Annual Charity Event Brings Elected Officials & Humanitarian Volunteers Together UNITED SIKHS Volunteers Receive “Charity of the Year” Award at Sikh Motorcycle Club Gala BRAMPTON, CANADA — Hundreds of Sikh motorcyclists came together once again for their 4th annual Sikh Motorcycle Club’s charity gala. This year’s Gala honoured UNITED SIKHS for their the global disaster work.… Continue reading SIKH MOTORCYCLE CLUB HONORS UNITED SIKHS HUMANITARIAN VOLUNTEERS AT GALA
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UNITED SIKHS CALLS UPON CANADIAN PRIME MINISTER, HOUSE OF COMMONS TO PROCESS ASYLUM FOR AFGHAN MINORITIES UNDER PERSECUTION
Parliament Members Submit Petitions Signed by Thousands of Canadians Supporting Asylum OTTAWA, CANADA – UNITED SIKHS this week announced a call to action in the House of Commons alongside several members of Parliament to address the increasingly desperate plight of religious minorities in Afghanistan. After gaining the support of several policy stakeholders, including MPs Garnett Genuis,… Continue reading UNITED SIKHS CALLS UPON CANADIAN PRIME MINISTER, HOUSE OF COMMONS TO PROCESS ASYLUM FOR AFGHAN MINORITIES UNDER PERSECUTION
WE MAKE SURE THAT SOMEONE’S TOMORROW IS BETTER THAN TODAY
We Make Sure That Someone’s Tomorrow Is Better Than Today Panjabi Translation of this Press Release The Sikh Centennial Gala is the highlight event for the year for Sikhs in Canada. Each year the Sikh Centennial Gala seeks to highlight and honor accomplishments of dynamic, successful individuals who inspire and educate whilst giving back… Continue reading WE MAKE SURE THAT SOMEONE’S TOMORROW IS BETTER THAN TODAY
UNITED SIKHS SHINE LIGHT ON SIKHI AT PARLIAMENT OF THE WORLD’S RELIGIONS
Global Event Highlights Themes of Inclusion, Love, Understanding, Reconciliation and Justice TORONTO, CANADA — As November marked the arrival of the Parliament of the World’s Religions, a delegation of UNITED SIKHS volunteers from the United Kingdom, United States, India and Canada led public awareness efforts to educate more than 10,000 non-Sikh event attendees. Opening with a… Continue reading UNITED SIKHS SHINE LIGHT ON SIKHI AT PARLIAMENT OF THE WORLD’S RELIGIONS
HATE CRIMES ON THE RISE: SIKH GURDWARA VANDALIZED WITH HATE MESSAGE
Courtesy: www.torontosun.com Calgary, Canada: The Sikh community in Calgary, Canada is shocked that last Thursday their place of worship was vandalized by graffiti depicting a swastika, which is generally associated with symbols of racial hatred. UNITED SIKHS has reached out to the local authorities and requested an increase in police presence around Gurdwaras in the… Continue reading HATE CRIMES ON THE RISE: SIKH GURDWARA VANDALIZED WITH HATE MESSAGE
Random Police Stops(Carding) Have Impacted Sikh Community In Canada
Random Police Stops(Carding) Have Impacted Sikh Community In Canada Together with the partnership of Carleton University and UNITED SIKHS, we have begun an ambitious project to understand how Random Police Stops (carding) have impacted our Sikh community. It is well known that minorities in Canada are stopped by the police more often, including our… Continue reading Random Police Stops(Carding) Have Impacted Sikh Community In Canada
BUILDING HEALTHIER FAMILIES TOGETHER – SEMINAR IN CANADA
On the 15th October, 2107 UNITED SIKHS, in association with Punjabi Community Health Services, successfully concluded a seminar on ‘How to keep families together/close knit’. The key focus of the seminar was to discuss the problems faced by children and parents respectively as well as possible reasons for increasing differences between them and how to… Continue reading BUILDING HEALTHIER FAMILIES TOGETHER – SEMINAR IN CANADA
ALBERTA FIRES: HOW CAN YOU HELP!
We Make Sure That Someone’s Tomorrow Is Better Than Today Panjabi Translation of this Press Release The Sikh Centennial Gala is the highlight event for the year for Sikhs in Canada. Each year the Sikh Centennial Gala seeks to highlight and honor accomplishments of dynamic, successful individuals who inspire and educate whilst giving back… Continue reading ALBERTA FIRES: HOW CAN YOU HELP!
GIVING SOMEONE WARMTH THROUGH LANGAR- A HOT MEAL
Tabanovce, Macedonia – Imagine being cold, hungry, and exhausted, on a journey to an unknown future. For thousands this is a reality, as the refugees arrive in Tabanovce, Macedonia before crossing the Macedonia-Serbia borders they are greeted and overwhelmed by our volunteers who have the desire to serve humanity. UNITED SIKHS volunteer Mani Singh from… Continue reading GIVING SOMEONE WARMTH THROUGH LANGAR- A HOT MEAL
COUNSELLING YOUTHS AGAINST DRUGS MISUSE
Toronto, Canada: UNITED SIKHS organised a Drug Awareness and Employment for Youth related Seminar and Kirtan Darbar at Rexdale Singh Sabha Gurudwara Sahib on Sunday, December 27, 2015. UNITED SIKHS was supported by the Punjabi Community Health Service and Rapport Youth and Family Service in this endeavour. Youngsters performed divine Gurbani Kirtan after completion of… Continue reading COUNSELLING YOUTHS AGAINST DRUGS MISUSE