“Creating a Kind and Mindful World” – A GLOBAL ACTION TO MAKE A NATION MORE MINDFUL, KINDER, GENTLER, HEALTHIER, HAPPIER AND MORE PEACEFUL – A National Online Conference on Kindfulness
Join us for our 2022 Kindful Canada Symposium event!
On November 26, from 10 am –12 noon (New York/Toronto Time Zone)
“Canada: A Mindful and Kind Nation” (CMKN) will host an online Kindful gathering, “Creating a Mindful and Kind World.” The gathering will feature talks by prominent mental health and wellness professionals in North America.
REGISTER TODAY @ canadamindfulnation@gmail.com
Speakers include Jacquelene LeBeau, registered psychotherapist; Troy MacLean, Clinical Counsellor & Addiction specialist; Kevin Rempel, Bronze Medal/Paralympic & World Champion; Karen Pascal/Joan Williams, Holistic Health & Wellness Coaches/Authors; and Bhante Saranapala, the Urban Buddhist Monk, Global Expert on Mindfulness in First Responders & Founder of “Canada: A Mindful and Kind Nation.”
The MC of this online national conference on Kindfulness will be Tiffanie Carr, a motivational speaker, an award-winning author, and a mindset & wellness coach
This inspiring gathering of our global Kindful community is CMKN’s primary annual symposium
• to promote mental health through mindfulness meditation and kindfulness practice
• to build a healthy nation with healthy minds
• To bring awareness of good values in people
• To promote physical and mental fitness and mental health
• To promote a way of life based on tolerance, concord and kindness
• To promote good will and harmony in action, speech and thought
• To make Canada the happiest, healthiest, kindest and the most peaceful nation through mindful meditation
• To lead by example, as a Mindful Nation, and collaborate with other nations to shape a more Mindful World
We hope you will join us! Please sign up/register today by sending an email at canadamindfulnation@gmail.com Registration is free. Voluntary donations accepted for humanitarian projects run in fourteen countries by CMKN. We could not do this work without you.
Bhante Saranapala, the Urban Buddhist Monk, was invited to join one of the UN panel sessions (UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and Spirituality: Ethics and Values for the 2030 Agenda) on September 22, 2020
He presented "Canada: A Mindful and Kind Nation" with kindfulness principles and how every country in the world can be made a mindful and kind nation including the United Nations. You can read his full speech here.
Speakers of the Kindful Canada Symposium on November 26th, 2022
Canada: A Mindful and Kind Nation - Making Canada a More Mindful and Kinder Nation – with the Urban Buddhist Monk
Joan is passionate about caring for people and believes in making a difference in the world by helping one person at a time. Known for her kindness and loyalty, Joan has an excellent track record as a caregiver who works with the utmost dedication to her clients. Her extensive education at the Institute for Integrative Nutrition, Nursing background, and Health Coaching certifications aid her in providing optimal care for her patients.
Karen is passionate about caring for people and believes in making a difference in the world by helping one person at a time. Known for her kindness and loyalty, Karen has an excellent track record as a caregiver who works with the utmost dedication to her clients. Her extensive education at the Institute For Integrative Nutrition and Health Coaching certifications aid her in providing optimal care for her clients.
– Recipient of “Canada 150 Medal and Sesquicentennial Community Award” from the Government of Canada
– Recipient of Spirit Award from the Government of Ontario
Known as the “Urban Buddhist Monk”, an appropriate nomenclature for a Buddhist Monk for modern times, Reverend Dr. Bhante Saranapala has been acclaimed as a consummate teacher of meditation by a growing number of seekers of spiritual and healthy life and peace of mind in North America and Europe who admire his simple and all-embracing approach in transmitting the universal message of love, kindness, compassion, understanding and wisdom. He has earned an enviable reputation as a global public speaker and a meditation master par excellence. Born in Chittagong, Bangladesh, Dr. Bhante Saranapala, after receiving both his monastic and secular education in Sri Lanka, made his way to Canada to further his studies (Masters and Doctoral studies at the University of Toronto and McMaster University) and soon addressed his mind to the noble task of spreading in the West his own tested approach to Mindfulness and Insight Meditation. Settling down in the City of Mississauga-Toronto West, he has been a monk in residence at the monastic fraternity of the West End Buddhist Temple and Meditation Centre for the past 28 years. In September 2019, Reverend Dr. Bhante Saranapala has been appointed as the World Civility Ambassador by the iChange Nations for his extraordinary kindfulness works around the world.
MC of 2022 Kindful Canada Symposium
Itinerary:
10.00 am
Intro by Bhante Saranapala, the Urban Buddhist Monk, Global Expert on Mindfulness in First Responders & Founder of “Canada: A Mindful and Kind Nation.”
10.10 am
Jacquelene LeBeau will speak on “Importance of connection both for health and healing as well as to restore what has been lost over the last few years with one of the biggest disconnects humans have faced on a global scale in many years. Everyone is disconnecting still and this is causing a big increase in mental health.”
10.30 am
Karen Pascal and Joan Williams will speak on “Our Story of Kindness and Mindfulness as Health and Wellness”
10.50 am
Troy MacLean will speak on “Kindfulness and addictions: How we treat individuals and families who are struggling with substance use disorders”
11.10 am
Kevin Rempel will speak on “The Hero Mindset and Kindfulness: 3 Steps to Self-Healing and Success”
11.30 am
Bhante Saranapala will guide the audience through mindfulness meditation with an emphasis on kindfulness
11.50 am
Kindful gratitude speech by Michael Weldon and Jenny Kim, board members of “Canada: A Mindful and Kind Nation”
12.00 noon – End
Making Canada a more mindful and kinder nation
Promoting mental health through mindfulness meditation and kindfulness practice
Building a healthy nation with healthy minds
To bring awareness of good values in people
To promote physical and mental fitness and mental health
To promote a way of life based on tolerance, concord and kindness
To promote good will and harmony in action, speech and thought
To make Canada the happiest, healthiest, kindest and the most peaceful nation through mindful meditation
To lead by example, as a Mindful Nation, and collaborate with other nations to shape a more Mindful World
Bhante Saranapala, the founder & president of Canada: A Mindful and Kind Nation, has been honoured and appointed as the UN Civility Ambassador by the iChange Nation
Canada 150 Medal and Sesquicentennial Community Award
