A Mindful Society Timeline: 2012-Present

A Mindful Society Founded

A Mindful Society forms its Founding Advisory Council comprising of leaders from the field of mindfulness.

A Mindful Society 2015:
Integrating Mindfulness Into Society

Inaugural conference held at the University of Toronto’s Multi-Faith Centre.

A Mindful Society 2016:
Change from Within

Second annual conference held at the Royal Conservatory of Music and the Medical Sciences Building at the University of Toronto.

Other Events in 2016

• A Mindful Leader Forum
• Discovering Mindful Living

A Mindful Society 2017:
Finding Common Ground

Held at the Medical Sciences Building and Convocation Hall the third annual conference brought together leaders from around the world.

Other Events in 2017

• Discovering Mindful Living
• Masterclass with Dan Siegel M.D.

A Mindful Society 2018:
From Curiosity to Compassion

The fourth annual conference was held in partnership with SickKids Hospital at the SickKids Peter Gilgan Centre for Research and Learning and University of Toronto’s Chestnut Conference Centre.

Other Events in 2018

• Day of Mindfulness with Thich Nhat Hanh
Monastics
• Masterclass Workshop with Zindel Segal Ph.D.
• Masterclass Workshop with Chris Germer Ph.D.
• Masterclass Workshop with Shauna Shapiro Ph.D.

A Mindful Society 2019:
Be. Act. Belong.

Attracting a global community to University of Toronto's Chestnut Conference Centre, the fourth annual A Mindful Society attracted over 800 people from around the world to explore pressing questions.

Other Events in 2019

• Masterclass Workshop with Dan Siegel M.D.
• Masterclass Workshop with Thupten Jinpa Ph.D.
• Masterclass Workshop with Patricia Rockman
M.D. and Evan Collins M.D.

Our Present Future

We took AMS 2020: Our Present Future virtual in response to the worldwide pandemic. We had an incredible turnout of attendees, and we learned that we can provide authentic community experiences via online breakout sessions and keynotes.

Revolve

A Mindful Society 2021: Revolve was a unique version of our annual summit where we hosted a 1-day virtual festival of uplifting, engaging, and thoughtful mindfulness experiences for international practitioners, leaders, and change-makers. We revolved across 11 different time zones, attendees practiced, learned, and enjoyed a sense of belonging and directly interacted with the leaders in the mindfulness field.