Theologian in Residence and Artist in Residence, 13-16 October
Champlain College and Spiritual Affairs are honoured to host The Venerable Lama Lhanang Rinpoche as Theologian in Residence and Velcrow Ripper, award-winning film-maker, as Artist in Residence.
From October 13 to 16, the events on campus include an address by the Lama, Buddha and Community: Unity and Diversity, meditation and yoga sessions, and a viewing of Velcrow Ripper’s film ScaredSacred.
Lama Lhanang
Venerable Lama Lhanang Rinpoche is a Tibetan Buddhist dedicated to world peace and the protection of the environment. Lama Lhanang serves as the spiritual guide and visiting teacher for Wisdom Path Centers throughout the U.S., Mexico, Europe, Asia and Canada.
Born in Golok, Amdo, northeastern Tibet, Venerable Lama Lhanang Rinpoche is a spiritual teacher of the Nyingma Longchen Nying Thig Order of Tibetan Buddhism. He has studied with many great masters from different lineages of Tibetan Buddhism. The Sang Long Monastery in Eastern Tibet has recognized him as the reincarnation of Ken Rinpoche Damcho, an emanation of Nubchen Namke Nyingpo (one of the 25 disciples of Padmasambhava).
He shares teachings from an unbroken lineage in a way that is fresh, cross-cultural, and current for these times.
He is an accomplished instructor of meditation, Anu-yoga, art, feng-shui, cultural and historical studies as well as a skilled practitioner of Tibetan medicine. Lama Lhanang supports cultural education and artists and musicians and dancers around the world.
Velcrow Ripper
Activist filmmaker Velcrow Ripper (Crow to his friends) was raised in Gibson, British Columbia, the youngest of four children of parents of the Baha'i faith, a philosophy he credits with shaping his world view. After graduating from Montreal’s Concordia University, he apprenticed at the National Film Board, where he pursued his interests in social-issue documentary and experimental film.
Often working in collaboration with filmmaker Heather Frise, Ripper has directed more than two dozen films and videos, both fiction and documentary, exploring issues from oppression to the environment. Typically characterized by oral history, activist footage and expressionist soundscapes, his work has received more than twenty awards and has screened at major festivals and on television around the world. Bones of the Forest (1996), an artistic look at the struggle to save the ancient forests of British Columbia, won a number of awards, including a Genie for Best Feature Length Documentary. Other notable credits include In The Company of Fear (1999), Open Season (1998) and sound design on the documentary The Corporation (2003). His most recent work, the acclaimed ScaredSacred (2004), is the result of Ripper’s five-year journey to sites of human tragedies around the world. The film was named one of Canada's Top Ten of 2004 by an independent, national panel of filmmakers, programmers, journalists and industry professionals. Ripper also works as a writer, web artist and sound designer, teaches video and film at the Emily Carr Institute of Art and Design in Vancouver and is currently writing a novel based on his ScaredSacred journeys.
Schedule of Events for Trent Community
In addition to the following Trent events, the Lama and Velcrow Ripper will be meeting with various groups on campus and at Lakefield College School
Tuesday, 13 October
3:00-4:30 pm Lama and Velcrow Ripper, Student Drop-in, Champlain Lounge
7:30 pm Champlain, Great Hall, Address by the Lama -- Buddha and
Community: Unity and Diversity. Velcrow to respond
Wednesday, 14 October
8:00-9:00 am Lama, Meditation and Yoga, Gzowski College GCS-345
2:00-4:00 pm Lama, Student Drop-in, Champlain Lounge
3:00-5:00 pm Velcrow with Association for Baha’i Studies: Media, social justice
and how faith has influenced Velcrow’s work, Champlain College Council Chambers [location to be confirmed]
7:30 Velcrow, Featured film: “ScaredSacred”. Champlain College Lecture
Theatre. Lama to respond
Thursday, 15 October
1:30-2:30 pm, Meditation and Yoga, Gzowski College,
First People’s Gathering Space [location to be confirmed]
Friday, 16 October
8:00- 9:00 am, Lama, Meditation and Yoga, Gzowski College GCS-345
10:00-12 noon, Lama, Student Drop-in, Champlain Lounge
Lama Lhanang
Venerable Lama Lhanang Rinpoche is a Tibetan Buddhist dedicated to world peace and the protection of the environment. Lama Lhanang serves as the spiritual guide and visiting teacher for Wisdom Path Centers throughout the U.S., Mexico, Europe, Asia and Canada.
