The Association for Science and Reason (Skeptics Canada)

The Association for Science and Reason will be holding our regular in-person Skeptics in the Pub event. (Monthly Zoom meetings will continue as usual, but we will also be doing monthly in-person events on the second Tuesday of every month).

We will get together for a social event to say hello to people we may have only met on-line and to reconnect with some long-time acquaintances. We will not be having a presentation or a speaker, just a chance to sit down and have a meal and/or a beverage and a conversation with a pleasant group of fellow skeptics.

Food and beverages are available from the menu. Foods include a full menu from soups and appetizers to entrées and dessert. The beverage menu includes over 70 different beers on tap, many bottled beers, a selection of wines, various cocktails, and as well as non-alcoholic drinks.

We'll be at the Prenup Pub, 191 College St, Toronto, (on the south side of College). If the space is available, we will be on the ground floor, near the bar, to the right as you come in, otherwise ask the staff where the "Skeptics" are.

The Prenup Pub is about a 350m, 5-minute walk west of Queens Park subway station, or about a 450m, 6-minute walk from Spadina and College. There are a couple of public parking lots about the same distance away.

If you plan on joining us, please register so we can estimate the number of attendees.

Toronto Skeptics in the Pub Event: We will be doing an online event using Zoom video conferencing this month. We do not have a speaker or presentation, so we will be having a free and open discussion with a friendly group of skeptically minded people. We will also be checking in, just to see how everyone is doing.

The video conference link will be available to anyone who RSVPs for this event, or you can email johnburdett@sympatico.ca and ask for access to the Skeptics Meetup, and the link to the Zoom video conference will be emailed back to you.

Zoom is very easy to use, but you might want to download the free app before the meeting, and play with it a bit to get used to using it.

Zoom allows you to control your microphone and camera. You can mute your microphone so that no one can hear you, and you can start or stop your video feed, so that people can either see you or not. I will initially let everyone control their own microphone, so we can have discussions, but if there are too many people, or if it gets too chaotic, I will mute all microphones. There is a “raise hand” feature that will allow people to request permission to speak. Zoom also includes a chat feature which allows you to send text messages to everyone in the conference, or privately to one other individual.

The Association for Science and Reason will be holding our regular in-person Skeptics in the Pub event. (Monthly Zoom meetings will continue as usual, but we will also be doing monthly in-person events on the second Tuesday of every month).

We will get together for a social event to say hello to people we may have only met on-line and to reconnect with some long-time acquaintances. We will not be having a presentation or a speaker, just a chance to sit down and have a meal and/or a beverage and a conversation with a pleasant group of fellow skeptics.

Food and beverages are available from the menu. Foods include a full menu from soups and appetizers to entrées and dessert. The beverage menu includes over 70 different beers on tap, many bottled beers, a selection of wines, various cocktails, and as well as non-alcoholic drinks.

We'll be at the Prenup Pub, 191 College St, Toronto, (on the south side of College). If the space is available, we will be on the ground floor, near the bar, to the right as you come in, otherwise ask the staff where the "Skeptics" are.

The Prenup Pub is about a 350m, 5-minute walk west of Queens Park subway station, or about a 450m, 6-minute walk from Spadina and College. There are a couple of public parking lots about the same distance away.

If you plan on joining us, please register so we can estimate the number of attendees.

Toronto Skeptics in the Pub Event: We will be doing an online event using Zoom video conferencing this month. We do not have a speaker or presentation, so we will be having a free and open discussion with a friendly group of skeptically minded people. We will also be checking in, just to see how everyone is doing.

The video conference link will be available to anyone who RSVPs for this event, or you can email johnburdett@sympatico.ca and ask for access to the Skeptics Meetup, and the link to the Zoom video conference will be emailed back to you.

Zoom is very easy to use, but you might want to download the free app before the meeting, and play with it a bit to get used to using it.

Zoom allows you to control your microphone and camera. You can mute your microphone so that no one can hear you, and you can start or stop your video feed, so that people can either see you or not. I will initially let everyone control their own microphone, so we can have discussions, but if there are too many people, or if it gets too chaotic, I will mute all microphones. There is a “raise hand” feature that will allow people to request permission to speak. Zoom also includes a chat feature which allows you to send text messages to everyone in the conference, or privately to one other individual.