PM urged to broker talks on Tibet between China and Dalai Lama
A majority of members of Parliament — including seven cabinet ministers — have asked the Prime Minister to offer to mediate negotiations between the Chinese government and the Dalai Lama on the future of Tibet, say the organizers for the exiled Tibetan leader’s visit to Ottawa this month.
First Tibetan Woman to run the London Marathon
Kelsang Dolma Dodin is running this year’s London Marathon for the Tibet Foundation. Kelsang was born in Ladakh, northern India in 1976. Her interest in sports and music began at an early age and was further developed in the Tibetan Children’s Village (TCV) School
Mayor faces Dalai Lama conundrum
As global politics becomes local, Mayor David Miller is facing the squeeze. The Dalai Lama, the spiritual leader of Tibet and many of the world’s Buddhists, arrives in Toronto on April 25 to preside over a major religious festival, called the Kalachakra for World Peace.