Author: Canada
New Acropolis volunteers participated in a major clean-up of Mount-Royal (Montreal, Canada)
On a beautiful sunny day, the 24th clean-up of Mount Royal Park was held in Montreal. New Acropolis volunteers and friends joined 600 of their fellow citizens to participate in this […]
New Acropolis Montreal participates in ’24 Hours of Science’ (Canada)
New Acropolis Montreal participated once again this year in the 24 Hours of Science event. The theme this year being ‘The Light’, volunteers from New Acropolis presented an event entitled […]
Philosophy in the streets of Montreal (Canada)
In the Eastern philosophies, Tibetans had a symbolic image to express how our fears, our limitations are illusions. They spoke of “paper doors.” We can think we are surrounded by […]
‘Alchemical Theatre: A laboratory for self-knowledge’ (Montreal, Canada)
Given that art is a path to self-knowledge, New Acropolis presented in their Montreal center, a workshop entitled Alchemical Theatre: A laboratory for self-knowledge. Participants took part in exercises to […]
Improv theatre to celebrate ‘World Philosophy Day’ (Montreal, Canada)
For the ninth consecutive year, New Acropolis Montreal celebrated World Philosophy Day with an activity entitled Philo Impro: Laugh and Think! In the course of this activity, participants watched daily life […]
New Acropolis Toronto participated in National Culture Days initiative (Canada)
New Acropolis Toronto offered a free interactive philosophical Chinese calligraphy workshop as part of the fifth edition of Culture Days, the largest-ever collective public participation initiative undertaken by the arts […]
Workshop on folk dancing on the occasion of the Days of Culture (Montreal, Canada)
In Montreal, New Acropolis organized a workshop on folk dancing on the occasion of the Days of Culture. Several people responded to the invitation to reconnect with their traditions. The […]
Seminar on how to develop focus, attention and concentration, keys to self-realization (Toronto, Canada)
New Acropolis Toronto organized a seminar at the Centre for Social Innovation on how to develop focus, attention and concentration as tools to live life with direction and depth. Participants […]
Lecture on ‘Concentration and inner awakening’ (Montreal, Canada)
New Acropolis Montreal hosted a lecture with practical exercises to enhance concentration. Participants learned practical approaches to improve one’s concentration, beginning by learning to stabilize consciousness. See the video: [youtube]http://youtu.be/YQQTmGc6ENQ[/youtube]
New Acropolis participates in Neighbours’ Day (Montreal, Canada)
In order to promote a more friendly neighbourhood and bring people living in an urban environment closer together, members of New Acropolis participated in Neighbours’ Day in a small street […]