Today, the British Columbia Humanist Association (BCHA) is marking the tenth anniversary of the Supreme Court of Canada’s historic MLQ v Saguenay decision with the release of its latest report, “Prayer Free BC.” This report declares British Columbia to be free of prayer in regular municipal council meetings. This landmark achievement follows years of dedicated research and advocacy by the BCHA through its Saguenay Project.

The BC Humanist Association will be going to the Supreme Court of British Columbia to bring the perspectives of the non-religious and the importance of the duty of religious neutrality in a case that's challenging the refusal of St Paul's Hospital to provide medical assistance in dying (MAID) on site.

In a groundbreaking and utterly unprecedented move, the BC Humanist Association today unveils the highly anticipated report, "Finding DORI: A Department of Religious Inefficiency," outlining a visionary pathway toward a more comprehensive and systematically inefficient integration of religious principles into the very fabric of governance.

Humanists are welcoming today's unanimous BC Court of Appeal ruling that found BC's Personal Information Protection Act (PIPA) does not infringe the religious freedom rights of two congregations of the Jehovah's Witnesses.

A new bill before the Manitoba legislature would scrap antiquated provisions that permit religious instruction and exercises in public schools.

Today, the BC Humanist Association called on the Department of Finance to use Budget 2025 to protect human rights and uphold religious neutrality.

What could your community do with millions of extra dollars?

The Kelowna Atheists, Skeptics and Humanists Association (KASHA) and Adcvocacy Canada are asking this very question, as they challenge the significant financial subsidy that religious institutions in the City of Kelowna receive through property tax exemptions.

The Township of Selwyn, Ontario, has agreed to drop prayers from future inaugural council meetings after a request by constitutional lawyer Donald Bur.

In December, a Parliamentary committee recommended Canada end automatic charitable status for religious groups, mirroring recommendations from the BC Humanist Association (BCHA).

The BC Humanist Association (BCHA) is joining reproductive justice advocates in lauding an announcement by the federal government to require greater transparency from so-called "crisis pregnancy centres" (CPCs). This move is a significant step towards ensuring that organizations promoting harmful and misleading information about reproductive health cannot exploit charitable tax benefits.