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TLKY Conference on Buddhism and the Political Process, UTSC, 4.13-15.12

• Buddhism • Buddhism around the World • Buddhism in Canada • Conferences • Events • Politics • Toronto

April 13-15 2012: TLKY Conference on Buddhism and the Political Process, Miller Lash House, UTSC. Details TBA For more information, see updates at: http://buddhiststudies.chass.utoronto.ca/

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Inaugural “Buddhism and Australia” conference a model for Canada

• Buddhism • Buddhism around the World • Conferences • Events

Earlier in February, 2012, Australia hosted its first international Buddhist conference. It appears to have been a great success, to the great credit of the organizers. Here is the web link: www.buddhismandaustralia.com./ Would something of this nature perhaps be worth organizing in Canada?

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Call for Papers (Conference): “Icons of Impermanence: Contemporary Buddhist Art”

• Art • Buddhism • Buddhism around the World • Buddhism in Canada • Buddhist Psychology • Conferences • Events • Vancouver

UBC’s Buddhism and Contemporary Society Program, funded by The Tung Lin Kok Yuen Canada Foundation, will hold a conference on contemporary Buddhist art July 6-8, 2012 at the University of British Columbia’s Point Grey campus. Part of event series for Summer 2012 that includes the “Visions of Enlightenment” exhibition (May 10 – September 30), sponsored... Read more »

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Investigating + Integrating Mindfulness in Medicine, Health Care + Society

• Buddhism around the World • Buddhist Psychology • Conferences • Events • Health • Meditation • Practice!

The Center for Mindfulness in Medicine, Health Care, and Society at the University of Massachusetts Medical School will be holding their 10th annual International Scientific Conference, March 28-April 1, 2012, at the Four Points Conference Center in Norwood, Massachusetts. Among the plenary sessions are: Mindfulness-Based Cancer Recovery: The Story of an Emerging Research Program Linda... Read more »

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Buddhist Council of Canada – the definitive history

• Buddhism in Canada • Buddhist community • Conferences • Edmonton • Groups • History • Montreal • Temple Stories • Toronto • Vancouver

Various people have written about the Buddhist Council of Canada, which operated in the 1980s, but none have given a definitive account of the who, what, where, when, why and how of it. Now Suwanda Sugunasiri has written a comprehensive history which has been edited and revised by John Negru and Stanley Fefferman. Since those... Read more »

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