Banning politicians from your religious institutions until such time as they meet your policy demands gives an impression of political blackmail; this is not the 🇨🇦 way.

We encourage all synagogues and Jewish institutions to remain open to elected officials, and we recommend…

My family also remembers. Fiona Wilson

How is Jagmeet Singh changing the political landscape of Canada? Barj Dhahan joins us at 10.05 to talk more about it. Keep listening to The Harjinder Thind Show! Harjinder Thind pooja sekhon Prabhdeep Lally

New Pancouver: Deepti Babuta becomes first woman to win $25,000 Dhahan Punjabi Prize in Punjabi literature. The award was created 10 years ago by Barj Dhahan and his wife Rita with rigorous judging criteria. Rachna Singh Brenda Locke Click image to read: pancouver.ca/deepti-babuta-…

Tonight we co-hosted the #Vancouver book launch of 'Grieving with Pigeons' with SFU's Vancity Office of Community Engagement (SFU's Vancity Office of Community Engagement). Written by #pakistanipunjabi #writer Zubair Ahmad & published by Athabasca University Press. Watch it here youtube.com/watch?v=0jFj_2…

WATCH: Barj Dhahan interviews Baltej Singh Dhillon, Canada's first turbaned Sikh RCMP officer, on language and identity.
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#language #identity #punjabi language #punjabi #immigrant #immigrant experience #malaysian #mothertongue #language preservation

Gurpreet Bains, co-organizer of the Dhahan Youth Award, on how the program began. Watch B.C. youth receive awards at the 2023 Dhahan Prize Ceremonies.

Get tickets now!
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Thank you Coast Capital #bcyouth #youthauthors #punjabilanguage

Jews are terrified. Muslims & Arab Americans are terrified. And the most extreme voices are trying to further tear our communities apart

Even as we disagree over the conflict, we can’t lose sight of each other’s pain & fear — and that our safety & futures are inextricably linked

Rabbi Dan Moskovitz: It's time for good people of humanity to pick a side vancouversun.com/opinion/rabbi-… via The Vancouver Sun

Canada’s international education and foreign student study programs are complex and problematic DouglasTodd

In Part 2, watch as keerat•。.゜ﾟ० interviews Barj Dhahan, founder of the Dhahan Prize for Punjabi Literature. Learn about the origins of and motivations to start the Dhahan Prize, which is now in its 10th year!

In English and Punjabi:

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#punjabilanguage

Along with Canada’s growing Hindu population’s political strength the Punjabi Muslims are also a growing force in federal and provincial elections. Relations among various South Asian Canadians are also complex DouglasTodd

Along with a wonderful photo by Sukhwant Dhillon is an article about Dhahan Punjabi Prize finalists. Created in 2013 by Barj Dhahan with Canada India Education Society and UBC Asian Studies, it's the #Punjabi language equivalent of the Giller. @rbc @ubcnews pancouver.ca/three-books-of…

Thanks to Barj Dhahan for highlighting 56-page trilingual Pancouver print edition at today's announcement of Dhahan Punjabi Prize finalists for #Punjabi literature. Photo by Sukhwant Dhillon. For more info on finalists, go here: dhahanprize.com/global-punjabi… Charlie Wu

Pleased to announce the 2023 Dhahan Prize shortlist of six works of fiction! Three finalists will be announced on 09/28/2023 at 11 a.m. at the Komagata Maru Museum, 8000 Ross Street, Vancouver, B.C., Canada.

Stay tuned!

#punjabibooks #bookprize #artandculture #punjabilanguage

Co-hosted the launch of Ujjal Dosanjh's debut novel, 'The Past is Never Dead' with SFU's Vancity Office of Community Engagement yesterday.

Interviewed Mr. Dosanjh on the topic of caste, race, and class discrimination in the 21st Century.

#caste #discrimination #novel #punjabiauthor

Highlights from today’s technical workshop at University of British Columbia, jointly organized by IC-IMPACTS & Consulate General of India, on Global Challenges in Building Next-Gen Smart & Net-Zero Infrastructure UBC Civil Engineering UBC Applied Science DSTIndia NSERC / CRSNG India in Vancouver ISED NCE - RCE India in Canada

See my op-ed in The Province today.

Based on data, housing availability is not matching up to immigrants and foreign students entering Canada. Politicians are at fault.

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#housingcrisis #immigrationcanada #foreignstudents #housingcosts #CostOfLivingCrisis

High rents and house prices are largely due to high levels of immigration and out of control numbers of international students coming to Canada. A total failure of federal and provincial policies DouglasTodd

Our friend Tim Hortons India is turning one this week! The team from the Consulate General of 🇨🇦 in #Chandigarh is lucky to have you as our neighbour and we look forward to many more celebrations in the future! ☕️ 🍩 🎂

#TimsTurnsOne