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BCSikhYouth.com was Down

For about the last 10-12 days of January, BCSikhYouth.com was down because our bandwidth limit exceeded. This means that our hosting only allowed a certain number people to download a certain number of our posts or pictures from our website, and that number was exceeded. However we’ve found new hosting and hope to have it [...]

Scholarships for Post-Secondary Students

Coast Capital Savings is once again helping post-secondary students with their education costs by providing more than $130,000 in scholarships through its Education Awards program.
The credit union is offering 60 Get-Up-And-Go Awards worth $2,000 each to individuals who have worked diligently to achieve a good balance between school and extra-curricular activities, and in turn have [...]

Sikh Student Events!

This weeks events include…
1. GATKA practice is on TUESDAY JAN. 31st at 5pm in GAGE (UBC).
2. There will be REHRAAS on WEDNESDAY JAN. 1ST at 6:30pm in GAGE (UBC).

3. DISCUSSION this week is on THURSDAY FEB. 2nd at 1pm in [...]

Kaurs

Vaheguru ji ka khalsa,
Vaheguru ji ki fatheh!
_/\_
The sevadaars of Kaurs United would like to invite all bibian to the Guru Nanak Academy this Sunday, January 22nd, at 4:30pm, for their next event: “Girls Night at the Academy.”
This will be a fun filled event for Sikh bibian enriched with meditation, simran, games, discussions and lots [...]

VIRSA Youth Forum

January 18, 2006
Regarding: Invite for VIRSA Youth Forum

VIRSA YOUTH FORUM – Over 100  Youth to Attend

I am writing to extend an invitation to VIRSA’s first Youth Forum to be held at Tamanawis High School (12600-66Avenue) on January 26th from 6 pm to 9 pm in Surrey.  
The objective of the forum will be to retrieve some valuable [...]

Camps and Smagams in BC in 2006

Vaheguru ji ka khalsa,
Vaheguru ji ki fatheh!
 
Planning to travel to BC ? There is always something happening here but it is a good idea to plan to come here during some special events.
 
Sarab Rog Ka Aukhad Naam Mission will have two Rog Nivaran Camps next month in February, and more camps [...]

UBC SSA Volunteer Opportunity

 

Vaheguru ji ka khalsa, Vaheguru ji ki fatheh! _/\_
 
UBC SSA Volunteer Opportunity: Wednesday January 25th.
 
Where: Quest Outreach Society - Soup Kitchen
Quest Outreach Society rescued 7.15 million dollars worth of food, and helped 45,000 people per month on average throughout the Lower Mainland. Quest’s current membership is comprised of [...]

Multifaith Calendar 2007 - Call for Submissions

Forwarded by: Sukhvinder Kaur / SFU SSA Mailing List

"Expressions of Hope" - Multifaith Calendar 2007

http://www.multifaithaction.org

Artists are invited to submit work that would fall under the title "Expressions of Hope". As with previous edtions of the MAS calendar, work can be of any medium. The interpretation of the theme will be [...]

Bhai Dharam Singh Ji

Vaheguru ji ka khalsa,
Vaheguru ji ki fatheh!
_/\_
Today is the day that our Pyare Bhai Dharam Singh Ji, second of the original Punj Pyare of Vaisakhi 1699, was sent to this earth by Akaal Purakh.

In fact, today is the 340th anniversary of Bhai Sahib ji’s worldly birthday.

A short biographical history is below, taken from www.allaboutsikhs.com
He was [...]

Komagata Maru

Vaheguru ji ka khalsa,
Vaheguru ji ki fatheh!
_/\_
An article in the Asian Pacific Post (below) states that Indo-Canadian director Deepa Mehta is planning a big-budget feature film about the Komagata Maru tragedy. One of the so-called “big name” actors Mehta hopes to get on her cast is Amitabh Bachan. Hmm…. is this what we want? Amitabh [...]