Join us for a conversation about attention activism with Jay Vidyarthi. Jay Vidyarthi is an attention activist and the founder of Still Ape – the world’s first UX design studio focused exclusively on mindfulness, compassion, and wellbeing. He is working toward a society where access points to self-care and collective transformation are as diverse as […]
Join the BPMH community for a movie night showing of Everything Everywhere All at Once (2022). IMDb summary: "A middle-aged Chinese immigrant is swept up into an insane adventure in which she alone can save existence by exploring other universes and connecting with the lives she could have led." This event is only open to […]
Can scholars ever stand outside the knowledge they study? Beginning with a dispute over the title of a single university course, this episode examines larger debates about objectivity, evidence, and whose ways of knowing universities recognize as legitimate. Drawing on classroom practices, student reflections, and the work of scholars who offered public lectures for the […]
This brochure explores the relationship between the University's commitments to anti-Asian racism initiatives and the proposed closure of the BPMH program. It argues that BPMH advances many of the recommendations articulated in the University's own Anti-Asian Racism Working Group Report by centring Asian intellectual traditions, fostering culturally informed approaches to mental health, and building partnerships […]
This brochure situates BPMH within broader national conversations about student mental health and argues that universities should integrate well-being directly into their educational missions. Rather than treating mental health exclusively as a clinical concern, BPMH approaches flourishing through interdisciplinary scholarship that combines Buddhist Studies, psychology, neuroscience, public health, and the humanities. The brochure presents education […]
Join the BPMH community for a movie night showing of Perfect Days (2023). IMDb summary: "Hirayama cleans public toilets in Tokyo, lives his life in simplicity and daily tranquility. Some […]
Why would a successful university program be recommended for closure? Episode 4 of this five-part series in the podcast Buddhist Studies Footnotes reconstructs the administrative history behind the suspension of […]
This brochure examines the growing reliance on contingent academic labour within higher education and argues that adjunctification represents a fundamental contradiction between universities' commitments to equity and their employment practices. […]
This brochure critiques approaches to student mental health that rely primarily on counselling services, wellness technologies, and individual coping strategies. It argues that students increasingly seek educational opportunities that examine […]
Join the BPMH community for a movie night showing of Waking Life (2001). IMDb summary: "A man shuffles through a dream meeting various people and discussing the meanings and purposes […]