Browsing Tag: Canada

Kirpan now allowed in Toronto courthouses

Toronto police have developed a formal policy allowing Sikhs to bring their ceremonial daggers into courthouses.
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Sikh Seva Foundation’s 1st Annual Food Drive Donates 10,000 Food Items!

A food drive organised by Sikh Seva Foundation with the support of local Sikh Community and Sikh Organisations for the Month of April donated over 10,000 food items weighing 8126 Pounds to BC Food Banks on Monday May 7.
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Former racist visits Surrey's Guru Nanak Sikh temple

A former neo-Nazi, Tony McAleer, says he takes some “moral responsibility” for the 1998 murder of Nirmal Singh Gill, a caretaker at the Guru Nanak Sikh temple in Surrey, even though McAleer was not directly involved.
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A three generation balancing act

But at the same time, she feels that being in Canada is an opportunity for Sikhs to share their celebration of Vaisakhi, the start of a new harvest season that also marks the birth of Khalsa. “There is an equal share of prayers, parades and religious rituals.
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Representing the best of the University of Calgary

In what is expected to become a yearly tradition, the Graduate Students’ Association (GSA) has named five students as ambassadors for the best and brightest the University of Calgary has to offer.
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Sikh scholar challenges patriarchy and sex selection

Despite the patriarchal aspects of Sikh culture, a Sikh feminist speaking lat the University of B.C. says the religious tradition holds many liberating features, which women and men can both embrace for a more egalitarian society.
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Politicizing death row in Punjab and at the Surrey Vaisakhi parade ~ [OP-ED]

The imagery of a convicted Sikh militant on death row in India, Balwant Singh Rajoana, dominated the annual Vaisakhi parade in Surrey. His pictures greeted visitors from different corners of the streets as the procession passed through the city Saturday.
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Restauranteur finds inspiration in Sikh gurus

Though Muttavanchery is still far from the curtain call of his life, he will nevertheless embark with one dhoti, no baggage, no money, and no destination — just setting forth into the unknown and seeking revelation, much like Guru Nanak and countless Indian sages before the first Sikh guru.
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B.C.’S SIKH AND NON-SIKH COMMUNITIES EXPLORE SPIRIT OF VAISAKHI

THE Sikh Research Institute Canada (SRIC) worked closely with community groups, local media, and the Lower Mainland Sikh gurdwaras to host several educational events from April 4 to 9 aimed at raising awareness of the message of Vaisakhi among both Sikh and non-Sikh communities.
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Sikh Cadets win their colours

Pluralism in Canada’s military family will take another stride forward this Vaisakhi with the formation of the first ever Sikh Cadet corp in the country.
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