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541 Prospect Street
Saturday
,
12
Jul
2025
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Saturday
,
12
Jul
2025

Vanjara: From Worldly Trader to Spiritual Seeker

Online
Glen Rock
,
United States

This presentation explores Guru Ramdas Sahib’s Vanjara, situating it within its cultural framework and lived experience. We will reflect on the composition's foundational themes and their relevance to our daily...

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12666 72 Ave
Friday
,
18
Jul
2025
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Friday
,
18
Jul
2025

Rediscovering Sikh Literature: Unearthed Wisdom

Online
Surrey
,
Canada

Join Harinder Singh as we refamiliarize ourselves with historical texts, including primary and secondary texts that shape our understanding of Sikh thought and tradition.

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14100 Stave Lake Rd
Sunday
,
20
Jul
2025
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Saturday
,
2
Aug
2025

Sidak 2025

Online
Mission
,
Canada

Sidak is a transformative educational experience designed for young Sikh adults aged 18 to 39. It brings together seekers from all over the world to learn, grow, and lead with purpose.

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541 Prospect Street
Saturday
,
12
July
2025

Vanjara: From Worldly Trader to Spiritual Seeker

Glen Rock
,
United States
Online

This presentation explores Guru Ramdas Sahib’s Vanjara, situating it within its cultural framework and lived experience. We will reflect on the composition's foundational themes and their relevance to our daily...

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12666 72 Ave
Friday
,
18
July
2025

Rediscovering Sikh Literature: Unearthed Wisdom

Surrey
,
Canada
Online

Join Harinder Singh as we refamiliarize ourselves with historical texts, including primary and secondary texts that shape our understanding of Sikh thought and tradition.

Learn more ⟶
14100 Stave Lake Rd
Sunday
,
20
July
2025

Sidak 2025

Mission
,
Canada
Online

Sidak is a transformative educational experience designed for young Sikh adults aged 18 to 39. It brings together seekers from all over the world to learn, grow, and lead with purpose.

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Saturday
,
28
May
2022

The Guru: Connecting with 1-Light

,
Online

This Sidak event provides participants aged 18-39 a 2.5-hour glimpse into the 2-week Sidak summer leadership program. Prospective Sidakers will get a chance to preview learning and sharing via the curated content and the inspired facilitators.

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Saturday
,
30
April
2022

Vaisakhi: Reviving Panthic Leadership

,
Online

We will discuss Panthic leadership through Sikhi ideals and historical models. We will also explore the current deficits in leadership and their code of conduct.

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15850 24 Avenue #Suite 300
Sunday
,
24
April
2022

The Beautiful Vaisakhi

Surrey
,
Canada
Online

The session explores Vaisakhi in the Panjabi and Sikh context, the relevance of Guru Gobind Singh Sahib’s Nash doctrine, and the collective aspiration to nurture the characteristics of the Khalsa.

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300 Connell Drive, 5th Floor
Saturday
,
26
March
2022

The Real Guru Nanak

Berkeley Heights
,
United States
Online

This session attempts to understand the vision and personality of the Guru based on Guru Granth Sahib as well as secondary texts.

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Saturday
,
12
February
2022

Love, Devotion & I

,
Online

Love is understood as an intense feeling or emotion of deep affection, attachment, commitment, and sacrifice. 

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Saturday
,
29
January
2022

Dan: Sikhi & Giving

,
Online

Sikh Research Institute (SikhRI) has released its eighth report in the State of the Panth series titled Dan: Sikhi & Giving, exploring what it means to give in a Sikh context, how giving is understood throughout Sikh history, and how it is understood by Sikhs today.

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Saturday
,
4
December
2021

Shukrana, Shahadat & Dat: The Real Gift

,
Online

There is a deeply profound sentiment tied to martyrdom in Sikhi as well as in many other faiths groups. Throughout the ages, we have seen challenging circumstances of oppression that have chosen to desecrate the bodies of those who address it. 

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Saturday
,
6
November
2021

Representing 1984

,
Online

What is the language of violence? How do we find language for translating the unspeakable? Who speaks for those who suffer violence?

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Saturday
,
2
October
2021

Harm Reduction, Healing, Hope

,
Online

Join panelists Dr. Anokh Singh, Dr. Bavenjit Kaur, and clinical counselor Palwinder Kaur Gill, who will draw on their personal and professional experience to engage in conversation: What problems with alcohol look like in Sikh communities; why they occur; common challenges folks face when engaging with the healthcare system, and how we can harness hope, empathy, and Sikhi when we are struggling. 

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1100 Central Park Drive
Saturday
,
28
September
2019

Guru Nanak: Sakhi and Sabad

Brampton
,
Canada
Online

An interactive workshop for everyone aged 16+.

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2832 Slough Street
Saturday
,
28
September
2019

I am Kaur

Mississauga
,
Canada
Online

A Gurbani-based Discussion for Kaurs of All Ages.

