We condemn anti-Asian racism in all its forms, and we are grateful for the work of the University of Toronto’s Anti-Asian Racism Working Group in bringing forth a set of important recommendations.
A BPMH Task Force has been formed for the purpose of advocating for the sustainable continuation […]
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.”