Dharamshala: On 18 May 2025, Sikyong Penpa Tsering visited the Tibetan Language and Culture School of the Tibetan Canadian Cultural Centre (TCCC) to address the students there. The event began with a briefing of the school’s annual report by its Principal, who also detailed upcoming programmes. In his keynote speech, …

Dharamshala: Sikyong Penpa Tsering made his maiden official visit to the Bay of Quinte region on 17 May 2025 to meet with the Belleville-Trenton Tibetan Community, as the democratically elected political leader of the Tibetan community in exile. This visit marked his first official engagement both as Sikyong and, previously, …

Toronto: On Friday, 16 May 2025, Sikyong Penpa Tsering met and congratulated Canadian MP Yvon Baker on his reelection and thanked him for his ongoing support to the Tibetan people. Representative Namgyal Choedup and Canada Tibet Committee’s Executive Director Sherap Therchin joined the meeting in which Sikyong briefed MP Baker …

Toronto: Sikyong Penpa Tsering met with Canadian MPs James Maloney and Karim Bardeesy, as well as former Minister and MP Arif Virani, on 13 May 2025 during his visit to Toronto. The meeting, held at the Tibetan Canadian Cultural Centre, was also attended by Representative Namgyal Choedup and Sherap Therchin, …

Dharamshala: Kasa Dukar Dolma (Tib: ཀ་བཟའ་གདུགས་དཀར་སྒྲོལ་མ།), 85, the mother of the late Hungkar Rinpoche, reportedly passed away on 6 May 2025 in Golog, Amdo, following a prolonged illness caused and exacerbated by the distress and emotional toll of her son’s suspicious death. The Central Tibetan Administration (CTA) has verified the …

Washington DC: After successfully concluding his engagements with Members of Congress in Washington, DC, Sikyong Penpa Tsering visited Amherst, Massachusetts and Ithaca, New York on 10 and 11 May 2025, respectively, to connect with members of the Tibetan community. In Amherst, Sikyong first met separately with Tibetan youth to educate …