News:

Canada’s Humanist of the Year 2008

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Ontario’s Best Lecturer

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Charles Darwin’s 200th Birthday Celebration:

When: February, 2009
Where: Toronto, ON
A three-day celebration of the achievements and influences of one of the greatest thinkers in history.
Details to follow soon.

Speaking Engagements:

August 2-3, 2008: Humanist Association of Canada Annual Convention: “The Big Five: Winning Strategies for Humanist Survival and Success”. Intercontinental Yorkville Hotel, Toronto, ON.
Time: 7:30 p.m.

July 13, 2008: Humanist Association of Toronto: “The Roots and Tools of Humanism: Secular Themes from Ancient Greece to Contemporary Canada”.
Location: Ontario Institute for Studies in Education (OISE), Room 4-422, 252 Bloor Street West, Toronto.
Time: 1:00pm.

June 25, 2008: Tropicana Community Services AGM: 'We Are All African'. 670 Progress Ave. Toronto, ON.

June 20, 2008: The Canadian Bioethics Society Annual Conference: “The Five Step Algorithm for Assessing Ethical Dilemmas”. The Fairmont Newfoundland Hotel, St. John’s, Newfoundland.

April 28, 2008: The Canadian Association for Critical Care Nurses Annual Conference: “The Five Step Algorithm for Assessing Ethical Dilemmas in the ICU”. Toronto, ON.

Speaking Engagement Bookings

To book Dr. diCarlo for a speaking engagement, please contact Linda D. Loucks at LA Publicity: ldloucks@yahoo.ca or 519.546.4863.

Course Info:

For course information please select the courses option to your left.

Contact information:

University of Ontario Institute of Technology
2000 Simcoe St. N.
Oshawa, ON.
905.721.8668 x2994

Email: cwdicarlo@yahoo.com

Short Biography:

Christopher diCarlo is a Philosopher of Science and Ethics whose interests in cognitive evolution have taken him into the natural and social sciences. His personal research focuses on how and why humans reason, think, and act the way they do. He is interested in how and why the human brain has evolved to its current state and what cross-cultural and cross-species behaviour can provide insight into universally common modes of reasoning. He is also interested in the application of neuroscience (specifically fMRI work), in an effort to better understand psychoneuroendocrine feedback looping in problem solving.

Dr. diCarlo is currently an Assistant Professor at the University of Ontario Institute of Technology where he teaches Critical Thinking, Bioethics, and other courses. His most recent book (just released by McGraw-Hill Ryerson) is entitled: How to Become a Really Good Pain in the Ass: A Practical Guide to Thinking Critically.

He is also a past Visiting Research Scholar at Harvard University in the Department of Anthropology and the Peabody Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology where he conducted research for two books he is currently writing called: The Comparative Brain: The Evolution of Human Reasoning and The Evolution of Religion: Why Many Need to Believe in Deities, Demons, and the Unseen.