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Prison chaplain cuts story continues
Buddhism in Canada Chaplaincy Media Prison Toronto
The story of prison chaplain cuts to non-Christian positions by the federal government has now been picked up by the Toronto Star. Since Harper’s government (who plan to save us $1.3 million with the cuts) are moving ahead with $2 billion in spending for new prisons, should we assume that all the new criminals are... Read more »
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Buddhadharma Quarterly seeks new editor
Buddhism Buddhism in Canada Halifax Publishing Publishing in a digital world
The Shambhala Sun Foundation seeks a trained editor to fill the role of managing/assistant editor of Buddhadharma: The Practitioner’s Quarterly. Right livelihood: Buddhadharma is hiring We are looking for an editorial professional who is highly organized and detail oriented, energetic, and willing to take on a wide variety of tasks; who has knowledge of our audience and of... Read more »
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Prison chaplain cutbacks condemned in open letter
Buddhism in Canada Chaplaincy Interfaith Prison
CBC news has just run a story about federal cutbacks eliminating the positions of non-Christian chaplains in prisons, and how these chaplains are protesting. The article also contains a copy of the actual open letter signed by 17 of the 71 chaplains in question. A related CBC article indicates that non-Christian chaplains are not the... Read more »
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Toronto Area Buddhist Monks protest Bangladesh’s violence
Buddhism around the World Buddhism in Canada Peace work Theravada Toronto
This story was not reported in either the Globe & Mail or The Toronto Star. From Aloy Perera, Lankaweb, via The Buddhist Channel: Monks protest to cruelty of Anti-Buddhist Moslem Extremists by invoking blessings for enemies’ well being Toronto, Canada — History was created in Canada last Saturday – 12th October 2012 – as Buddhist... Read more »
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Canadian prisoner religious freedom petition
Buddhism in Canada Prison Teachers
Avaaz community petitions has posted a petition protesting the Canadian government’s cancellation of all part-time non-Christian chaplains in federal prisons. They are seeking 300 people to sign the petition before sending it to Stephen Harper. So far, they have 261 signatures. Please consider signing. Here is the reasoning, quoted from the Avaaz website: Why this... Read more »
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