January 8-March 12, 2018 (Weekly Monday Practice @ the Nest)

FDF hosted weekly Monday practices from January 8 to March 12, between 4:30 p.m. and 7:30 p.m., in Room 2506 at the Nest. We enjoyed practicing Falun Gong exercises together. We hope everyone enjoyed it too! As it’s now the end of the term with final exams and papers, we won’t be able to continue our practices. However, we’ll start up our weekly practices again in the new school year. Wishing everyone a wonderful summer break and see you in the fall!

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January 15-18, 2018 (Clubs Days @ the Nest)

FDF participated in UBC’s Clubs Days activities. We were on the main floor (next to Honour Roll) of the Nest, between 11:00 a.m. and 3:00 p.m. It was a pleasure to meet and speak with everyone who came by our booth. We look forward meeting you all again at our upcoming exercise practices!

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September 15-November 24, 2017 (Weekly Friday Practice @ the Nest)

FDF hosted weekly Friday practices from September 15 to October 13, and from November 10 to November 24, between 4:30 p.m. and 7:30 p.m., in Room 2521 at the Nest. We enjoyed practicing Falun Gong exercises together. We hope everyone enjoyed it too! As it’s now the end of the term with final exams and papers, we won’t be able to continue our practices. However, we’ll start up our weekly practices again in the new term. Wishing everyone a wonderful winter break and see you in January!

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November 3, 2017 (Free Workshop: Introduction to Meditation and Cultivation in Falun Dafa @ UBC – Day 3)

An ancient practice, for a modern age.

FDF hosted the last session of our 3-day workshop on Falun Dafa meditation and cultivation in Room 2521, at the Nest, 4:30-5:45 p.m. The workshop was led by Angela Yu, PhD in Educational Psychology, UBC, who introduced the history of Falun Dafa and taught Falun Gong Exercise 5. We hope you enjoyed the session and found it helpful!

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October 27, 2017 (Free Workshop: Introduction to Meditation and Cultivation in Falun Dafa @ UBC – Day 2)

An ancient practice, for a modern age.

FDF hosted the second session of our 3-day workshop on Falun Dafa meditation and cultivation in Room 2521, at the Nest, 4:30-5:45 p.m. The workshop was led by Angela Yu, PhD in Educational Psychology, UBC, who introduced the characteristics and benefits of Falun Dafaand taught Falun Gong Exercises 3 & 4. We hope you enjoyed the session and found it helpful!

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October 26, 2017 (The Bleeding Edge Screening)

FDF hosted a free screening of the award-winning must-see thriller, “The Bleeding Edge,” in Michael Kingsmill Forum (Room 4301) at the Nest, UBC, 4:00-6:00 p.m. The screening was followed by a Q&A panel discussion with Leon Lee, a UBC alumna and Peabody Award-winning director. (Leon was also interviewed on CiTR’s UBC Happy Hour Episode October 27, 2017). We hope you enjoyed the free movie and food!

Based on real-life events, The Bleeding Edge is about a Canadian technician in China who discovers that his heart transplant came from a vast organ harvesting enterprise. To find redemption, he has to risk everything to save a woman from becoming the next victim (watch the trailer here).

The movie has been rated as “a must see,” “thought provoking,” “thrilling,” and “devastating” by reviewers. It illustrates what has been really happening in China, unknown even to most ethnic Chinese. How can that be?

Anastasia Lin, who won the Miss World Canada title in 2015 and the Best Leading Actress in The Bleeding Edge at the Leo Awards in 2016, explains it well in the Oslo Freedom Forum (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UbOf7XBS20g):

“As a student leader in China, my role was to organize my classmates to watch hatred propaganda videos. The Chinese Communist Party tries to make all Chinese complicit of its crimes. Learning that you have been deceived for so long is such a profound indignity. Perhaps that is why so many Chinese people continue to struggle to accept the truth even after they leave China. It is a profound embarrassment to learn that your whole belief system was based on lies.”

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October 16-17 & 21-25, 2017 (Journey to the West Exhibition)

FDF hosted the Journey to the West Exhibition in the Nest, on Lower Level Agora, for a week. The exhibition is a series of poster presentations illustrating the story of Falun Dafa and its journey from the East to the West. We hope you enjoyed the exhibition!

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October 20, 2017 (Free Workshop: Introduction to Meditation and Cultivation in Falun Dafa @ UBC – Day 1)

An ancient practice, for a modern age.

FDF hosted the first session of our 3-day workshop on Falun Dafa meditation and cultivation in Room 2521, at the Nest, 4:30-5:45 p.m. The workshop was led by Angela Yu, PhD in Educational Psychology, UBC, who introduced basic concepts of cultivation and meditation in Asia and taught Falun Gong Exercises 1 & 2. We hope you enjoyed the session and found it helpful!

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October 20, 2017 (Stress Less Day)

To promote physical and mental wellbeing on campus, FDF held a Stress Less Day event, on Lower Level Agora at the Nest, 12:00-3:00 p.m. The aim of “Stress Less Days” was to help students relieve midterm stress. FDF performed Falun Gong exercise demonstrations, and provided free exercise instruction, stress-relief tips (see: https://falundafafellowship.com/ways-to-reduce-stress/), information about Falun Dafa, and giveaways (e.g., bookmarks, charms, etc.). We hope FDF was helpful in relieving some of your stress!

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September 21-22, 2017 (UBC Clubs Days)

FDF participated in UBC’s Clubs Days activities. We were on Lower Level Agora of the Nest, between 11:00 a.m. and 3:00 p.m. It was a pleasure to meet and speak with everyone who came by our booth. We look forward meeting you all again at our upcoming exercise practices!

September 5, 2017 (UBC Imagine Day)

FDF took part in UBC’s Imagine Day activities, between 1:00 p.m. and 4:30 p.m. Our booth was located in front of the Landscape Architecture Annex. We had a great time meeting new and old UBC students, faculty, staff, and visitors, introducing Falun Dafa/Gong, demonstrating Falun Gong exercises, and giving free exercise instructions! We hope everyone had as much fun learning the exercises as we did teaching them! Thank you all for your participation and we look forward to meeting you all again!

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