Who We Are
Our organization consists of Guiding Teachers, the Board of Directors, the Organizing Committee, the Advisors to TNI and a network of volunteers.
Our 3-person Organizing Committee takes care of the daily running of the organization. Our Board of Directors meets with the Organizing Committee four times a year to make recommendations on program direction, approve financial decisions, and lend overall guidance and support. Currently there are ten members of the board, and we welcome any expression of interest in serving on the board. Our Advisory Committee is made up of meditation teachers from the US and Canada. Everyone involved with guiding and administrating TNI has experience with the practice and benefits of insight meditation.
Our volunteers are the generous and gifted foundation of all TNI efforts. Graphic designers have created TNI’s promotional posters and brochures and designed the website. Translators volunteer their time to make our website content and all promotional documents bilingual. We have also had several professional fundraisers give us feedback and guidance. In addition, a large number of volunteers in Ottawa, Montreal, Toronto and other cities and towns contribute their time and skills to accomplish many of the daily important tasks in support of the vitality of our organization.
Founders
Pascal Auclair
Daryl Lynn Ross
David Schouela
Guiding Teachers
Muriel Ahmarani Jaouich
Pascal Auclair
Roxanne Dault
Bonnie Duran
Jean Esther
Dawn Mauricio
Daryl Lynn Ross
Board Members
Patricia Boushel
Ekta Hattangady
Michelle Nicholls
Rebecca Ross
Coral Short
Josephine Tcheng
Past Board Members
Daryl Lynn Ross
Jeff MacNeil
Santiago Campero
Acharya Samaneti
Helen Luu
Dawn Mauricio
Roxanne Dault
David Schouela
Pascal Auclair
Steven Hick
Sandy Gray
Joseph Flanders
Gail Guy
Norman Feldman
Molly Swan
Organizing Committee
Muriel Ahmarani Jaouich
Sarah Fuchs
Bibiana Vera
Advisors to True North Insight
Matthew Flickstein, Founder of The Forest Way
Gil Fronsdal, Founder and primary Teacher, Insight Meditation Center of the Mid-Peninsula
Joseph Goldstein, Co-founder and Guiding Teacher of the Insight Meditation Society
Lynette Monteiro, registered psychologist and Director of Training at the Ottawa Mindfulness Clinic, Ottawa
Amita Schmidt, former Resident Teacher of the Insight Meditation Society
Gina Sharpe, Co-founder of New York Insight
Bhante Wimala, Spiritual Director of the Triple Gem Society