Here are some current recommendations for investigation. Check this page often for valuable new resources as they become available. If you have items you'd like us to add to this page, please e-mail articles or links, along with any required permissions, to info@sakyadhitacanada.org.

Publications

Buddha Launches Literary Realism -
Professor Suwanda Sugunasiri

Buddhism in Canada
Bruce Matthews (Dir.) London, Routledge. 2006

Daughters of the Buddha, Inherited and Acquired, on Canadian Soil -
Professor Suwanda Sugunasiri

Education and Empowerment for the Women of Bhutan, Pema Choling Institute - Christine Arpa

Canadian Journal of Buddhist Studies
No. 15: Canadian Journal of Buddhist Studies Special Issue: Buddhism and Social Change No. 15 (2020)

The Oriental Nun and Representation of Buddhist Female Monastics or Monasticism: An Interview with Elizabeth Guthrie (University of Waterloo) - Author: Ngoc Le

Did Women Produce Buddhist Texts in Medieval China? And Does it Matter if They Did? Lecture by Stephanie Balkwill - Sarah Fink, University of British Columbia

Flowers on the Rock: Global and Local Buddhisms in Canada
John S. Harding and Victor Sōgen Hori, Alexander Soucy  (Eds)
McGill-Queens University Press: Montréal/Kingston. 2014

Into the Heart of Life
Book by Jesunma Tenzin Palmo - see review in Jan. 2012 Full Moon Net Letter

Mindful Moments: 52 Weeks of Mindfulness Exercises and Reflections
Bonnie Ryan-Fisher, Sumeru Press 2018

North American Buddhist Women in the International Context
Venerable Karma Lekshe Tsomo (By permission of Peter N. Gregory & Suzanne Mrozik; Women Practicing Buddhism: American Experiences)

 

 

Sakyadhita Canada: Branching Out
Mavis Fenn

Sati Journal - Women's Contributions to Buddhism, Selective Perspectives

The Question of Women in Buddhism
Bikkhu Analayo

Quitting the Dhamma: The Ways of Forsaking the Order According to the Early Vinaya
Venerable Pandita

Wild Geese: New Studies of Buddhism in Canada
Victor Hori, John Harding and Alexander Soucy (Eds),
McGill-Queens University Press: Montréal/Kingston. 2010

Women at the Forefront
Jayanta interviews Ayya Medhanandi