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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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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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Nepal earthquake relief

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Here is how you can donate funds for Nepal earthquake relief in Canada… Karuna-Shechen Foundation was started by Ven. Mathieu Ricard to do humanitarian projects in the Himalayan Region. They are based in Kathmandu. Here is their international earthquake relief web-page: http://karuna-shechen.org/news/help-earthquake-victims-in-nepal/ And here is the web-page for their Canadian branch: http://canada.karuna-shechen.org/ We have already been... Read more »

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Peter Fenner’s “Natural Awakening” almost ready

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We’ve had lots of e-mails asking when Peter’s book, Natural Awakening, will be out. Well, we’ve just finished our final edit and with his approval we will be ready to add the cover and go to press. Our goal is to have the book available in late May. Thanks for all your patience.

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