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A-544A Sushant Lok -1
Saturday
,
6
July
2019

Mape - Niane – Workshop

Gurgaon
,
India
Online

Join us for a workshop and discussion on relevant issues today’s parents face. The workshop will provide a Sikhi viewpoint on parenting by delving into Gurbani and Sikh tradition. Parents with young kids and teenagers are invited.

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775 Talamini Rd
Saturday
,
8
June
2019

1984: Bearing Witness

Bridgewater
,
United States
Online

Join us as Dr. Ishmeet Kaur and Harinder Singh focus on the events of June & November 1984.

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541 Prospect St
Sunday
,
7
April
2019

Daddy's Turban Reading & Signing

Glen Rock
,
United States
Online

Join Inni Kaur, Painter, Author, & Artist as she launches her newest publication, Daddy’s Turban.

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17710 56a Ave
Saturday
,
6
April
2019

MeToo Presentation

Surrey
,
Canada
Online

In this presentation, Jasleen Kaur hopes to explore the questions “What would it take for the #metoo movement to happen in the Sikh community? What could our #metoo movement look like? And what are the unique challenges our community must overcome in order to get there?" 

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17710 56a Ave
Saturday
,
6
April
2019

Naujavan Sojhi - Love: Experience the Divine

Surrey
,
United States
Online

Join us as Jasleen Kaur, SikhRI Researcher, leads a Naujavan Sojhi Session at Sikh Heritage Month BC for Sikh teens and explores the meaning of Love in the context of cultivating a personal relationship with Ik Oankar, and to think more about our personal Sikhi journeys.

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NH1 Off
Thursday
,
28
March
2019

Kartarpur Karta Vasai

Amritsar
,
India
Online

2019 is Nanakshahi#550. Join us as Harinder Singh focuses on Sri Kartarpur Sahib, since its inception to now and beyond....

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1 Public Library Plaza
Monday
,
25
March
2019

Women in Ministry: An Interfaith Perspective

Stamford
,
United States
Online

Join Inni Kaur, Painter, Author, and Artist at the Women in Ministry: An Interfaith Perspective event in Stamford, CT.

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Sunday
,
10
May
2020

Blessed Mothers

Online

Celebrate Mother’s Day while social distancing as we engage in conversation with Inni Kaur, Neelu Kaur, Mandeep Kaur, and Sharanjeet Kaur to discuss how Sikhi has informed their ideas of motherhood...

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Thursday
,
30
April
2020

Discovery

Online

Sikh Research Institute (SikhRI) presents a new live course titled "Discovery" where teens will get the opportunity to directly interact with the instructor and have their queries answered.

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Sunday
,
26
April
2020

Sidakers at Frontline of Covid-19

Online

On 26 April, SikhRI is hosting a live online session with frontline workers and former Sidakers Birinder Singh, Manjot Kaur, and Sharandeep Singh to discuss how Sikhi has informed their lives and practice, what the community can do to support them, and their everyday realities.

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Friday
,
24
April
2020

Anand Sahib: Way to Bliss

Online

Sikh Research Institute (SikhRI) will be presenting live online classroom sessions based on the Anand Sahib course, where the participants will get the opportunity to directly interact with the instructor and have their queries answered.

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Saturday
,
6
April
2019

Liv - Tea With Tommy: The Saga of Duleep Singh

Online

Join us as T. Sher Singh explores the life of Maharaja Duleep Singh by juxtaposing the narrative the British propaganda machine had created around him, against the facts which have largely been either hidden or downplayed by historians to date. As a result, Duleep Singh's place in Sikhdom today is an ambivalent one and needs to be corrected, says T. Sher Singh, if we are to fully understand our past and chart our future."

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Saturday
,
9
March
2019

Liv - Kartarpur: Creator-Ville for Truth-Exemplars

Online

2019 is Nanakshahi#550. Join us as Harinder Singh focuses on Sri Kartarpur Sahib, since its inception to now and beyond....

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Saturday
,
3
November
2018

When Will Sikhs Have Their #MeToo Movement?

Online

During this webinar, we hope to explore the question “What would it take for the #metoo movement to happen in the Sikh community? What could our #metoo movement look like?” And what are the unique challenges our community must overcome in order to get there?

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Saturday
,
29
September
2018

Sikh Art as an Educational Tool

Online

Kanwar Singh is globally recognized as a preeminent painter of Sikh history with artwork exhibited in prominent public spaces such as the Virasat e Khalsa museum in Punjab, as well as the new exclusive gallery ; Without Shape, Without Form; which permanently houses his extensive collection in Slough, U.K. His work focuses on the legacy of spiritual devotion and self sacrifice spanning the lives of the ten Gurus and iconic Sikh heroes inspired by their deep connection to Waheguru.

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Saturday
,
25
August
2018

The Panjab: A Quest for Unification

Online

2018 marks India and Pakistan’s 72nd “independence” from the colonial rule. The webinar will look at the ramifications of that decision for Panjab.

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