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Mississauga & Toronto shark fin ban

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Mississauga is now the largest city in Canada to have banned shark fin products, as of October 13. Here is a link to the story about it from The Toronto Star: http://www.thestar.com/news/article/1068489 Toronto is set to enact a similar ban at their next Council meeting on October 24, now that Toronto’s licensing commission has unanimously endorsed... Read more »

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Who is Dicki Chhoyang?

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She’s a Tibetan Canadian from Montréal, who is a new minister (Kalon) in the 15th Tibetan Government in Exile. Here’s a brief 6-minute English video she made to explain her background, while running for that position: And here’s a brief description about her from an article introducing all the new ministers, taken from an article... Read more »

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Jerry Granelli bangs Buddhist drum in Ottawa

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Bop jazz drummer Jerry Granelli, a well-known fixture in the Halifax Buddhist community for many years, will be performing at the National Arts Centre in Ottawa on Wednesday, October 12. Here’s a feature article and details about the event from the Ottawa Citizen: http://www.ottawacitizen.com/entertainment/Buddhism+cutting+edge/5519227/story.html

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“Moving Body, Knowing Mind” review

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Moving Body, Knowing Mind: Ritualizing and learning at two Buddhist centres in Toronto Patricia Q. Campbell Oxford University Press, 2011 ISBN 9780199793815   $39.95 paperback Hardcover also available From the publisher: Knowing Body, Moving Mind investigates ritualizing and learning in introductory meditation classes at two Buddhist centers in Toronto, Canada. The centers, Friends of the Heart... Read more »

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Focus on Buddhism @ Vancouver Int’l Film Fest

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This year’s Vancouver International Film Festival (VIFF) will feature four films on Buddhism, October 6-18, 2011. Here’s a link to the Buddhist Feature on the site: http://www.viff.org/e-blasts/viff-2011/outreach/Buddhism.htm

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