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Saturday
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3
May
2025
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Saturday
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24
May
2025

Babarvani: Guru Nanak Sahib on War & Tyranny

Online
,

The four sabads of Babarvani form the foundation of this course, with each week dedicated to one sabad. Alongside textual analysis, we will explore the historical context of Babar’s invasion and engage in...

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South Parks Road
Thursday
,
15
May
2025
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Thursday
,
15
May
2025

Faith, Spirituality, and Modern Society

Online
Oxford
,
United Kingdom

Join Harinder Singh at the University of Oxford for a presentation and Q&A on Faith, Spirituality, and Modern Society.

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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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South Parks Road
Thursday
,
15
May
2025

Faith, Spirituality, and Modern Society

Oxford
,
United Kingdom
Online

Join Harinder Singh at the University of Oxford for a presentation and Q&A on Faith, Spirituality, and Modern Society.

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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
,
3
May
2025
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Saturday
,
24
May
2025

Babarvani: Guru Nanak Sahib on War & Tyranny

The four sabads of Babarvani form the foundation of this course, with each week dedicated to one sabad. Alongside textual analysis, we will explore the historical context of Babar’s invasion and engage in...

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Torrington Square
Thursday
,
31
October
2024

Day of Reflection and Commemoration of the November 1984 massacres of Sikhs

London
,
United Kingdom
Online

In commemoration of the 40th anniversary of November 1984, a panel will gather to discuss the events that unfolded after the assassination of Indian Prime Minister Indira Gandhi and the ensuing anti-Sikh violence.

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Saturday
,
5
October
2024

The 1984 Attack on Sikhi

,
Online

Join Sikh Research Institute (SikhRI) for our engaging live online classroom sessions centered around the "The 1984 Attack on Sikhi: June, November and Aftermath" course.

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40, Max Mueller Marg, Lodhi Gardens, Lodhi Estate
Sunday
,
29
September
2024

1984: Witness, Document, Justice

New Delhi
,
India
Online

Over the past four decades since 1984—marked by "Operation Blue Star" and the Sikh Genocide—various discourses have emerged, often graphic, grave, and heart-wrenching.

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Pandit Pant Marg, Gokul Nagar, South Block, Rakab Ganj
Thursday
,
26
September
2024

Release of Research on 'Vanjara' Bani

New Delhi
,
India
Online

International Centre for Sikh Studies, New Delhi in collaboration with The Guru Granth Sahib Project Team from the Sikh Research Institute (USA), and the Nam Sabad Foundation present: Release of Research on Vanjara.

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Bhai Vir Singh Marg, Sector 4, Gole Market
Wednesday
,
25
September
2024

Sikhi & History: Bhai Vir Singh's Perspectives

New Delhi
,
India
Online

Bhai Vir Singh Sahitya Sadan, a premier literary and cultural organization in the capital, was established in 1958, in the memory of the father of modern Punjabi literature and Saint-Poet of India Bhai Vir Singh.

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Saturday
,
14
September
2024

1984 & Its Afterlives

,
Online

To mark the 40th year of the violence of 1984, we will remember the events that unfolded in India and make connections with the ongoing and durable violence against Sikhs, Muslims, and other minority groups in...

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14100 Stave Lake Rd
Sunday
,
21
July
2024

Sidak 2024

Surrey
,
Canada
Online

Sidak seeks to provide young Sikh adults with a gift of Gurmat-centered leadership learning experience to secure—and transform—the Sikh future. 

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15996 84 Ave
Saturday
,
20
July
2024

The Real Guru Nanak

Surrey
,
Canada
Online

Taking place in English, this session attempts to understand the vision and personality of the Guru based on Guru Granth Sahib as well as secondary texts. It also explores the relevance of the Guru’s paradigm today.

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15996 84 Ave
Saturday
,
8
June
2024

Guru Arjan Sahib: The Divine Personification

Surrey
,
Canada
Online

Guru Arjan Sahib, the epitome of perfection, imparted the message of the 1 and 1Ness of Creator-creation. The Sovereign of the benign dominion (halemi raj)...

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1065 Canadian Pl #104
Sunday
,
6
August
2017

Kaur Talk with Sukhjit Kaur Khalsa

Mississauga
,
Canada
Online

Sukhjit Kaur Khalsa is a first generation Australian Sikh spoken word artist, educator, performer & human rights reformer based in Melbourne, Australia. 

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37 Albert Dr
Sunday
,
16
July
2017

Badshah-Darvesh: Guru Gobind Singh Sahib

Glasgow
,
United Kingdom
Online

Badshah-Darvesh: Guru Gobind Singh Sahib

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138 Berkeley St, Finnieston
Saturday
,
15
July
2017

Leadership Lessons from the Life of Guru Gobind Singh Ji

Glasgow
,
United Kingdom
Online

Leadership Lessons from the Life of Guru Gobind Singh Ji

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111 State Rd S-42-2845
Friday
,
9
June
2017

What's Nam?

Duncan
,
United States
Online

In this Kids Workshop, children explore ‘What Nam is?’ through a series of discussions centered around understanding the difference between uttering the many different names of the Divine and living ‘Nam’.

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8712 109 St NW
Sunday
,
28
May
2017

Kultar's Mime at Garneau Theatre (Edmonton, AB)

Edmonton
,
Canada
Online

Kultar's Mime is a devised play that blends painting, poetry, theater and music to tell the stories of Sikh children who survived the 1984 Delhi massacre that was organized in the wake of Prime Minister Indira Gandhi's assassination. A collective of young Jewish artists decides to commemorate a 1903 Pogrom that targeted Jews in the Russian town of Kishinev.

