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Toronto Area Buddhist Monks protest Bangladesh’s violence
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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 voices weigh in on Myanmar strife
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From the Globe & Mail: http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/world/shedding-light-on-myanmars-sectarian-strife/article4548548/ Burma Buddhist Association of Ontario is associated with the Mahadhammika Vihara in Toronto. Canadian Friends of Burma is based in Ottawa: http://www.cfob.org
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Buddhist Chaplains in Canada
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The Upaya Institute in Santa Fe, NM, offers a Buddhist Chaplaincy program, and several Canadians have graduated from their program. Here is information about two of them, along with their theses: Andrew Blake (2010) photo by Lynette Monteiro Andrew is cofounder and program director at Gitche M’Qua Centre for Healing, located in Toronto, Canada. In... Read more »
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BC Obon Cemetery Tour commemorates Japanese-Canadian internments
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From John McKinley in the Cowichan News Leader: It is one of the quiet shames of Cowichan. The Second World War internment of local Japanese Canadians stripped the area of a notable cultural sub-pocket that never really reclaimed its local niche. The quiet will be interrupted Aug. 11 and 12 by a pair of special events... Read more »
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Wake Up Canada and Wake up Ontario networks
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These are new Facebook groups inspired by the Plum Village lineage. Their tagline is: Young Buddhists and non-Buddhists for a Healthy, Compassionate, and Wise Society. www.wkup.org Wake Up Canada: http://www.facebook.com/WakeUpCanada Wake Up Ontario http://www.facebook.com/WakeUpOntario Wake Up ― Young Buddhists and non-Buddhists for a Healthy, Compassionate, and Wise Society ― is a world-wide network of young people practising the living art of mindfulness.... Read more »
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