Sumeru News — Buddhism in Canada

This article about Toronto’s Tibetan community voting for the new government of Tibet in exile, at the Tibetan Canadian Cultural Centre in Etobicoke, is from The Globe & Mail: http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/world/asia-pacific/tibetan-diaspora-flocks-to-polls/article1949175/

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The May 2011 edition can be accessed at this address: http://westendbuddhist.com/web/attachments/130_DhammaWheel-May%202011New.pdf

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Over the coming year, Sumeru will be undertaking a survey of Canadian Buddhist organizations, in association with the University of Toronto, with the supervision of Professor Frances Garrett, associate chair of the Centre for the Study of Religion. Our goal is to create a printed version of the www.canadianbuddhism.info directory , with detailed information about... Read more »

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From the Vancouver Sun… http://www.vancouversun.com/life/Vancouver+theologian+advise+Dalai+Lama/5077711/story.html

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A number of Canadian cities have enacted or are considering bans on the sale of shark fins, joining more than 90 countries around the world who already support this initiative. We wholeheartedly encourage them to stop needlessly and brutally killing tens of millions of sharks each year. Our fragile oceans cannot maintain their balance without... Read more »

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