museum on June 21, 2025 at 11:30 am.

We'll have a tent set up near the Carousel by northwest entrance.

Admission to the museum is free.

Bring your own lunch or purchase food at the Museum's restaurant.

Photo credit: Flickr/Mike W