A week before PM Harper’s China visit, Tibetan Canadians urge him to support Tibet.
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It hasn’t even opened, and Canada’s Office of Religious Freedom is already stirring up controversy. This article from the Toronto Star brings up some of the problems, and if you read between the lines, you can get some idea of Canadian Buddhists’ thoughts on . . . Read More. This article turned up on www.phayul.com: http://www.phayul.com/news/article.aspx?c=10&t=1&id=30219&article=HUNDREDS+GATHER+AT+TORONTO+CITY+HALL+TO+STAND+UP+FOR+TIBET From The Globe and Mail: Michael Stone a street sage with no easy answers. In a gesture of solidarity with rallies taking place throughout the world on November 1st to draw attention to the current situation in Tibet, the following statements were read in Canada’s House of Commons by MPs from all four federal parties: Ms. Elizabeth May (Saanich—Gulf . . . Read More. A short interview on CTV Montreal from October 20, 2011: http://montreal.ctv.ca/servlet/an/local/CTVNews/20111020/mtl_newsmaker_dicki_111020/20111020/?hub=MontrealHome 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 . . . Read More. Kings and the Rebellious Monks: Buddhism and Political Conflict in Cambodia Professor Ian Harris Tun Lin Kok Yuen Visiting Professor of Buddhist Studies, Department of Humanities, University of Toronto Friday, September 23, 2011 12:00 PM – 2:00 PM Asian Institute, Munk School of Global . . . Read More. This article about Toronto’s Tibetan community voting for the new government of Tibet in exile, at the Tibetan Canadian Cultural Centre in Etobicoke, is from The Globe & Mail: http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/world/asia-pacific/tibetan-diaspora-flocks-to-polls/article1949175/ For the record, the Sumeru website was hacked twice last month, in attempts which originated from China. In the first instance our service provider notified us of the attack which appears to have caused no damage. In the second instance, we were part of . . . Read More. A Press Release from the Buddhist Council of Canada… History was made on May 17, 2011 when a WESAK TORANA was displayed on Canadian public soil for the first time, on the south lawn of the Ontario Legislature grounds, better known as Queen’s . . . Read More. Tuesday, May 3, 2011 — 5 pm — At Queens Park March will start from Queen’s Park and will end in Queen’s Park For many years there have been violent conflicts between indigenous minority Buddhists (Marma) in the Chittagong Hill Tracts and encroaching Bengali . . . Read More. Qiangba Püncog, the current chairman of the Permanent Committee of the People’s Congress of the Tibet Autonomous Region of China, is currently in the United States and will be visiting Canada, according to this article in the English Edition of China’s People’s Daily News: . . . Read More. New Voices, New Visions: Film & Workshop Series on Documentary Film in Tibet and Burma On February 18-20, 2011, the University of Toronto’s Department for the Study of Religion has organized a showcase of films by emerging Tibetan and Burmese filmmakers. Filmmakers will be in . . . Read More. A recent exhibit of plasticized bodies in Winnpeg has raised concerns among human rights activists who fear the source of the corpses may be prisoners of conscience from China. Here is a link to a recent opinion piece in the Winnipeg Free Press about . . . Read More. Spectacular Compassion: ‘Natural’ Disaster and National Mourning in China’s Tibet Charlene Makley, Associate Professor of Anthropology at Reed College, will be a Numata Program visiting speaker on Thursday, January 13, 2011, at the University of Toronto, Jackman Humanities Building 317 (4-6pm). She will deliver . . . Read More. Cables and other documents pertaining to the Tibet situation, culled from the large pool of material released by Wiki Leaks, are available on the Canada Tibet Committee website. |
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