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U of T Buddhist Studies Faculty + Grad Research Presentations
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Please join us for a workshop on new research by faculty and students in Buddhist Studies at the Department for the Study of Religion. From 12 noon – 5 pm on April 18, faculty and students in the Department will introduce and discuss their recent and upcoming research projects in Buddhist studies. Location: Room 318, JHB... Read more »
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Cambridge fire chief retires to more Buddhist practice
From the Cambridge Record: http://www.therecord.com/news/local/article/510388–fire-chief-plans-to-become-spiritual-student-in-retirement
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Ellen Page on life and growing up Buddhist in Halifax
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From Back Stage magazine, March 31, 2011: http://www.backstage.com/bso/news-and-features-features/super-trouper-1005104312.story
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Buddhist Council of Canada revived
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The Buddhist Council of Canada was originally active in the mid-1980s. Its former president, Suwanda Sugunasiri, has revived the organization and has broadcast this press release: This is to bring to the attention of the Canadian Buddhist community as well as the Canadian public that the Buddhist Council of Canada has now been revived after... Read more »
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Alan Marlatt, pioneering Canadian Buddhist psychologist – in memoriam
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Dr. Alan Marlatt was born in 1942 in Vancouver, B.C. He received his bachelor’s of psychology from the University of British Columbia in 1964 and his doctorate in clinical psychology from Indiana University in 1968. He joined the faculty of the University of Washington in 1972. Dr. Marlatt, a long-time Buddhist practitioner, was one of... Read more »
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