Episodes
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#41 - Year in Review & President's Remarks
Jaspreet Kaur and Mahekleen Kaur are back with a new episode of #AskCanadianSikhs! This month, we are joined by our new president Danish Singh as we reflect on some of WSO's milestones in 2023.
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#40 - Free Jaggi Now!
Our new podcast is here! Join us for a live recording of one of our recent events, featuring Gurpreet Singh Johal, a human rights activist from Scotland, shedding light on India's oppression of Sikh activists and the unjust detention of Sikhs, including his own brother, Jaggi Johal. If you missed...
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#39 - India & Canada Relations
Jaspreet Kaur and Harman Singh are back with a new episode of #AskCanadianSikhs! This month, we discuss India & Canada's relations after Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's announcement.
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#38 - Hardeep Singh Nijjar & International Students
Jaspreet Kaur and Harman Singh are back with a new episode of #AskCanadianSikhs! This month, we discuss the assassination of Hardeep Singh Nijjar & the advocacy of international students in Canada. We end with national board member, Mahekleen Kaur’s interview with Balpreet Singh, Legal Counsel…
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#37 - Ensaaf
National board member, Mahekleen Kaur is back with a new episode of #AskCanadianSikhs! This month, we interviewed Sukhman Singh, one of the co-founders of Ensaaf. They discussed how Ensaaf was created and the projects the team is currently working on!
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#36 Bhai Amritpal Singh, South Asian Heritage Month, The King’s Coronation & Dashmesh Cultural Centre
Jaspreet Kaur and Harman Singh are back with a new episode of #AskCanadianSikhs! This month, we discuss Bhai Amritpal Singh courting arrest, South Asian Heritage Month and the term South Asian and lastly, the King's Coronation. We end with national board member, Mahekleen Kaur’s interview with…
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#35 - Punjab Crackdown & Kothaguru
Jaspreet Kaur and Harman Singh are back with a new episode of #AskCanadianSikhs! This month, we discuss the state-wide crackdown in Punjab and Sikh Canadian responses. We end with national board member, Mahekleen Kaur’s interview with Gurkeerat Singh @kothaguru, who discusses his experience…
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#34 - RSS Report, Election Interference, Anti-Caste Motions & Khalsa Aid
Jaspreet Kaur and Harman Singh are back with a new episode of #AskCanadianSikhs! This month, we talk about the high profile Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) report that WSO put out in collaboration with the National Council of Canadian Muslims (NCCM). We also discuss foreign election…
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#33 - Spy Balloon, One Billion Rising, Anniversary of Mosque Shooting, Personal Loss for WSO, Islamophobia & Domestic Violence
Jaspreet Kaur and Harman Singh are back with a new episode of #AskCanadianSikhs. This month we start by talking about the Chinese spy balloon spotted in Canada and USA. We then discuss One Billion Rising, the sixth anniversary of the Quebec Mosque shooting, the loss of Jaspreet Pandher for the…
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#32 - Year End Review
Jaspreet Kaur and Harman Singh are back with a new episode of #AskCanadianSikhs. This month we will discuss the World Cup in Qatar, the year-end review for WSO and lastly Indo-Pacific strategy between India and Canada.
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#31 - Ontario Municipal Elections, Bandi Chhor Divas, WSO Lobby Day
Jaspreet Kaur and Harman Singh are back with a new episode of #AskCanadianSikhs. This month we will discuss the Ontario municipal elections, Bandi Chhor Divas and WSO in Ottawa for Lobby Day.
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#30 - Khalistan Referendum, Conservative Party Leadership Elections, Ontario Municipal Elections, Hurricane Fiona
Jaspreet Kaur and Harman Singh are back with a new episode of #AskCanadianSikhs. This month we start by talking about truth and reconciliation day. We have a jam-packed episode covering the Referendum for Khalistan in Brampton, Conservative Party of Canada leadership elections, Ontario municipal...
