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Canadian Buddhist Therapists on NING
Buddhism in Canada Buddhist Psychology Health Psychology
http://buddhisttherapist.ning.com/profiles/members/?q=Canada
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Canadian Buddhist Meetups
Buddhism in Canada Buddhist community Calgary Edmonton Groups Halifax Montreal Ottawa Practice! Toronto Vancouver Victoria
Vancouver & Victoria Calgary Edmonton Toronto Ottawa Montréal Halifax Excluding groups that are tangentially tagged as “Buddhist” the breakdown is as follows: 4 Theravada 7 Mahayana (including three that focus on martial arts) 10 Vajrayana (mostly Shambhala) 13 New Kadampa (which many people do NOT consider as Buddhist, bur rather as a cult) 4 Non-denominational
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Lethbridge Bhutanese refugee issues
Bhutan Buddhism around the World Buddhism in Canada Buddhist community Lethbridge Politics Refugees
Lethbridge is home to a large and growing population of Bhutanese refugees. A recent police shooting in the community has raised awareness of issues they face. From the Calgary Herald: http://www.calgaryherald.com/news/alberta/Police+shooting+thrusts+Lethbridge+Bhutanese+community+under+spotlight/6970967/story.html Some background from the CBC: http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/calgary/story/2012/04/18/calgary-lethbridge-bhutan-immigrants.html For the history of the Bhutanese refugee problem, The Canadian Bhutanese Society (based in Lethbridge): http://cbsalberta.org/index.php/about-us/11-bhutanese-refugees-history
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Peace Walk needs Toronto participants! Support vehicles held back at border.
Buddhism in Canada Events Groups Ontario Peace work Practice! Toronto
Early Thursday morning five of the walkers crossed the border into Canada with no problem. The other vehicle with a few walkers and the walkers’ luggage was not able to make it. So the walk needs support. We’ve read about you, students of Toronto! Come out and walk for a week, a day, or an hour. March... Read more »
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Same-sex marriage, from a Buddhist perspective
Buddhism around the World Sexuality
In case you missed this article, “All Beings Are Equally Embraced By Amida Buddha”: Jodo Shinshu Buddhism and Same-Sex Marriage in the United States, by Jeff Wilson, in the Journal of Global Buddhism: http://www.globalbuddhism.org/13/wilson12.pdf
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