BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//wp-events-plugin.com//7.3.5//EN TZID:America/Toronto X-WR-TIMEZONE:America/Toronto BEGIN:VEVENT UID:225@buddhiststudies.utoronto.ca DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto;VALUE=DATE:20260122 DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto;VALUE=DATE:20260124 DTSTAMP:20260115T202910Z URL:https://buddhiststudies.utoronto.ca/events/mindfulness-symposium-retre at/ SUMMARY:Mindfulness Research Symposium & Retreat DESCRIPTION:Join us for a unique two-day Retreat and Symposium that will ex plore scientific evidence from distinguished researchers from the fields o f neuroscience\, artificial intelligence\, contemplative and behavioural s ciences\, along with pragmatic activities and practices led by contemplati ve practitioners. The symposium and retreat will include a mixture of lear ning styles\, with keynotes\, evidence-based case studies\, student poster sessions\, hands-on mindfulness activities\, music and more.\n\nRetreat D ay\, Jan 22\nA unique and replenishing experience to engage and train in A pplied Mindfulness and Compassion-based practices that can be woven into y our daily life. Led by a delegation from internationally renowned scholar\ , peace activist and Zen Master Thich Nhat Hanh’s Plum Village mindfulne ss centre in France.\n\nSymposium Day\, Jan 23\nAn innovative and dynamic gathering that reimagines the traditional symposium format through a serie s of dialogues on today’s most pressing issues in healthcare and educati on. A poster session will be included over the lunch hour.\nInstructions f or poster submission including deadlines are available at the following li nk: https://forms.gle/aNCrWLL2AcLHWJW3A.\n\nTopics to be discussed:\n\n \ nWise Technology &\; Altruistic AI — How to harness it without losing ourselves?\n\n \nSystems &\; Culture change — How to have hope & \; joy amidst global crisis?\n\n \nPractical Implementation — How to ap ply these strategies in the context of a chaotic and challenging world?\n\ n\nSample of Distinguished speakers: See full list of speakers\n\n \nZind el Segal – Distinguished Professor  Psychology in Mood Disorders\, Univ ersity of Toronto Scarborough\n\n \nNorman Farb – Associate Professor P sychology\, University of Toronto\n\n \nDavid Vago – Research Associate \, Department of Psychiatry\, Harvard &\; President of the Internationa l Society for Contemplative Research\n\n \nAnna Goldenberg -Varma Family Chair in Biomedical Informatics and Artificial Intelligence CIFAR AI Chair \, The Hospital for Sick Children\n\n \nSwelen Andari – Director of Str ategy\, Climate Resilience &\; Youth Mental Health at the Centre for Ad diction and Mental Health (CAMH)\n\n \nDebby Wilson Danard – Anishinaab e\, PhD MEd\, BEd\n\n \nEric Loucks – Director Mindfulness Center\, Bro wn University\n\n \nKenneth Fung – Chair\, Global Mental Health\, Temer ty Faculty of Medicine\, University of Toronto\n\n \nMelanie Barwick\, Ph D CPsych – Tier 1 Canada Research Chair in Implementation Science and Pr actice Senior Scientist\, Child Health Evaluative Sciences\, Research Inst itute\, The Hospital for Sick Children\n\n\nTickets:\nAdult\, 1-day from $ 125\; 2-days from $225\nStudent/Trainee\, 1-day from $50\; 2-days from $10 0\n👉 Learn more and register\n ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://buddhiststudies.utoronto.ca/wp-content/u ploads/2026/01/Mindfulness-Symposium-Jan-2026.png LOCATION:SickKids Peter Gilgan Centre for Research and Learning\, 686 Bay S treet\, Toronto\, Canada X-APPLE-STRUCTURED-LOCATION;VALUE=URI;X-ADDRESS=686 Bay Street\, Toronto\, Canada;X-APPLE-RADIUS=100;X-TITLE=SickKids Peter Gilgan Centre for Researc h and Learning:geo:0,0 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/Toronto X-LIC-LOCATION:America/Toronto BEGIN:STANDARD DTSTART:20251102T010000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:EST END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE END:VCALENDAR