Uncommon Ground Contributor Scott Jacobsen

Scott Jacobsen

Scott Douglas Jacobsen is the Founder of In-Sight: Independent Interview-Based Journal and In-Sight Publishing. Jacobsen works for science and human rights, especially women’s and children’s rights. He considers the modern scientific and technological world the foundation for the provision of the basics of human life throughout the world and advancement of human rights as the universal movement among peoples everywhere.

Articles by Scott Jacobsen:

Quebec is Currently Leading a Secular Revolution in Canada. Here’s How.

July 10, 2018 | by | 0 Comments
David Rand, President of the Atheist Freethinkers of Canada, speaks to Conatus News about secularism and the challenges facing secularists in Quebec. Scott Douglas Jacobsen: David, let us start with definitions, what defines “Quebec secularism?” There was the proposed Bill 60 or, otherwise called, “Charter affirming the values of State secularism and religious neutrality and […] Read more

Universal Pharmacare Coverage: Perspective from the Canadian Academy of Health Sciences

June 11, 2018 | by | 0 Comments
There are few downsides to a Universal Pharmacare programme, as Professor Gordon Guyatt, university professor and Fellow of the Canadian Academy of Health Sciences points out. Scott Douglas Jacobsen: Who does or would benefit from universal pharmacare coverage? I ask these questions because of the conversation in Canada at the moment. Canada has a national […] Read more

Canada Struggles with Secularism. What Can We Do? – A chat with Dave McKee, Communist Party of Canada

February 19, 2018 | by | 0 Comments
Despite being a secular nation, Canada struggles with promoting secularism, as schools and hospitals are highly influenced by religion. An interview with Dave McKee, Communist Party of Canada, on the country’s problems with religiosity in the public sector. Scott Douglas Jacobsen: What stereotypes do you often hear about communism in Ontario and Canadian discourse? Dave […] Read more

Interview with Eric Adriaans – Ex-National Executive Director of Center for Inquiry Canada

October 14, 2016 | by | 0 Comments
Eric Adriaans is the former National Executive Director of the Center for Inquiry Canada (CFI Canada). Eric is also a charitable sector leader, student in Athabasca University’s post-baccalaureate diploma program in Legislative Drafting and Fanshawe College’s Logistics and Supply Chain management program, and writer. Adriaans is extremely interested in Parliamentary e-petition 382, which is opposition […] Read more

Interview – ​Pat O’Brien on Humanism in Canada and British Columbia

October 13, 2016 | by | 0 Comments
Pat O’Brien is a Canadian atheist, an activist, and ex-president of Humanist Canada and the British Columbia Humanist Association. The interview was conducted by Scott Jacobsen, of In-Sight Publishing. The interview has been edited for clarity and readability. Scott Douglas Jacobsen: In terms of geography, culture, and language, where does your family background reside O’Brien: Vancouver B.C. […] Read more