In 2014, WSO helped Harkiran Wanda Kaur become the first Sikh woman to wear the dastar (turban) while serving in the Royal Canadian Navy. WSO supported Harkiran with pertinent information and guidance on the significance of the dastar in making her case to the Navy.
Today as a result of this advocacy, the Canadian Forces now allow both Sikh men and women to wear dastars and the Sikh articles of faith while serving.
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