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#29 - Domestic Violence, Beard Accommodation, Support of International Students, SYLI
Jaspreet Kaur and Harman Singh are back with a new episode of #AskCanadianSikhs. This month we start with paying tribute to Sardar Ram Raghbir Singh Chahal, a founding member of the World Sikh Organization. We have a jam-packed episode covering domestic violence, Toronto beard accommodation, the...
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#28 - June, Sidhu Moose Wala, Ontario elections, Alpha College
Welcome back to another exciting episode of the #AskCanadianSikhs podcast with our co-hosts, Dr.Jaspreet Kaur Bal and Harman Singh Kandola. We start by talking about June and how we can take this month to reflect. This episode also dives into the recent Ontario elections and the Alpha College...
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#27 - Vaisakhi, Afghanistan Sikhs, Workplace Accommodations
Welcome back to another exciting episode of the #AskCanadianSikhs podcast with our co-hosts, Dr.Jaspreet Kaur Bal and Harman Singh Kandola. We talked more about the finishing of Sikh Heritage Month, Vaisakhi and Nagar Kirtan this month. We also celebrate our brothers and sisters from Afghanistan...
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#26 - Sikh Heritage Month, Refugees, Ind - Canadian Relationships
This month's #AskCanadianSikhs podcast is back with our co-hosts, Jaspreet Kaur Bal and Harman Singh Kandola. We are very excited about this month's episode to celebrate Sikh Heritage Month. We encourage you to check events in and out of your province celebrating; World Sikh Organization has a…
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#25 - Trucker Convoy, Deep Sidhu And Bill 21
We are back with another exciting episode of the #AskCanadianSikhs podcast with our co-hosts, Dr. Jaspreet Kaur Bal and Harman Singh Kandola. This month, we talk about the Sikh perspective on the truck convoy in Ottawa and Toronto, the loss of Deep Sidhu and an update on Bill 21. Listen now and…
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#24 - WSO Highlights & Key Sikh Canadian political moments of 2021 and 2022 Outlook
Happy New Year! WSO brings you the first 2022 episode of #AskCanadianSikhs with Dr. Jaspreet Kaur Bal and Harman Singh Kandola. We kick start this year with a recap of 2021, highlighting key Sikh Canadian issues that the community faced, and look forward to what 2022 holds for us as a community…
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#23 - Foreign Interference, Repeal of Farmer's Bills, BC Floods
Welcome back to another exciting episode of the #AskCanadianSikhs podcast with our co-hosts Dr. Jaspreet Kaur Bal and Harman Singh Kandola. This month we discuss the foreign interference from India, the significant announcement of having the farmer's bills repealed, what that means for the…
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#22 - Sikh Genocide, #TheyLiveHere Campaign, Canadian Federal Cabinet, Alberta Municipal Elections
Welcome back to another exciting episode of the #AskCanadianSikhs podcast with our co-hosts Dr. Jaspreet Kaur Bal and Harman Singh Kandola. This month we discuss what November means to Sikhs, how WSO is commemorating the #SikhGenocide of 1984 with their #TheyLiveHere campaign, and we talk…
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#21 Federal Elections, Modi Visits the US, Hudson Institute’s Khalistan Report and UK’s West Midland 3 Case
This month, Dr. Jaspreet Kaur Bal welcomes back Jaskaran Singh Sandhu to do a post mortem on the 2021 Federal Election, discuss the big Narinder Modi visit with Joe Biden in the USA, unpack the very devious and dangerous implications of the Hudson Institute’s Khalistan Report and do a deep dive...
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#20 - WSO Updates, Canadian Sikh Election Guide
Dr. Jaspreet Kaur Bal and Harman Singh Kandola are back with a new episode on the World Sikh Organization and the upcoming election from a Canadian Sikh perspective. We bring our listeners the 2021 Canadian Sikh Election Guide, where we talk about the top five issues concerning Canadian Sikhs...
