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Canadian Journal of Buddhist Studies, new editorial board

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The Canadian Journal of Buddhist Studies has announced their new editorial board for the coming transition year: Martin Adam (U. Vic) James Benn (McMaster) Michael Berman (Brock) Jinhua Chen (UBC) Paul Crowe (SFU) John Harding (U. Lethbridge) Victor Hori (McGill) Jessica Main (UBC) Alec Soucy (St. Mary’s U.)] The immediate challenge is to develop a... Read more »

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Toronto-based musician Dorjee Tsering, CBC interview

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Toronto-based, Tibetan-Canadian musician Dorjee Tsering was recently featured on a CBC Metro Morning clip with Matt Galloway. Dorjee is promoting his new album, Nang, produced by Louis Natale. Here’s the 6-minute interview on Soundcloud: https://soundcloud.com/dorjee-tsering/famous-radio-cbc-metro-morning-9911st-may-2015-interview-tibetan-musician-and-canadian-musician You can follow Dorjee on Facebook at: https://www.facebook.com/dorjee.tsering.733

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GTA Wesak 2015, May 24, Mississauga

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The Greater Toronto Area Wesak is set for Sunday, May 24th, 2015, at Mississauga’s Celebration Square. The venue is confirmed, the time is confirmed so this is a “go” event. Last two years, this celebration went well, with the participation of approximately 5000 people together with about 100 Buddhist monks and nuns of all Buddhist... Read more »

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XVIIIth Congress, Int’l Assoc of Buddhist Studies 2017, Toronto

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XVIIIth Congress of the International Association of Buddhist Studies August 20 to August 25, 2017, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada FIRST CIRCULAR: April 30, 2015 Dear Colleagues, Dear Friends: On August 20th to the 25th, 2017, the XVIIIth Congress of the International Association of Buddhist Studies will take place at the University of Toronto, in... Read more »

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Canadian Journal of Buddhist Studies update

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Professor Paul Crowe recently undertook a national survey on how to move forward with the Canadian Journal of Buddhist Studies now that Professor Suwanda Sugunasiri has retired as editor. The survey received a very strong response from many scholars, and a copy of the results is available as a PDF. Here it is…. CJBS Survey... Read more »

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