History

2008

The DLC has sponsored several events in 2008, including a weekend with Daniel Goleman, author of the New York Times bestsellers Emotional Intelligence and Social Intelligence.

2007

The Dalai Lama Center presented a number of events, including several 'Connecting for Change' dialogues.

2006

At the invitation of the Center, the Dalai Lama agreed to host the first Vancouver Dialogues in September 2006 and committed to regularly visit Vancouver to further the work of the Dalai Lama Center, including participating in a series of lectures with Nobel Laureates, educators, scientists, business leaders and visionary thinkers.

An Open Space Dialogue with interested members of the public was held in April to examine the role of the Center in the local community.

The Vancouver Dialogues are being hosted in Vancouver in September 2006.

2005

The Dalai Lama Peace and Education Center was established as a Charitable Trust on September 21, 2005.

An International Advisory Board was established and now includes the Dalai Lama, Desmond Tutu, Shirin Ebadi, Jimmy Carter, Mairead Maguire, Vaclav Havel and Tendzin Choegyal.

The Dalai Lama articulated his vision for the Center in meetings with Victor Chan and others in Gothenburg, Sweden; Wiesbaden, Germany; Tucson, Arizona; and Dharamsala, India.

Initial funding was secured to proceed with the establishment of the Center.

2004

The Dalai Lama, Nobel Peace Prize Laureate, visited Vancouver to give two public talks and to participate in a roundtable dialogue with other visionary thinkers and Nobel Laureates. He also received two honorary degrees from both UBC and SFU.

As a result of the overwhelming public response to the visit, the vision of a Dalai Lama Center committed to educating the heart was conceived by Victor Chan and endorsed by the Dalai Lama.