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Asian Religions in British Columbia (Edited by Larry DeVries, Don Baker, & Dan Overmyer; University of British Columbia Press, Vancouver, 2010) provides a sociological overview of communities, places of worship, teachers and traditions in British Columbia whose background is Asian. For a detailed description of the book and its contents, please see our associated post.... Read more »

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The Institute of Asian Research at the University of British Columbia will be hosting a conference on Canadian Buddhism in October 2010: Buddhism in Canada: Global Causes, Local Conditions 15-17 October 2010 University of British Columbia Buddhism and Contemporary Society Program funded by the Tung Lin Kok Yuen Canada Foundation The IAR offers a wide... Read more »

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The University of British Columbia will be publishing a new scholarly overview of Asian religions in BC later this year. Here is the link to more details… http://www.iar.ubc.ca/programs/pastprograms/asianreligions

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Buddhists have been in Canada for more than 100 years, but Canadian Buddhism remains in many ways a fragmented collection of solitudes. Wild Geese is the first serious attempt to understand the multiple realities of Canadian Buddhism in an organized fashion. As such, it is a landmark book. Editors Harding, Hori and Soucy have collected... Read more »

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Wild Geese: Buddhism in Canada Edited by John S. Harding, Victor Sogen Hori, and Alexander Soucy The most comprehensive study of Buddhism in Canada to date McGill-Queen’s University Press Paper (0773536671) 9780773536678   /   CA $29.95, US $29.95 Cloth (0773536663) 9780773536661   /   CA $95.00, US $95.00 6×9, 464pp, 14 b&w photos FROM THE PUBLISHER: Buddhism has... Read more »

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