The Dalai Lama greets the audience at the Orpheum Theatre in Vancouver, British Columbia. The Dalai Lama answers questions from panel members at the Orpheum Theatre in Vancouver. The Dalai Lama answers questions from panel members at the Orpheum Theatre in Vancouver. Dalai Lama brochures sit on chairs at BC Place Stadium, Vancouver. The Dalai Lama enjoys a laugh with the audience at BC Place Stadium. The Dalai Lama looks out at the audience. A young Tibetan woman dances for the Dalai Lama at BC Place. The Dalai Lama receives his honorary citizenship from Conservative Member of Parliament, Monte Solberg. The Dalai Lama and his interpreter sit on stage at BC Place Stadium. The Dalai Lama greets a woman at the Morris J. Wosk Centre for Dialogue in Vancouver.  

 

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The Dalai Lama

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From Exile to Honorary Citizen

Some nine years after Chinese forces invaded Tibet in 1950, the Dalai Lama fled the Tibetan

capital of Lhasa and crossed into India.  There he created a government-in-exile and worked to

bring attention to the plight of the Tibetan people.  For his non-violent initiatives to free Tibet, he

was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 1989.

In September of 2006, the Dalai Lama was awarded an honorary Canadian citizenship.  Only two

other people have been made honorary Canadian citizens: Raoul Wallenberg, who rescued Jews

from extermination during World War II, and African leader Nelson Mandela.

While visiting Vancouver in September 2006, His Holiness inaugurated the Dalai Lama Center for

Peace and Education.

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