Canada’s First Conference on Canadian Women in Buddhism via Sakyadhita Canada

Via the Sumeru website comes mention of a press release about the first “Canadian Women in Buddhism” conference hosted by the Sakyadhita Canada- Association of Buddhist Women on September 15, 2012.

An overview of the theme of the conference as per the Sakyadhita Canada website is as follows”

“The theme of the conference was connecting, sharing and supporting and this definitely took place as laywomen, female monastics and laymen from BC, Alberta and Ontario came together at Cardel Theatre, a state- of-the-art theatre, in Calgary.”

Presentations from the various speakers and a gallery of images from the conference can also be found on the Sakyadhita Canada website.

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