SGI Canada News
Exploring the Role of Music in Peacebuilding
Dr. Olivier Urbain, Director of the Min-On Music Research Institute in Tokyo, Japan, recently visited the University of Guelph-Humber to deliver a lecture on the role of music in peacebuilding.
CBC GEM Featuring Canada's Leading Artists: Beverly Glenn-Copeland
SGI Canada member, Beverly Glenn-Copeland travels to Japan to meet the man who introduced his music to a new generation
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University of Manitoba Displays Nuclear Abolition Exhibition
Robson Hall is hosting the exhibition “Everything You Treasure – For a World Free From Nuclear Weapons” beginning Thursday, March 28 until Friday, April 5, 2019, located on the Main Floor. Additionally, Dr. Jonathan Black-Branch, Dean of Law, will give a talk related to the display on Tuesday, April 2nd at 12 noon in Robson Hall’s Moot Courtroom B. Read More
Guitarist Chet Breau is ready to play after hitting rock bottom
CBC News Canada ‘‘Now or Never” program featured SGI Canada practitioner Lenny Chet Breau, who found himself in the hospital two years ago. He was then weighing 602 pounds and his body was shutting down from congestive heart failure.
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Youth division launches official SGI Canada Instagram and Facebook page
To mark July 16, the day Nichiren Daishonin submitted his famous treatise, “On Establishing the Correct Teaching for the Peace of the Land,” the SGI Canada youth division has launch an official Instagram (@sgi_canada) and Facebook page (@sgicanadainfo).
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We’re All Different: Musician Glenn Copeland on his journey as a Black, Buddhist, transgender artist
“The message of my Buddhist practice is, ‘Be courageous. You are exactly what is wanted. We’re all different,'” says Glenn Copeland musician and composer Glenn Copeland. John Harvey Negru talks to Copeland about his life as a pioneer in music, his fourty-four years of Buddhist practice in the Soka Gakkai tradition, and his mission for the future.
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New Website and Instagram Account Launched by Youth
Toward the celebration of the 60th anniversary of March 16 Kosen-rufu Day, the Soka Gakkai Youth Division has launched a new website and an Instagram account for SGI youth members around the world.
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University of Guelph-Humber launches research initiative to focus on Soka Education and global citizenship
TORONTO, ON – Nov. 17, 2017 – Today, University of Guelph-Humber (UofGH) announced the launch of a new five-year research initiative that will focus on studying the philosophy and practices of Soka education, with an emphasis on global citizenship.
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Why the World Needs More Global Citizens
Chinese artist Ai Weiwei received a global citizenship award in Toronto this week, and on Friday night, former U.S. President Barack Obama is speaking in the Canadian city, where he’s expected to weigh in on the importance of global citizenship.
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