Born in Golok, Amdo, northeastern Tibet, Venerable Lama Lhanang Rinpoche is a spiritual teacher of the Nyingma Longchen Nying Thig Order of Tibetan Buddhism. He has studied with many great masters from different lineages of Tibetan Buddhism. The Sang Long Monastery in Eastern Tibet has recognized him as the reincarnation of Ken Rinpoche Damcho, an emanation of Nubchen Namke Nyingpo (one of the 25 disciples of Padmasambhava).
He shares teachings from an unbroken lineage in a way that is fresh, cross-cultural, and current for these times.
He is an accomplished instructor of meditation, Anu-yoga, art, feng-shui, cultural and historical studies as well as a skilled practitioner of Tibetan medicine. Lama Lhanang supports cultural education and artists and musicians and dancers around the world.
Velcrow Ripper
Activist filmmaker Velcrow Ripper (Crow to his friends) was raised in Gibson, British Columbia, the youngest of four children of parents of the Baha'i faith, a philosophy he credits with shaping his world view. After graduating from Montreal’s Concordia University, he apprenticed at the National Film Board, where he pursued his interests in social-issue documentary and experimental film.
Often working in collaboration with filmmaker Heather Frise, Ripper has directed more than two dozen films and videos, both fiction and documentary, exploring issues from oppression to the environment. Typically characterized by oral history, activist footage and expressionist soundscapes, his work has received more than twenty awards and has screened at major festivals and on television around the world. Bones of the Forest (1996), an artistic look at the struggle to save the ancient forests of British Columbia, won a number of awards, including a Genie for Best Feature Length Documentary. Other notable credits include In The Company of Fear (1999), Open Season (1998) and sound design on the documentary The Corporation (2003). His most recent work, the acclaimed ScaredSacred (2004), is the result of Ripper’s five-year journey to sites of human tragedies around the world. The film was named one of Canada's Top Ten of 2004 by an independent, national panel of filmmakers, programmers, journalists and industry professionals. Ripper also works as a writer, web artist and sound designer, teaches video and film at the Emily Carr Institute of Art and Design in Vancouver and is currently writing a novel based on his ScaredSacred journeys.
Schedule of Events for Trent Community
In addition to the following Trent events, the Lama and Velcrow Ripper will be meeting with various groups on campus and at Lakefield College School
Tuesday, 13 October
3:00-4:30 pm Lama and Velcrow Ripper, Student Drop-in, Champlain Lounge
7:30 pm Champlain, Great Hall, Address by the Lama -- Buddha and
Community: Unity and Diversity. Velcrow to respond
Wednesday, 14 October
8:00-9:00 am Lama, Meditation and Yoga, Gzowski College GCS-345
2:00-4:00 pm Lama, Student Drop-in, Champlain Lounge
3:00-5:00 pm Velcrow with Association for Baha’i Studies: Media, social justice
and how faith has influenced Velcrow’s work, Champlain College Council Chambers [location to be confirmed]
7:30 Velcrow, Featured film: “ScaredSacred”. Champlain College Lecture
Theatre. Lama to respond
Thursday, 15 October
1:30-2:30 pm, Meditation and Yoga, Gzowski College,
First People’s Gathering Space [location to be confirmed]
Friday, 16 October
8:00- 9:00 am, Lama, Meditation and Yoga, Gzowski College GCS-345
10:00-12 noon, Lama, Student Drop-in, Champlain Lounge