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#19 - Afghan Sikhs, Kar Sewa and Islamophobia
We are back with another jam-packed episode. This month we will discuss Afghan Sikhs, Kar Sewa in India, spy software, Canada's relationship with India and Islamophobia.
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#18 - Kirpan Ban in Australia, Bill 21, Increased Hate Crimes, Canada Day
This month #AskCanadianSikhs the Podcast introduces a new co-host Harman Kandola. Harman is the WSO Vice President of Alberta and will be putting a legal lens into our conversations. This month, we sit down to talk about the kirpan ban in Australia, give an update on Bill 21, the London Ontario...
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#17 - Special Episode - Covid 19 Vaccines
We are excited to be back and bringing you a very special and extremely important episode this month on Covid 19 and the vaccines. Jaspreet Bal talks with Dr. Amrita Sukhi and Dr. Ripudaman Minhas about what Covid - 19 is, what the different vaccine are, how they are being rolled out and why we...
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#16 - Godi Media, Farmer's Protest, Nav Bhatia, US Politics
Jaskarn Sandhu and Jaspreet Bal are back with a new episode this month and new resolutions. We will do a recap of the month, talk about Godi media coming into the mainstream, Farmer's protest, and discuss Nav Bhatia returning his award to the Canada India Foundation. We will also be joined with...
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#15 - WSO's Recap of 2020
Jaskarn Sandhu and Co-host Jaspreet Kaur are back for a recap of 2020. They will be sharing their favourite parts from 2020 and talking about WSO's achievements. Balpreet Singh will also give legal updates from the year.
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#14 - Learning+Unlearning - Sexual Violence and The Sikh Community
We have a special #AskCanadianSikhs episode with special guests Kim Dhillon and Deepa Matoo, moderated by SYLI alumni Simona Singh and Harleen Padda. In this episode, we explore the stigma around sexual violence and the Sikh community.
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#13 - Live from our Zoom Webinar - Criminalizing Dissent in India
The WSO's Director of Administration, Jaskaran Sandhu, sits down with world-renowned investigative journalist, Rana Ayyub, for a fireside chat discussing criminalizing dissent in India.
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#12 - UAPA, Criminalizing Dissent in India, Sikhs & Black Lives Matter
Jaspreet Kaur and Jaskaran Sandhu host this month's episode. We will discuss the unlawful Activities Prevention Act, Criminalizing dissent in India, the different angles from a Sikh perspective with the Black Lives Matter and an update on the Afghan Sikh situation.
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#11 - Live from our Zoom Webinar - June 1984: Impact at Home & Abroad
We hosted a webinar on June 1984: Impact at Home & Abroad. Our speakers include Giani Sarwan Singh, Mallika Kaur, Sawinder Singh and Gian Singh Sandhu. The panel was moderated by our own, Guntaas Kaur.
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#10 - Live from our Zoom Webinar - Fighting COVID-19: Sikhs + PPE
A live recording of an #AskCanadianSikhs webinar discussion on Sikhs and PPE. We are joined by health care professionals who are fighting COVID-19... beard on!
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#9 - COVID-19, Indian Interference...Again, and #SaveAfghanSikhs
Jaspreet Kaur, Tejinder Singh, and Jaskaran Sandhu speak about the Sikh community's response to COVID-19, as well as Jaspreet Kaur's personal story escaping India's COVID-19 lockdown. We also touch upon recent news of Indian government interference in Canada....again. Finally, we touch upon the...
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#8 -Wet'suwet'en, Delhi is Burning, International Students
Another jam-packed show looking at the Wet'suwet'en solidarity movement from a Sikh lens. Also, why is Delhi burning and why you shouldn't be surprised. We interview scholar Mallika Kaur about the narratives to watch in India right now surrounding the pogroms in Delhi 2020. We talk to journalist...
