About Margo

Margo grew up in Vancouver, Canada. She studied theatre, linguistics and philosophy at Laval University in Quebec City and completed her degree at McGill in Montreal. She studied Sanskrit, Pali, and world religions at Harvard where she received a Master of Divinity.

Storytelling is How We Make the World

As storyteller and consultant with the Fetzer Institute's Generosity of Spirit Project, Margo collected more than 200 folktales from world cultures on the theme of generosity. With colleagues Mark Nepo and Wayne Muller, she travelled to Mississippi to co-facilitate community building retreats with the Mississippi Center for Justice in Jackson and the William Winter Institute for Racial Reconciliation in Oxford, Mississippi.

Margo has worked as a puppeteer, a cook, and a chaplain. From 2011 - 2012, she was Artist-in-Residence at the Centre for Studies in Religion and Society at the University of Victoria.

Dharma Teaching

Margo has been practicing in the Insight tradition of Theravada Buddhism since 1986. She is a student of many wonderful teachers, including Joseph Goldstein, Thanissara, Larry Rosenberg, and Burmese teacher Sayadaw U Lakkhana. In 2012, she completed her training to be a Community Dharma Leader at Spirit Rock Meditation Center in Woodacre, California. She leads evening classes and non-residential retreats on Vancouver Island and in neighbouring communities.