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Our Board of Directors:
- Michelle Garvock
- Lynda Griffiths
- Valerie Hunter
- Jenna Jordison
- Rachel Lewis
- Tom Morton
- Adrianne Ross
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A Brief History
In 1994, two local dharma teachers, Adrianne Ross and Joanne Broatch, began offering classes and retreats for vipassana meditators to sit together regularly with teacher support. In 2005, we chose the name "Vipassana BC" and created a website that allowed our individual meditators and existing dharma groups throughout the province to connect in the spirit of sangha. In 2006, we became a registered non-profit society under the name "British Columbia Insight Meditation Society".
In 1994, two local dharma teachers, Adrianne Ross and Joanne Broatch, began offering classes and retreats for vipassana meditators to sit together regularly with teacher support. In 2005, we chose the name "Vipassana BC" and created a website that allowed our individual meditators and existing dharma groups throughout the province to connect in the spirit of sangha. In 2006, we became a registered non-profit society under the name "British Columbia Insight Meditation Society".



