Nicell, J.
Full Name[edit]
Joan Nicell
Affiliation[edit]
McGill University
New FPMT Translation and Editorial Committee
Istituto Lama Tzong Khapa and Sera Je Monastery
Education[edit]
BS in physiotherapy from McGill University in 1982
Scriptural Tibetan at Istituto Lama Tzong Khapa and Sera Je Monastery
Other Information[edit]
Joan Nicell was born in Montreal, Canada in 1950 and obtained a BS in physiotherapy from McGill University in 1982. In 1986 she traveled to Asia, and in Thailand participated in a ten-day Vipassana course. The next year she did the annual month-long Dharma course at Kopan Monastery in Nepal. In February 1989 she received getsul ordination in Dharamsala from His Holiness the Dalai Lama. Joan has lived and worked at Istituto Lama Tzong Khapa since 1990, where from 1996 to the present she has acted as coordinator for the institute’s residential and on-line Masters Program and Basic Program. She studied and learned scriptural Tibetan at Istituto Lama Tzong Khapa and Sera Je Monastery. Since 1994, she has been translating Tibetan texts into English for the institute’s long-term study programs, regular Dharma courses, and retreats. In January 2009 she was assigned the job of English translation coordinator for the new FPMT Translation and Editorial Committee.Source