… rather than EGO to EGO…
Just the Q&A after Prof. Miller’s talk on “Educating for Wisdom” on Day 2 of the “World Wisdom about and for Social Change” seminar series on March 16, 17, 21, 22, 2016.
credit: LOWKItube
| Date & Time: | Monday March 21, 2016 | 12:30 PM – 05:00 PM |
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| Venue: | Desautels Hall (2nd floor, South Building) | map Rotman School of Management, U of Toronto, 105 St George Street |
| Location: | Toronto |
| Cost: | FREE. All are welcome. Pre-registration is mandatory online. |
AGENDA:
12:30-1:00pm check-in, coffee & juice
1:05-2:10pm Opening Remarks and IDERD* Awards presented by: Prof. Cheryl Regehr, Vice-President and Provost, U of T
*IDERD = International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination
2:10-2:20pm break
2:20-4:15pm Panel Discussion with:
4:15-5:00pm networking
QUESTIONS: Mr. Ahmed Ahmed, Program Coordinator, Anti-Racism & Cultural Diversity Office, U of Toronto E: ahmed.ahmed@utoronto.ca T: 416-978-5439
Update for Willing Volunteers:
To spell it out, members of NJT pick up unused med supplies from Canadian hospitals, package them & send them off with otherwise regular tourists where they are most needed — in the whole wide world.
How’s that for MUTUALITY?!
Find Out, Get in Touch, Volunteer:
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Phone: 647-528-5029
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What if you do not know the local language?
I had the most amazing trip to Cardenas to deliver the suitcase! My taxi driver wasn’t bilingual but the Spanish Letter supplied definitely helped. When I took to the supplies to the clinic, the whole room lit up, the doctor and her associates were delighted to receive the donation! Thanks to Not Just Tourists for allowing me to experience something outside of the resort area and being part of a fantastic organization!
I will do it again for sure!
-Lisa R, Burlington
Starting with a literal Tibetan gem — turquoise-only and turquoise-alternating with (we`ll let you guess)
let us move to the metaphorical plane, and greet respectfully His Holiness the 14th Dalai Lama, or in simpler human terms — if you’d recall — Tenzin Gyatso.
and thank him for his encouraging messages such as this one:
More Tibetan monk accessories (combined mutual-culturally 🙂 with an Indian Shiva)
and as a special treat, Tibetan singing bowls (standing — instead of hanging — bells, really), used in prayer/meditation and for healing with sound vibrations
You tap and then can modulate the vibrations by gently touching the (padded/wooden) mallet to the bowl and moving it around.
Not surprisingly, above the Dalai Lama’s head are the syllables of a classic prayer, “Om mani padme hum” which one can repeat with a 108-bead rosary, or while spinning these two –inscribed with the mantra in Sanscrit, always to the left (!)
They are filled with a thousand each, for the manifold increase of the prayer`s power. (Recall also the symbolism of `the turning of the wheel` in Buddhism)
And on our way out — with a generous Tibetan gesture — let`s take a peak at adjacent Himalayan-and-area art-and-crafts tokens
with a special `Tuk jai chei` (recall `material covered`)
to Dolma
for the tour 🙂 🙂 🙂
Update: July 21, 2014
National Aboriginal Day – see dedicated page at Aboriginal Affairs and Northern Development Canada
The institute will be based at the Dalla Lana School of Public Health, a Faculty of the University of Toronto, and will involve faculty experts throughout the university. An advisory committee dedicated to community-based collaboration will be assembled to ensure key voices from Indigenous communities are involved in the institute’s mission. Full article here…
From left: Dean Howard Hu and Michael Dan (photo by Amanda Keenan)
Photo credits: UofT News
Mutual Worlds ~ Mutual Cultures 