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 . . . Read More.
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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: . . . Read More. 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 . . . Read More. H.H. the Dalai Lama in Montreal The American Academy of Religion will be hosting its 100th anniversary conference in San Francisco later this year. Here is a list of Canadian scholars who will be presenting Buddhist papers there… Justin Stein, University of Toronto Hidden Treasures: Reiki Masters’ Appeals to Vajrayana Buddhism . . . Read More. Here’s a list of who were invited to, and attended, the Garrison Institute Buddhist Teachers Meeting – see if you can spot any Canadians. I only found two, out of almost 480 Canadian Buddhist organizations. http://monkeymindonline.blogspot.com/2011/06/attendees-at-2011-buddhist-teacher.html The University of Toronto/McMaster University Yehan Numata Buddhist Studies Program is pleased to announce an international conference on the lives of ordained Buddhist nuns in India from the time of the Buddha until the eventual disappearance of the bhikṣuṇī saṅgha from Indian soil. BUDDHIST . . . Read More. The JSBTC AGM will take place this year at the Toronto Buddhist Church on Saturday, April 30, 2011 from 9 am – 4:30 pm. Doors open 7:30 am for registration and continental breakfast. Admission is free for observers with advance registration. The Toronto Buddhist . . . Read More. This Chinese initiative brings together a wide variety of vendors specializing in Buddhist objects. I was particularly interested in the Exhibitors list as well as the sponsors. http://www.buddhistfair.com/index_en.html The Venerable Thich Nhat Hanh and monastics of Plum Village, Deer Park Monastery, Blue Cliff Monastery, and Magnolia Village will hold a residential meditation retreat and a public lecture in Vancouver, August of 2011, sponsored by the University of British Columbia and the Tung . . . Read More. If you enjoy conferences and can afford to be there (both in terms of time and money), here are two well worth considering. They focus on the relationship between Buddhism and computer technology in the 21st century. Wisdom 2.0 Conference Exploring living with Awareness, . . . Read More. Earlier this year, the University of British Columbia hosted a landmark conference on Buddhism in Canada. Charles Prebish, one of the leading scholars in the area of North American Buddhism for many years, provided the keynote address: The Swans Came to Canada Too – . . . Read More.  One comment - (Comments are closed)  Buddhism in Canada, Events  British Columbia, Buddhism, Buddhist community, Conferences, Education Just returned from the “Canadian Buddhism: Global Causes, Local Conditions” conference at UBC. Wonderful presentations by more than 15 presenters and two excellent keynote addresses. Here are copies of the slide show I presented, entitled “Canadian Buddhists on the Web: Push, Pull & Practice.” . . . Read More. Here’s the abstract for my upcoming talk at the conference on Canadian Buddhism to be held at UBC, October 15-17, 2010: “Canadian Buddhists on the Web: Push, Pull, and Practice.” How are Canadian Buddhists using the internet? Who are the people making best use . . . Read More. The schedule, registration and accommodation details for the Buddhism in Canada: Global Causes, Local Conditions conference being held at UBC in Vancouver, October 15-17, is now available. Here are the links: SCHEDULE: http://ubcbuddhism.wordpress.com/2010/08/30/901/ REGISTRATION (Free!): http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/CXSBTKP ACCESS & ACCOMMODATION: http://ubcbuddhism.wordpress.com/access-and-accommodations/ The “Buddhism and Contemporary Society” Program, funded by the Tung Lin Kok Canada Foundation, will be hosting a conference on October 15-17, 2010, at the University of British Columbia in Vancouver. The title of the conference is Buddhism in Canada: Global Causes, Local Conditions. The . . . Read More. Here is a list (in no particular order, sorry) of Buddhist papers being presented at the 20th Quinquennial World Congress of the IAHR, being held at the University of Toronto, August 15-21, 2010. A Google search of the presenters’ names and paper titles should . . . Read More. The 20th Quinquennial World Congress of the International Association for the History of Religion will take place at the University of Toronto, August 15-21, 2010. View or download the program (114 pages) here: http://www.religion.utoronto.ca/resources/iahr/Home.htm |
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