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SUMMARY:Podcast release\, episode 2 — "The Experiment"
DESCRIPTION:How did an unconventional undergraduate program become an international model for contemplative education? In episode 2 of this five-part series in the podcast Buddhist Studies Footnotes\, we trace the origins of BPMH\, from its roots in socially engaged Buddhism and the teachings of Thích Nhất Hạnh to its pioneering integration of Buddhist Studies\, psychology\, neuroscience\, medicine\, and contemplative science. Through classroom recordings\, faculty reflections\, and student testimonies\, listeners explore an educational experiment that challenged disciplinary boundaries while asking deeper questions about attention\, flourishing\, and the purpose of higher education. As the field of contemplative science grows around the world\, the episode asks why universities remain so uncertain about knowledge that refuses to fit within traditional academic structures.
URL:https://pathuoft.net/event/podcast-episode-2/
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20260915T080000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20260915T170000
DTSTAMP:20260901T140307Z
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SUMMARY:Brochure release: "The Value of Transdisciplinarity"
DESCRIPTION:This brochure introduces transdisciplinary education as an essential framework for addressing the complex challenges of the twenty-first century. Arguing that issues such as mental health\, climate change\, artificial intelligence\, and social justice transcend traditional disciplinary boundaries\, it highlights BPMH as a model of collaborative\, community-engaged learning that integrates scientific\, humanistic\, and cultural forms of knowledge. The brochure presents transdisciplinary education as a necessary preparation for students seeking to navigate an increasingly interconnected world. \nPick up one of these limited-edition brochures\, created by the BPMH Task Force\, at Room 320 in the Jackman Humanities Building.
URL:https://pathuoft.net/event/transdisciplinarity/
LOCATION:JHB 320\, 170 St George St
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20260917T120000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20260917T140000
DTSTAMP:20260901T161053Z
CREATED:20260901T161053Z
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SUMMARY:EASE Lab monthly meeting & BPMH welcome back
DESCRIPTION:This month the EASE Lab is meeting at the Centre for Ethics! \nJoin Zoom Meeting\nhttps://utoronto.zoom.us/j/88536633527 (Meeting ID: 885 3663 3527 | Passcode: 707164)
URL:https://pathuoft.net/event/ease-lab-monthly-sep2026/
LOCATION:Gerald Larkin Building\, LA200\, 15 Devonshire Place
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20260918T080000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20260918T170000
DTSTAMP:20260901T140218Z
CREATED:20260901T140208Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260901T140218Z
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SUMMARY:Brochure release: "Creating an Attention Sanctuary"
DESCRIPTION:This brochure argues that contemporary universities must respond to an emerging “attention crisis” produced by digital economies that commodify human awareness. Drawing on the concept of “human fracking\,” it presents BPMH as an educational “attention sanctuary”—a space that cultivates sustained attention\, contemplation\, dialogue\, and community. It proposes that protecting human attention has become a central educational responsibility and calls for universities to expand learning environments that foster presence rather than distraction. \nPick up one of these limited-edition brochures\, created by the BPMH Task Force\, at Room 320 in the Jackman Humanities Building.
URL:https://pathuoft.net/event/creating-an-attention-sanctuary/
LOCATION:JHB 320\, 170 St George St
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20260918T100000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20260918T110000
DTSTAMP:20260910T164844Z
CREATED:20260831T210433Z
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SUMMARY:What is attention activism?
DESCRIPTION:Join us for a conversation about attention activism with Jay Vidyarthi. \nJay 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 the people who need them. He also teaches mindfulness to individuals and groups\, where he inspires people to reclaim their freedom of attention in our culture of influence. As a human-centered designer\, Jay’s been involved in creating Muse: the brain sensing headband\, Sonic Cradle\, the Healthy Minds Program\, Brightmind\, and 10+ more mindful technologies. He helped start the Mindful Society Global Institute and serves on its advisory council. He’s taught design at major institutions and his work and ideas have been recognized and featured internationally (Harvard\, MIT\, CHI\, UToronto\, Mindful.org\, Forbes\, Vice\, World Happiness Week\, Fast Company\, TED\, TransTech200\, UX Awards\, etc). He also teaches in the University of Toronto’s School of Continuing Studies. Learn more at https://www.jayvidyarthi.com/
URL:https://pathuoft.net/event/what-is-attention-activism/
LOCATION:SK548\, Faculty of Social Work\, 246 Bloor Street West
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20260918T183000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20260918T213000
DTSTAMP:20260908T165636Z
CREATED:20260831T203730Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260908T165636Z
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SUMMARY:BPMH Movie Night: Everything Everywhere All at Once
DESCRIPTION:Join the BPMH community for a movie night showing of Everything Everywhere All at Once (2022). \nIMDb 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.” \nThis event is only open to the University community\, since access to Robarts Library film showing rooms requires a U of T ID card.
