Past events

The Dalai Lama Center is pleased to host information regarding occasional third party events which are in keeping with the mission and values of the Center. Click here to add your event.

Adele Diamond - Nourishing the Body, Spirit and Mind
Revolutionary Strategies to Nurture Children’s Developing Mind

Revolutionary Strategies to Nurture Children’s Developing Mind more

Parenting for the 21st Century: Building the Neural Circuits for Resilience and Kindness

Join Dr. Daniel Siegel, neuropsychiatrist and award-winning author, for a lively evening presentation as he provides strategies that promote the growth of neural circuits in children’s brains to support well-being, kindness and resilience. The evening is designed for parents, grandparents and other adults who work with children and families. more

Perseverance: Leadership in Turbulent Times Margaret Wheatley

Perseverance: Leadership in Turbulent TimesEVENING more

How to Nurture the Person in Personalizing Learning

How does social and emotional learning influence student learning and relate to teaching practice? What is its relationship to social responsibility and personalizing learning? What is the relationship between the Dalai Lama Center for Peace and Education and the provincial direction of personalizing learning and enhancing 21st Century Skills? more

Sir Ken Robinson: Educating the Heart and Mind

In August, Sir Ken Robinson returned to Vancouver for Educating the Heart and Mind. It was an opportunity for Sir Ken to share some of the insights from his many years working towards a revolution in education. more

Mindsight: Brain Science and Transformation for You and Your Relationships

On May 10, Daniel Siegel visited Vancouver for the closing event to the Dalai Lama Center's spring Speakers Series. The theme to these events has been "Living Compassion Inside and Out" and his discussion on Mindsight was very much on key. For Dr. Siegel, once we see the mind (inside...) we can have more healthy relationships with others (...and out). more

The Power of Giving, Compassion and Hope

The giver’s glow. The helper’s high. These are just a couple of the terms used to describe the phenomenon of the positive reaction we have when we decide to help others.Dr. Stephen Post has been researching this phenomenon for the better part of the last two decades and he shared some of his insights on April 29 during The Power of Giving, Compassion and Hope. more

Living Compassion in Community

On April 12, in Vancouver’s Downtown Eastside, a neighbourhood with its fair share of challenges, the notion of community was both discussed and on display.The Dalai Lama Center for Peace and Education welcomed Rev. Ric Matthews of First United Church and Jannet Ann Nordemann of Canadians 4 Compassion for Living Compassion in Community. more

Educating for Wisdom and Compassion

On March 3, Dr Jack Miller visited Vancouver for “Educating for Wisdom and Compassion”. In this talk, he put forth three elements of wisdom ­– insight, humility, love.Insight, for Dr Miller, is a glimpse into how things really are. He says, for example, insight is to see how deeply connected things really are “at all levels of the cosmos.” more

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