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Roots of Youth Violence

Roots of Youth Violence

By HARBANS SINGH KANDOLA, President of VIRSA, Sikh Alliance Against Youth Violence
Source: The Indo Canadian Voice Online

The purpose of this series is to create awareness and to provide guidance to parents to help them build healthy relations with their children. In this week’s article I will discuss some of the root [...]

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Jacket Drive - Donate winter jackets for those who need them.

Vaheguru ji ka khalsa,
Vaheguru ji ki fatheh !!!
It snowed last night and it is bound to stay very cold in the Lower Mainland. It is a very important time to donate warm clothing for agencies that help homeless and low-income families who could benefit from such items especially in this winter.
Local Sikh [...]

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UBC SSA Conference Committee Meeting

SSA UBC <sikhiunleashed@yahoo.ca>

WJKK WJKF
 
There will be a conference committee meeting tomorrow Nov. 30th at 1:00pm in Koerner. 
 
-SSA EXEC

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Local youth get active - Food Drive

A whole bunch of us are getting together on THIS Saturday November 26th - yes this Saturday to go door to door in small groups in Surrey, and collect food and/or donations for the local food banks.
     
Where:

We will be meeting on 68th Ave, (basically 68th ave and Scott Rd.) [...]

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Panth Di Chardi Kala Keertan Smagam

The Panth Di Chardi Kala Smagam at Bhai Jaspaul Singh and Bibi Simran Kaur’s house in Nanaimo took place on Saturday, November 27 and it was a wonderful event with the blessings of Guru ji. Sangat came from all across Vancouver Island and from the Lower Mainland. The sevadaars organized a beautiful program and the [...]

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Interfaith Forum - November 26

Source: www.interfaithforum.com
Join us for an evening of interfaith awareness, cultural appreciation and unity where representatives from four religions will speak on the importance of the family and how the family as a unit can be strengthened as well as the family’s impact on our community.
Your attendance will inspire families and diverse cultural and religious groups [...]

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Announcement of Surrey 2006 Vaisakhi Celebrations

Contact: Sukhpreet Singh
Phone 604 725 2045
Fax 604 594 2512

12885 85th Avenue
Surrey, BC V3W0K8
Phone 604 594 2574
Fax 604 [...]

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Fair Play?

Did a referee drop the ball on a patka-wearing soccer player?
by Robin Roberts
Source: http://www.mehfilmagazine.com - Mehfil Magazine
When is soccer not a ball? When you get a yellow card (caution), certainly. When you get a [...]

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Solutions to Indo-Canadian youth violence

By HARBANS SINGH KANDOLA, President of VIRSA, Sikh Alliance Against Youth Violence

Enough is enough. Over the past 10 years or so, youth gang violence has been tarnishing the image of the whole community and inflicting unbearable pain on families. We have heard some say that “this is not a community problem”. I ask how [...]

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Mainstream Media Bias Must End

Continuous sensationalizing and dehumanizing depictions of Indo-Canadians have REAL social consequences

By INDIRA PRAHST, Instructor of Race and Ethnic Relations, Department of Sociology, Langara College

The media is a powerful socializing agent where people develop an understanding of society and their relations within it. Recent events involving Indo-Canadians have given the mainstream media an opportunity to [...]

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