URL:https://pathuoft.net/event/bpmh-movie-night-everything/
LOCATION:RL 3-023\, Robarts Library
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20260922T080000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20260922T170000
DTSTAMP:20260901T152406Z
CREATED:20260831T205141Z
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SUMMARY:Podcast release\, episode 3 — "The View from Nowhere"
DESCRIPTION: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 program\, episode 3 of this five-part series in the podcast Buddhist Studies Footnotes argues that contemplative traditions are not merely objects of scientific investigation but can also contribute concepts\, methods\, and questions to contemporary research. As discussions of first-person inquiry\, decolonization\, and reflexive scholarship unfold\, listeners are invited to reconsider the hidden assumptions that shape modern universities—and to ask who ultimately decides what counts as knowledge.
URL:https://pathuoft.net/event/podcast-episode-3/
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20260922T080000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20260922T170000
DTSTAMP:20260901T140410Z
CREATED:20260901T140345Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260901T140410Z
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SUMMARY:Brochure release: "Standing Against Anti-Asian Racism"
DESCRIPTION: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 with Asian communities. The brochure contends that supporting BPMH is an opportunity for the University to align institutional practice with its publicly stated commitments to equity\, inclusion\, and internationalization. \nPick up one of these limited-edition brochures\, created by the BPMH Task Force\, at Room 320 in the Jackman Humanities Building.
URL:https://pathuoft.net/event/standing-against-anti-asian-racism/
LOCATION:JHB 320\, 170 St George St
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20260925T080000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20260925T170000
DTSTAMP:20260903T171736Z
CREATED:20260903T171736Z
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SUMMARY:Brochure release: "Supporting Student Well-Being"
DESCRIPTION: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 itself as a powerful contributor to student well-being and positions BPMH as an exemplary response to national recommendations for embedding wellness throughout the curriculum. \nPick up one of these limited-edition brochures\, created by the BPMH Task Force\, at Room 320 in the Jackman Humanities Building.
URL:https://pathuoft.net/event/brochure-release-student-wellbeing/
LOCATION:JHB 320\, 170 St George St
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20260925T183000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20260925T213000
DTSTAMP:20260908T165711Z
CREATED:20260831T204108Z
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SUMMARY:BPMH Movie Night: Perfect Days
DESCRIPTION:Join the BPMH community for a movie night showing of Perfect Days (2023). \nIMDb summary: “Hirayama cleans public toilets in Tokyo\, lives his life in simplicity and daily tranquility. Some encounters also lead him to reflect on himself.” \nThis event is only open to the University community\, since access to Robarts Library film showing rooms requires a U of T ID card.
URL:https://pathuoft.net/event/bpmh-movie-night-perfect-days/
LOCATION:RL 3-023\, Robarts Library
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20260929T080000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20260929T170000
DTSTAMP:20260901T152438Z
CREATED:20260831T205258Z
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SUMMARY:Podcast release\, episode 4 — "The Program That Was Doing Too Well"
DESCRIPTION: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 BPMH enrolment\, revealing a striking contrast between a glowing external review\, growing student demand\, and a subsequent recommendation to discontinue the program. Through archival recordings\, committee documents\, and emotional testimony from students and faculty\, the episode examines questions of governance\, precarity\, and institutional responsibility. It argues that the controversy surrounding BPMH was not simply about one interdisciplinary program\, but about how universities value innovation\, support faculty\, and respond when educational success no longer fits existing administrative structures.
URL:https://pathuoft.net/event/podcast-episode-4/
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20260929T080000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20260929T170000
DTSTAMP:20260901T140532Z
CREATED:20260901T140532Z
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SUMMARY:Brochure release: "The Cost of Adjunctification"
DESCRIPTION: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. Using the BPMH program as a case study\, it demonstrates how decades of innovative teaching\, mentorship\, and community-building by contingent faculty remain institutionally undervalued. It calls for a renewed commitment to dignified academic labour as an essential foundation for educational excellence. \nPick up one of these limited-edition brochures\, created by the BPMH Task Force\, at Room 320 in the Jackman Humanities Building.
URL:https://pathuoft.net/event/cost-of-adjunctification/
LOCATION:JHB 320\, 170 St George St
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