Updated Wednesday, June 1, 2020

We hope that everybody is doing well during these difficult times and are practising physical distancing. We thank you for your patience and understanding as we try navigating our way through this unprecedented time. 

The safety and well-being of our students, volunteers and staff is our top priority. We have been following and will continue to follow recommendations from our provincial health officer, the Canadian government and local authorities.

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Anti Bullying Day is celebrated all around the nation to stand up against bullying. Today, Gurmat Center students took part by wearing pink to their classes!

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ਸਭਨਾ ਮਨ ਮਾਣਿਕ ਠਾਹਣੁ ਮੂਲਿ ਮਚਾਂਗਵਾ ॥
The minds of all are like precious jewels; to harm them is not good at all
ਜੇ ਤਉ ਪਿਰੀਆ ਦੀ ਸਿਕ ਹਿਆਉ ਨ ਠਾਹੇ ਕਹੀ ਦਾ ॥੧੩੦॥
If you desire your Beloved, then do not break anyone's heart. ||130||

Gurmat Center’s 27th Annual Cross Legged Competition happened on Saturday, February 15. Over 75 students participated in this annual event! Every student received a custom certificate and prizes. Every hour, the rules got harder and the prizes got better. This competition challenges students to keep meditative focus on both the Mool Mantar playing in the background and on staying cross legged for as long a possible. 

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Registration is now OPEN!

Our 44th Gurmat Center Youth Program took place on Saturday. 30 youth members participated in this month’s program. We started off with a discussion about health and diet and ended off with handball and dinner. Next month’s GCY group will be attending Guru Nanak Academy's GNA Talks Conference. Stay tuned for an email or purchase your tickets now here!

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We are pleased to announce the official launch of the Rumaal Project! This new initiative provides Sangat with clean, washed rumaals to use when coming to Gurdwara Sahib Kalghidhar Darbar.

We would like to recognize the support of our amazing donors who made this project possible! We sincerely thank them for their contribution to the success of this initiative:

Sign-up today for the 27^th Annual Cross-Legged Competition! This event is open to all students from Kindergarten to grade 12. Students are divided into three grade groups and are encouraged to sit in a cross-legged position for as long as possible. By reciting Mool Mantar Jaap during the competition, children are given the opportunity to develop Sikh values of patience and focus.

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Before Winter break, students and parents attend parent teacher interviews to learn about student progress since September as well as review midterm exam results.
Classes will continue next week, followed by 2 weeks of winter break.

Our 43rd Gurmat Center Youth program took place yesterday! It was a great success with over 20 participants. We started off with a great discussion about the revolutionary steps taken by Guru Nanak Dev Jee to detach from the caste system, facilitated by Bibi Sharnjit Kaur. Later we played a competitive game of 4 corner soccer and ended the night off with a delicious dinner!

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A Sakhi night was held for Level 4 Nitnem Santhia students. The students have completed their Santhia for Jap Ji Sahib in the past few months. During Sakhi night, students started off by doing Jap Ji Sahib together followed by a presentation focused on Jap Ji Sahib by our Santhia teacher. Afterwards, students enjoyed pizza and ice cream sandwiches for dinner.

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