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Presentation by BPMH program director Frances Garrett at the BPMH Town Hall on May 19, 2026, at the EASE Lab monthly meeting. This presentation was followed by a brainstorming discussion, which was not recorded. An initial outcome of the Town Hall will be the creation of a BPMH Task Force, to begin meeting in summer 2026.
Despite recommendations from New College Council's own Academic Affairs Committee and a group of BPMH students, Principal Gazzale has cut the number of BPMH courses to be offered this summer and next year by half. We are devastated by this overt disregard of student needs and New College Council recommendations, and disappointed in the lack of collegial decision-making at the College.
Arts & Science's quiet removal of permission to fundraise for BPMH is yet another way that the administration is strangling the BPMH program and subverting official provincial guidelines for program status changes.
The Final Report of the Anti-Asian Racism Working Group was delivered on May 29, 2023. A month later, another working group recommended closure of the Buddhism, Psychology and Mental Health minor.
Mridula credits the BPMH program for supporting her sense of agency, joy, and awe, in the face of an academic environment that typically diminishes these qualities.
Andrew expresses concerns about the uncertainty surrounding the future of the BPMH program, despite its popularity and alignment with current research trends globally.
A key component of Buddhist ethics, “right action” describes the Buddhist view of how to live a virtuous life. In today’s polarizing times, how are Buddhists drawing on moral philosophy to make decisions about issues of both personal and global importance?
Notes from our homework: “Reframing critical and antiracist analytics with a settler colonial lens helps us understand how coloniality operates all around us.”
Non-Eurocentric, non-Christian frameworks of learning and knowing matter.
A recent episode of the Contemplative Science Podcast, hosted by Prof Mark Miller, featured a conversation with Dr Nadav Amir on “Purposeful Behaviour Through a Buddhist Lens.”
Taking decolonial action means valuing non-Eurocentric ways of learning, knowing, and being
Contemplative studies is a rare space where humanities and science need to talk to each other.
Stories about BPMH begin to appear in the press, including the major international magazine Lion's Roar
BPMH is an internationally recognized undergraduate program with over 1,000 students taking […]
We see you, U of T. It’s been two years since U of T “temporarily suspended” enrollment into the BPMH minor. It’s time to lift the suspension.
Sometimes we need to step out the classroom. Don’t let the University keep you chained to your chairs!
It’s 2026. Is the University really closing a popular program designed around non-Eurocentric lifeways, modes of knowing, and teaching practice?
As 2025 draws to a close, we’re feeling grateful for our amazing professors! Meet Elli Weisbaum, Alex Djedovic, and Mark Miller.
In the past couple years since the sudden announcement that the program may be closing, I have witnessed overwhelming support and appreciation for BPMH from students and faculty alike.
BPMH is an internationally recognized undergraduate program with over 1,000 students take our courses every year, learning with award-winning professors.
Why is the University proposing to close this wildly popular program? If you care about student mental health, help us save this program - our petition has more than 2,500 signatures.
As current students in classes and alumnae of the BPMH program, we have personally experienced the invaluable benefits and unique opportunities that this program provides its students.
As students know, the BPMH program is a wildly popular minor in […]
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What is PATH?
We travel together and connected
In Fall 2022, a team of students and professors in the Buddhism, Psychology and Mental Health program started a peer support network for our student community. We develop and implement plans for mental health and well-being support, and receive and share training in peer support strategies.
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