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4800 Richard Rd SW
Saturday
,
27
May
2017

Kultar's Mime at La Cité des Rocheuses (Calgary, AB)

Calgary
,
Canada
Online

Kultar's Mime is a devised play that blends painting, poetry, theater and music to tell the stories of Sikh children who survived the 1984 Delhi massacre that was organized in the wake of Prime Minister Indira Gandhi's assassination. A collective of young Jewish artists decides to commemorate a 1903 Pogrom that targeted Jews in the Russian town of Kishinev.

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6-8388 128 Street
Sunday
,
14
May
2017

Vaisakhi: Sabad to Khalsa

Surrey
,
Canada
Online

Join us as Harinder Singh (Senior Fellow, Research & Policy, SikhRI) and Harminderpal Singh (Granthi, Khalsa Divan Society) will have an interactive and engaging dialogue on Vaisakhi, exploring Sabad to Khalsa and Society & Sikh Faith.

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7399 122 St
Saturday
,
13
May
2017

Emperor-Prophet: Guru Gobind Singh Ji

Surrey
,
Canada
Online

An explorative discussion about the Guru Gobind Singh Ji’s life and legacy. Join us in learning more about his scholarly and brave contributions to Sikhi through a lens that will enhance your understanding of one of the most often misunderstood Gurus.

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9 Wellington St E
Sunday
,
23
April
2017

Tribute to Guru Gobind Sahib Through Verse

Brampton
,
Canada
Online

Tribute to Guru Gobind Singh Sahib, Nanak the Tenth Sovereign Through Verse: Sikh, Hindu and Muslim Poets from the Land of Five Rivers and beyond will be shared and discussed in this presentation.

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Saturday
,
5
November
2016

Reflections on 1984: Legacies of Silence, History & Otherness

Online

Every year around November, history is visited by some who commemorate the devastating anti-Sikh violence in Delhi and other northern cities of India in 1984, strongly insisting to never forget 1984, while others insist on forgetting and moving on from that dark chapter in post-independence Indian history. What are the ramifications of this tug-of war between memorialization and demanded forgetfulness of such historical blot? This discussion hopes to bring out the ethical imperatives that Sikhs as well non-Sikhs can and must adopt through a conscientious, empowered remembering. To simply erase violent history is also an act of violence that leads to erasure. We must re-investigate the mainstream history and its role in un-acknowledging the discourse of 1984; we must force ethical challenges to the willful abnegation and/or totalitarian evasion of our social history.

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Saturday
,
15
October
2016

Liv - Young Minds: Sikh Global Leadership of the Future

Online

This LIV Webinar will aim to address the question: How do we apply Guru Nanak’s message globally?The webinar will do so by first engaging the Sangat in an honest and collective introspection on the state of the panth with a view to understand what barriers - political, social and individual - stand in the way and prevent us from becoming foot soldiers in the army of Nanak.The second part of the Webinar will share the outline of a project conceived by a group of Sikhs who believe that the best way spread the message of Guru Nanak is to become personifications of the Sikhi.

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Saturday
,
1
October
2016

SikhRI Fundraiser Dinner

Funasia - Richardson
Online

SikhRI connects people with the teachings of Sikhi and strengthens the bonds of the Sikh community around the world by offering courses and seminars in a variety of mediums.

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Saturday
,
24
September
2016

One Man, Many Legacies - Bhai Vir Singh

Online

In the words of Prof. Puran Singh: “Bhai Vir Singh is an epoch in himself. He sits under the tree of life in maiden freshness like his Guru. His song is vital and he imparts most of his joy to his poems. His art is of the eyewitness; he writes what he sees; draws his poems from the melody of his soul. This silent poet makes the rivers cry and sets the hills on fire by the touch of his emotion. He remains behind the scenes, invisible, with his flute ringing in the loneliness of a dark midnight.”

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Saturday
,
10
September
2016

Investment and Sikhi

Online

A beginners guide to investing in the stock market in the most efficient way possible and ethically sound. We will explore misconceptions about investing and also give you some strategies on how you can start today. Manpreet Singh will explore the best ways to invest in America using Sikhi wisdom and Sikhi inspired techniques.

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Saturday
,
27
August
2016

Fascinating Folktales of Punjab

Online

Gurmeet Kaur has revived the dying oral tradition of Baataa(n) or Punjabi folktales that have been handed down to us from generation to generation by bringing them alive in the form of beautifully illustrated books.

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Saturday
,
4
June
2016

Liv - 1984: After the Darkness

Online

June-November in Personal Memory, Genocide in Collective Sikh Psyche, and Confronting Injustice with Light-Love.

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Saturday
,
2
April
2016

From Chet to Phalgun

Online

Children will be introduced to the 2 banis of Barah Mah in the Guru Granth Sahib Ji and will engage in discussions of changing seasons during the year and its effects within ourselves. Children will be given the opportunity to reflect on nature and think about changes that they can bring within themselves during the Nanakshahi 548.

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Saturday
,
19
March
2016

Consensus Building Among 30 million Sikhs

Online

Examining several possible models of Sarbat Khalsa, based on the historical information available, this webinar will explore what Sarbat Khalsa might look like within a global context for 30 million Sikhs. What exactly is the unique form of consensus decision-making that was laid down by Guru Sahib? What guiding principles, based on Gurmat, will be necessary to produce a true Gurmatta (resolution of the Guru)? How do we ensure that each Sikh has access and voice in this process? What barriers may exist to its successful implementation? 

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