Dalai Lama To Visit South Vancouver’s John Oliver High School

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VANCOUVER – The Dalia Lama will visit South Vancouver’s John Oliver High school next week when he lands in Vancouver on October 21.

The Dalai Lama is expected to join four students on-stage in the gymnasium while visiting the school. “They will talk about what it means to educate the heart,” Victor Chan told the Georgia Straight. “I think it’s very interesting for him, who is always talking to grownups, to share the stage with students and talk about things that are clearly of interest to the students as well as to him.”

The following day, the Dalai Lama will join researchers at the Chan Centre for the Performing Arts to discuss how a child’s first five years influence the rest of their life. “He tells me that if he is a good person—if he is a compassionate, empathetic person—it’s because of those early influences he had with his mother, who was the kindest, most gentle and compassionate person,” Chan stated.

Chan added that he expects the researchers will discuss the development of neural pathways in infancy. That will be preceded on October 21 by a discussion at the Vancouver Convention Centre on educating the heart with a panel including the Dalai Lama, Schonert-Reichl, U.S. management guru Peter Senge, Vancity CEO Tamara Vrooman, spoken-word artist Shane Koyczan, and the YWCA’s Janet Austin.