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Dharma, non-attachment and convivial degrowth in Canada – let’s start the conversation
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Last night I heard a great show on CBC Radio’s Ideas on the Degrowth Paradigm (http://www.cbc.ca/ideas/episodes/2013/12/10/the-degrowth-paradigm/) Here’s how Degrowth/Decroissance Canada describes the concept, in simple terms: Convivial degrowth is a relatively new concept, especially in North America. Degrowth or decroissance has been around for a number of years in France and other parts of Europe, with some... Read more »
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“Buddhism in Canada” Facebook group launched
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Buddhism in Canada: A forum and network for Canadian Buddhists and Canadian Buddhist groups interested in connecting, collaborating and sharing ideas and information with one another. https://www.facebook.com/groups/BuddhisminCanada/ Administrated by Tanya McGinnity (FullContactEnlightenment)
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SFU offers first M.Ed. in ‘Contemplative Inquiry’
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Via The Vancouver Sun… Drawn to meditation? Contemplation? The inner life? Mindfulness? Simon Fraser University has just given approval to North America’s first Master of Education Degree program in “Contemplative Inquiry.” Created in part by Education professor Heesoon Bai, it starts in the fall of 2014. Full article here.
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Tibetan refugees ready to start over in Ottawa
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Via the Ottawa Citizen… OTTAWA — When Tenzin Tsangyang stepped off the plane in Ottawa on Friday, he says the welcome was so warm he didn’t even feel the cold outside. He is one of 10 stateless Tibetan refugees who travelled here from a settlement in Arunachal Pradesh, a state at the northeast tip of... Read more »
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Canada welcomes first group of 17 new Project Tibet Resettlement newcomers
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Via CBC news… The first group of Tibetans to relocate to Canada under a new federal program arrived by plane in Toronto on Friday. http://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/exiled-tibetans-start-move-to-canada-under-resettlement-plan-1.2445180 Via CTV news… http://www.ctvnews.ca/video?clipId=1051971 983 more to arrive. More information: www.projecttibetsociety.ca
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