Community Events

These events are organized by our community partners and many take place off-campus. If you are hosting an event related to the Himalaya Region or Himalayan Community and you would like us to advertise it here, please send us an email at himalaya.arts@ubc.ca with all relevant information.

Upcoming Events

Past Events

• Tibet Fest 2018 with Tibetan Cultural Society of British Columbia
  

  18th Aug 2018 10:00:am 
  
  
  Our community partners at the Tibetan Cultural Society of British Columbia (TCSBC) invite you to attend Tibet Fest 2018.  

• Spiritual Retreat for Healing and Happiness with the Tibetan Cultural Society of Vancouver Island
  

  30th Jul 2018 9:00:am 
  
  
  Tibetan Cultural Society of Vancouver Island : Spiritual Retreat for Healing and Happiness, 30 July - 2 August

• BC Buddhist Festival with BC Buddhist Festival Organization
  

  10th Jun 2018 9:30:am 
  
  
  For more information, click here.  

• 2017 TibetFest with the Tibetan Cultural Society of BC
  

  13th Aug 2017 11:00:am 
  
  
  The 7th Annual Tibet Festival will be hosted by Tibetan Cultural Society of British Columbia (TCSBC) on August 13, 2017 at the VanDusen Botanical Garden, 5251 Oak Street, Vancouver. The event is scheduled to run from 10AM-5PM. Admission is $10.  

• A Fearless Heart with Dr. Thupten Jinpa with Dr. Thupten Jinpa
  

  17th May 2017 7:15:pm 
  
  
  Banyen Books invites the Himalaya Program community to a special evening talk with Dr. Thupten Jinpa, celebrated author & principal translator to H.H. the Dalai Lama since 1985, on the cultivation of a fearless heart and the wisdom of Compassion.

• Film Screening: Drokpa at the DOXA Documentary Film Festival with Tsering Shakya
  

  7th May 2017 12:30:pm 
  
  
  Drokpa, a new documentary from director Yan Chan Su, depicts life on the Tibetan plateau for Tibet's last nomads and the challenges that they face. Professor Tsering Shakya, a member of the Himalaya Program's Steering Committee, will be speaking at the event as part of the Justice Forum Panel.

• Respectful Maternal Care Around the Globe with The Canadian Red Cross
  

  27th Mar 2017 6:00:pm 
  
  
  Colleagues from UBC Midwifery invite Himalaya Program members to join this event about respectful maternal health care in Nepal, Uganda and Haiti.

• Heart-Mind 2016: Cultivating Resilience with The Dalai Lama Center for Peace and Education
  

  21st Oct 2016 8:30:am 
  
  
  The 4th annual Heart-Mind conference, hosted by the Dalai Lama Center for Peace and Education, features some of the leading minds in child development, education and mental health addressing the Dalai Lama's question, "How can we educate the hearts of children?"

• Ayurveda In Nepal: The Vajracharya Medical Tradition with Todd Caldecott at Banyen Books & Sound
  

  20th Oct 2016 6:30:pm 
  
  
  Join Todd Caldecott, author of Food As Medicine, for a fascinating lecture on the venerable Vajracharya medical tradition of Kathmandu.

• Dashain 2073 Celebration with The Nepal Cultural Society of BC
  

  15th Oct 2016 6:00:pm 
  
  
  The NCSBC invites the Himalaya Program community to celebrate the Nepali harvest festival of Dashain, 2073.

• Thoughts through Vision (MOA Visual and Material Culture Research Seminar Series) with Kalsang Dawa
  

  15th Sep 2016 4:00:pm 
  
  
  Inspired by Buddhist philosophy, Kalsang Dawa uses, and teaches art for healing and self-awareness. In this talk, he will present his recent contemporary art works. This event its open to all, and free. No registration required.

• Picturing High Places in the Anthropocene: Continuity and Change in High Mountains and the Arctic with Graham McDowell, PhD Candidate, Institute for Resources, Environment and Sustainability, UBC
  

  12th Sep 2016 5:00:pm 
  
  
  Our colleagues at the Liu Institute for Global Issues invite you to a photography exhibition by Graham McDowell, Liu Scholar and a member of the Himalayan Program Network.

• I Missed You: A Multimedia Performance for the Richmond Multicultural Festival with Kalsang Dawa
  

  2nd Sep 2016 4:00:pm 
  
  
  This multimedia project, performed as part of the Richmond Multicultural Festival, weaves together live music, dance, fractal light projection, and performative painting to explore the five elements and their power to reunite our bodies with our souls.

• Tibet Festival 2016 with the Tibetan Cultural Society of BC
  

  27th Aug 2016 10:00:am 
  
  
  On August 27th, join in a celebration of Tibetan music, dance, food, arts, and more, at the beautiful VanDusen Botanical Garden. All proceeds will go toward the Tibetan Resettlement Project, a humanitarian initiative to resettle 1,000 Tibetan refugees in Canada. This event is hosted by the Tibetan Cultural Society of BC.