Sumeru News — Ottawa

Ottawa Tibet Film Festival 2014

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The second annual Ottawa Tibet Film Festival 2014 is coming up March 21-22 at the St. Paul University Amphitheatre. Here’s the website: ottawatibetfilmfestival.com and they are also on Facebook: OttawaTibetFlimFestival Friday, March 21st: 6:00 PM: Doors open 6:45 PM: Introduction: Traditional Tibetan dance performed by newly arrived Tibetans: Opening ceremony 7:00 PM: Milarepa, (2006).  Made by Neten Chokling. Discussion with Ian Prattis, professor at... Read more »

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Mindful Self-Compassion Core Skills Training Retreat, Ottawa, April 11-13, 2014

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Ottawa Mindfulness Clinic presents… Mindful Self-Compassion Core Skills Training Retreat Dr. Christopher Germer Join Dr. Christopher Germer in this highly regarded training retreat for Health Care Professionals who wish to learn the essentials of Mindful Self-Compassion. Participants of this non-residential weekend workshop will learn the core skills of the 8-week Mindful Self-Compassion (MSC) training, an... Read more »

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Mahamudra108 blog from Norman Steinberg

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www.mahamudra108.ca is a new Canadian Buddhist blog by Norman Steinberg. The blog title is: Journey to the Summit of Understanding by Giving Back A Buddhist Pilgrimage of Transformation and Growth in Dharmsala Here’s Norm’s bio: Norman Steinberg recently moved to Dharmsala, India where volunteers for the Central Tibetan Administration. He is a grandfather, and a... Read more »

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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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