People

Trustees

Victor Chan
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Victor Chan is a Trustee and founding Director of the Dalai Lama Center for Peace and Education. Chan has known the Dalai Lama for over 30 years and co-authored with him the Wisdom of Forgiveness: Intimate Conversations and Journeys. The book was shortlisted for the Best Spiritual Book of 2005 (Nautilus Prize, New York) and translated into 14 languages.   more

Brenda Eaton
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Brenda Eaton is the Chair of the Board of Trustees for the Dalai Lama Center for Peace and Education. more

Evan Alderson
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Evan Alderson has recently retired from a long faculty career at Simon Fraser University. more

Gwyn Morgan
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Gwyn Morgan, from Calgary, Alberta, is one of Canada's most distinguished business leaders. more

James Hoggan
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Beginning with his first press conference in 1972, Jim Hoggan has built one of the most successful careers in public relations in Canada.Jim developed his expertise managing difficult issues for government, industry and not-for-profit organizations in North America, Europe and Asia. more

Martha C. Piper
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Dr. Martha Piper received her PhD in Epidemiology and Biostatistics at McGill University (1979), and has served as Director of the School of Physical and Occupational Therapy, McGill University (’79-’85), more

Thomas Rafael
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Thomas E. Rafael received his B.A. from the University of Pennsylvania and LL.B. from the University of British Columbia. more

Advisory Board

Dalai Lama
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His Holiness the 14th Dalai Lama, Tenzin Gyatso, is both the head of state and the spiritual leader of Tibet. He was born on 6 July 1935, to a farming family, in a small hamlet located in Taktser, Amdo, northeastern Tibet. At the age of two the child, who was named Lhamo Dhondup at that time was recognized as the reincarnation of the 13th Dalai Lama, Thubten Gyatso. more

Betty Williams
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Betty Williams, along with Mairead Maguire, was awarded the Nobel Prize for her work as a cofounder of Community of Peace People, an organization dedicated to promoting a peaceful resolution to The Troubles in Northern Ireland. more

Desmond Tutu
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In 1984, Archbishop Desmond Tutu was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize for his nonviolent work to end apartheid and bring equality for the people in South Africa. In 1986 he became the first black person to be Archbishop in the Anglican Church of South Africa. Archbishop Tutu continues to be a world leader in the struggle for human rights. more

Jimmy Carter
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See the official Carter Center web site for a complete biography of Jimmy Carter. more

Jody Williams
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Jody Williams served as the founding coordinator of the International Campaign to Ban Landmines (ICBL) until February 1998. more

Kim Campbell
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Kim Campbell was the first woman in Canadian history appointed Prime Minister, serving as the 19th Prime Minister of Canada from June 25 to November 4, 1993. more

Mairead Maguire
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Mairead (Corrigan) Maguire is a Nobel Peace Laureate (l976) Hon. President and Co-founder of the Peace People, Northern Ireland. more

Sakyong Mipham
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The Sakyong, Jamgön Mipham Rinpoche, is one of Tibet’s highest and most respected incarnate lamas.  Sakyong—literally means “earth protector”. more

Rigoberta Menchu Tum
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Rigoberta Menchú Tum was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 1992 in recognition of her work for social justice and ethno-cultural reconciliation work based on respect for the rights of indigenous peoples in her native Guatemala. She is the first indigenous person to receive the Nobel Peace Prize. more

Shirin Ebadi
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See the NobelPrize.org Shirin Ebadi page for a complete biography of Shirin Ebadi. more

Tendzin Choegyal
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Tendzin Choegyal is the youngest brother of the Dalai Lama. more

Vaclav Havel
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See the official Vaclav Havel web site for a complete biography of Vaclav Havel. more

Staff

Victor Chan
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Victor Chan is a Trustee and founding Director of the Dalai Lama Center for Peace and Education. Chan has known the Dalai Lama for over 30 years and co-authored with him the Wisdom of Forgiveness: Intimate Conversations and Journeys. The book was shortlisted for the Best Spiritual Book of 2005 (Nautilus Prize, New York) and translated into 14 languages.   more

Rennie Keates
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Rennie Keates has served as the first Managing Director of the Dalai Lama Center for Peace and Education since November 2008. The previous years of her career were spent most recently in social services management, working for seven years as executive director of a neighborhood house, camp and retreat and conference center. more

Natalia Angheli-Zaicenco
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Natalia Angheli-Zaicenco has worked as a journalist, communications consultant and trainer in different parts of the world.  more

Theresa Wimbles
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Theresa's passion to help others and coming to work at the DLC couldn’t have been a better fit. She has returned home to North Vancouver after spending many years in Kelowna raising her son, and in Whistler working for the Resort Municipality. more