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Frances Garrett is an Associate Professor in the Department for the Study of Religion at the University of Toronto, where she has taught since 2003. She served as Inaugural Director of the Robert H.N. Ho Family Foundation Centre for Buddhist Studies (2016–2021) and currently leads the Buddhism, Psychology and Mental Health program at New College. Her work bridges Buddhist and Tibetan studies with medical history, ritual traditions, and experiential learning.
Education: PhD in Religious Studies from the University of Virginia, BA in Philosophy from Columbia University. Research focuses on intersections of tantric practice, medical theory in Tibet, the Gesar epic’s therapeutic geographies, and student flourishing through outdoor education. She collaborates with Tibetan scholars, community experts, and students, emphasizing co-authorship and open-access resources.
Her recent projects include Windvane: Paths to Wellbeing (student well-being in higher education) and the Himalayan Borderlands initiative, which examines religious and cultural landscapes in the Eastern Himalaya. Grants include SSHRC Insight Grant (2017–2022) and eCampus Ontario Virtual Learning Strategies grant (2021).
Scientific Awards:
- 2012 – Northrup Frye Award, University of Toronto
She has supervised doctoral and MA students in topics ranging from Tibetan Buddhist education to Newar domestic life, and developed open-access Tibetan language courses. Her teaching includes Biohacking Breath (2020), Histories of Buddhist Meditation and Race in North America (2021), and graduate seminars on the Kālacakra Tantra and Buddhist auto/biography.
