Sikh Heritage Alberta

Sikh Heritage Alberta Immigrants to Pioneers

2/3__I was a professor for almost 40 years. It was a very significant portion of my life, time wise and growth wise. The...
04/27/2022

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I was a professor for almost 40 years. It was a very significant portion of my life, time wise and growth wise. The bonds I created with all my students are relations I still continue to carry with me. I find that I now have pockets of families internationally - if I find myself getting bored in Calgary, I always have somewhere to go, someone to visit.

One time I was in New York visiting an old student. He said “you don’t wear jewelry or fancy clothes, I don’t know what to gift you”. I told him to get me a train ticket to the next city. In this way, I saw all of the US, Canada and the world.

Another time I was doing a radio interview in Toronto and an older man approached me; he touched my feet and I was so confused who he was. Turns out he was my student from two decades ago that I used to ‘discipline’ quite a bit. He thanked me for all that I had taught him - inside and outside the curriculum. The relations I have formed, the impacts I’ve had on my students and they’ve had on me… I would not change it for anything. Being a professor provided me with so many teachings in turn.
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Dr. Balwinder Brar has agreed to share her experiences and story with us in light of Sikh Heritage Month. We will be sharing more this coming week.

1/3__My professor told me to write an essay “jai mein munda hundi”. And I had so much to say – from growing up in a hous...
04/21/2022

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My professor told me to write an essay “jai mein munda hundi”. And I had so much to say – from growing up in a house where everyone wished I was a boy to teaching high school at a boys’ academy to being the only woman in my PhD department. And I found being able to tap into myself, my inner thoughts, to weave my experiences through words... it was a beautiful process. This essay, of which I have written many versions and reflections since, led me to top the English department during both my masters and doctorate degree at Punjabi University.
 
Through words I have been able to express feelings that I wasn’t able to share growing up. There is so much that was left unsaid with my father. In our culture, we stress too much about how we will say things but then time snatches the opportunity for us to even say anything. I say the unsaid with my books. As a daughter, mother, wife, I say all that I have been taught not to say. This essay, if I was a boy, remains integral to my academic and personal journey and provides the foundation for my identity as a female writer. In saying the unsaid, I string my heart to the hearts of all the Punjabi women, the Sikh women, who experience so much yet are confined to say so little.
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Dr. Balwinder Brar has agreed to share her experiences and story with us in light of Sikh Heritage Month. We will be sharing more this coming week.

We are incredibly honoured and excited to host a paint night with ! This will be an intimate, community event with limi...
04/15/2022

We are incredibly honoured and excited to host a paint night with ! This will be an intimate, community event with limited tickets available. Tickets can be purchased with the link in our bio.

We are super excited for the community to join us for Sikh Heritage Month this year! We will be posting more information...
04/12/2022

We are super excited for the community to join us for Sikh Heritage Month this year! We will be posting more information on events, scholars, artists, and registration information closer to events.

Join us this Sunday, April 25th for a virtual Kirtan with renowned Kirtanees from across Canada and the US, including th...
04/24/2021

Join us this Sunday, April 25th for a virtual Kirtan with renowned Kirtanees from across Canada and the US, including those on the poster and more. Zoom details are included here but the webinar link can also be found in our bio. If you have any questions please DM us or message (403) 978-2981.

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