Bookmark?Remove? Supreme Court of Canada for free say in religious memberships; WSO pleased Published 8y ago - WSN News Bureau Canada Supreme Court of Canada affirms that courts not to have any say in membership of private religious organisations in the landmark case of Highwood Congregation of Jehovah’s Witnesses v. Randy Wall (‘Wall’), wherein WSO had intervenor status and presented their ... More »
Bookmark?Remove? World Sikh Organisation launches Sikh Faith E-Module Published 8y ago - WSN News Bureau Canada World Sikh Organization of Canada, in partnership with the Peel District School Board launches the Sikh Faith E-Module to share information on Sikh faith, culture and heritage. The World Sikh Organization of Canada, in partnership with the Peel District School... More »
Bookmark?Remove? WSO expresses concern for disabled activist G. N. Saibaba Published 8y ago - WSN News Desk Civil liberties activist G. N. Saibaba languishes in jail, seeks medical attention as he confined to a wheelchair but the government of Maharashtra does not relent, courts have not helped, international refrain has been dismissed. WSO protests the treatment an... More »
Bookmark?Remove? WSO questions Indo-Canada security framework on human rights Published 8y ago - WSN News Desk WSO examines the Framework for Cooperation on Countering Terrorism and Violent Extremism between Canada and India on the human rights front. The WSO concern gives expression to Sikh fears and concerns. Without getting cowed down by the superfluous and baseles... More »
Bookmark?Remove? Sikh nation rebuts Indian media’s Sikhophobia over Canada PM visit Published 8y ago - Jagmohan Singh As a run-up to the visit of Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, his family and cabinet colleagues, Sikhophobia has struck. Indian magazines, veteran columnists and the establishment have joined hands to give a thumbs-down to the visit, ostensibly because o... More »
Bookmark?Remove? WSO hosts World Interfaith Harmony Week in Surrey Published 8y ago - WSN News Desk World Sikh Organisation of Canada hosts World Interfaith Harmony Week in Surrey to foster understand, love, respect and sharing in a strife-torn hate-filled world. As intolerance is being fed by a section of society and world political leaders, there is a cryi... More »
Bookmark?Remove? WSO appeals Canadian Supreme Court in TWU case for equal standards of review Published 8y ago - WSN News Desk Ottawa, Canada: WSO intervenes in the Canadian Supreme Court in the TWU -Trinity Western University case and pleads for equal standards of review for communities WSO is on its heels intervening in cases involving communities other than Sikhs, in its true commi... More »
Bookmark?Remove? WSO launches Sikh Family Helpline across Canada Published 8y ago - WSN News Bureau Responding to needs for addressing issues of family, drug abuse and mental health issues among the growing Sikh community in Canada, WSO launches the much-needed Sikh Family Helpline. Brampton, Canada – Responding to the growing needs of psychological, psychia... More »
Bookmark?Remove? Palbinder Kaur Shergill is first Sikh Supreme Court judge in Canada Published 9y ago - Jagmohan Singh Recognizing her stellar role in the social and legal life of Canadian society, Palbinder Kaur Shergill has been appointed as a judge to the Supreme Court of British Columbia in New Westminster. In a remarkable move, achieving a new height for her own person an... More »
Bookmark?Remove? Ontario Parliament calls 1984 Sikh killings -Genocide, India upset Published 9y ago - Jagmohan Singh The Ontario Provincial Parliament accepting a motion moved by MPP Harinder Kaur Malhi, calling the November 1984 Sikh killings as genocide has bestirred the Sikh world and understandably upset the guilty state of India Harinder Kaur Malhi -the Member of the Pr... More »