Join us February 15 for our Darwin Day Celebration!
Details
Our celebration this year consists of our usual Waterloo brunch at the Huether Hotel, but with complimentary coffee/tea and birthday cake courtesy of SOFREE. Also, two episodes of Dr. Stephen Hawking’s Grand Design film series will be shown: The Meaning of Life and Did God Create the Universe? The series is narrated by award-winning English actor Benedict Cumberbatch.
RSVP needed by FEBRUARY 13 to: Events@sofree.ca
We will be in the Barley Works Boardroom for this event. Enter through the Huether front door as usual, go up the stairs, and then up the next flight of stairs.
The Meaning of Life
Does life have purpose or meaning beyond mere existence? Drawing on decades of scientific insight and intellectual courage, Dr. Stephen Hawking examines the nature of reality through physical laws of the universe and the perennial human quest for understanding.
Did God Create the Universe?
How did the universe come into being? Dr. Stephen Hawking traces human explanations of its origins from ancient myths to modern scientific models. He explains that a universe can arise spontaneously through natural law with no need for a divine architect. He further posits that treating time and causation as principles that precede the universe is a conceptual error, because time itself came into existence with the cosmos. The question of who or what created the universe is flawed because it assumes a temporal framework that does not form until after the universe exists.
RSVP needed by FEBRUARY 13 to: Events@sofree.ca
Donations are much appreciated. Contributions can be made by e-transfer to: Treasurer@sofree.ca or in cash.
More at: https://sofree.ca/events/brunch-waterloo-2026-02-15/
The Huether Hotel is at 59 King Street North (Waterloo). Free parking options on Sundays: various street parking; small parking lot behind the Huether; at the Waterloo Public Library lot at 35 Albert St (just south of Princess St).
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