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#7 - Montreal Police, Sikhs Ruined a War Movie, Brampton vs CAA, Sikh Minorities in Pakistan & more!
A jam-packed show covering the Montreal Police's challenge in becoming more diverse, why Sikhs were trending in the UK over the movie 1917 and a racist Lawrence Fox comment, Mayor Patrick Brown comments on India's CAA and faces the wrath of Hindu Nationalist, we welcome Balpreet Singh to speak...
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#6 - India vs. the New Yorker, Bill 21, and Sunny Hundal on the UK elections and Indian Media
This month's episode is hosted by Jaskaran Sandhu and Jaspreet Bal. We cover the recent New Yorker piece on the rise of Hindu Nationalism in India, the CAA and NRC. We have Balpreet Singh on to discuss Bill 21 and other recent legal issues Sikhs are facing, and finally we have Sunny Hundal on to...
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#5 - Election Debrief, Don Cherry and Legal + Media Round-Up
We are back! After a long hiatus over the summer break and then the federal election, the #AskCanadianSikhs podcast is back with regular programming. This month's show is co-hosted by Jaspreet Kaur and guest co-host Kirpa Kaur. We discuss the recent federal election, Don Cherry's comments, and...
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#4-03 - Part 3 and Finale of a Special Series on Quebec's Bill 21
This week we cover the French and English media's reaction to Bill 21, and our analysis of the coverage on Bill 21, religious minorities and more. This is the final part of the Special Series on Quebec's Bill 21.
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#4-02 - Part 2 of a Special Series on Quebec's Bill 21
For Part 2 of our Special Series on Quebec we are joined by Jennifer Guyver to explore what Bill 21 means for diversity, inclusion and racism in Canada. Jennifer is a PhD candidate in the School of Religious Studies at McGill University. Her fields of research are secularism in Quebec, religion…
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#4 - Part 1 of a Special Series on Quebec's Bill 21
We are in Montreal for a special series on Quebec's Bill 21, with special guests Simran Jeet Singh (@SikhProf), Rev. Diane Rollert (Coalition Inclusive Quebec), Sameer Zuberi (NCCM) and Amrit Kaur (VP Quebec, WSO), and moderated by Jaskaran Singh Sandhu (ED, WSO). We explore how we got here with...
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#3 - Terror Report, Indian Elections, Indian Interference, Nagar Kirtans & Khalsa Aid's Lapata Exhibit
This month we talk about the Terror Report being kind of fixed, Indian elections and the Punjab staying Modi-Mukt (Editor's Note: this episode was recorded before the Indian elections results were declared), new examples of Indian interference in Sikh Canadian affairs, a bomb threat and pictures…
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#2a - BONUS - Live from PAMA, the KaursVote's Sikh Women In Politics Panel
On April 6, 2019, the WSO held a panel conversation with Sikh women working in the backrooms of politics as campaign managers, advisers, and staffers, across the political spectrum and levels of government. We discussed the challenges and successes that Sikh women face in politics, and how the…
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#2 - Quebec's Religious Symbols Ban, White Nationalist, and Election Interference
This month we talk about Quebec's religious symbols ban bill, Bill 21, and its impact on Sikh Quebecois, the rise of white nationalist and supremacists in Canada, and the very real fear of foreign interference in the upcoming Canadian federal elections.
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#1a - BONUS - Live from Surrey City Hall: WSO Panel on the Terror Report
BONUS episode! Live from Surrey City Hall, a WSO panel, featuring Dr. Jasjit Singh, dissecting the Public Safety Canada's terror report which included Sikhs as a top 5 threat to Canada.
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#1 - Jagmeet Singh, National Security, SNC-Lavalin and Sikh Study Chairs
A monthly podcast covering current affairs from a Sikh Canadian perspective. This month we talk about Jagmeet Singh's historic victory, national security and the terror report, the SNC-Lavalin scandal and the Government of India influencing University Sikh Studies across North America.
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