Press Releases

WSO calls on Australian Sikhs to Reject NSW Proposed Kirpan Policy

Ottawa (June 19, 2021): The World Sikh Organization of Canada calls on Australian Sikhs to reject the kirpan policy proposed by the NSW Department of Educat...

Invoking of Notwithstanding Clause in Ontario a Threat to Rights: WSO

Toronto (June 9, 2021): The World Sikh Organization of Canada is deeply concerned by the Ontario government’s invoking of the notwithstanding to protect the...

WorkSafeBC Regulation Changes a Welcome Step Towards Accommodation of Dastaar

Surrey (June 2, 2021): The World Sikh Organization of Canada welcomes the amendments to Part 8 of the Occupational Health & Safety Regulation (OHSR) rel...

WSO Writes to NSW Premier on School Kirpan Ban

Ottawa (May 19, 2021): The World Sikh Organization of Canada has written to NSW Premier Gladys Berejiklian and Education Minister Sarah Mitchell, after the ...

WSO, OKD, Region of Peel Launch Community Vaccine Clinic

The Clinic has now concluded. Please book your vaccine with your local regional or provincial health website. The World Sikh Organization alongside Onta...

Battle Against Bill 21 Must Continue: World Sikh Organization of Canada

(French version follows below) Ottawa (April 20, 2021): While the World Sikh Organization of Canada is pleased that the Quebec Superior Court has struck key...

WSO Statement on MP Ramesh Sangha's Inflammatory Comments Today

Ottawa (February 17, 2021): Tejinder Singh Sidhu, President of the World Sikh Organization of Canada, issued the following statement in reaction to to comm...

WSO Releases Report on India's Disinformation Campaign Against Canada's Sikhs

Ottawa (February 3, 2021): The World Sikh Organization of Canada has released a report shedding light on Indian disinformation campaigns targeting Sikhs in ...

WSO Calls on Canada to Condemn Attacks on Farmer Protestors in India

The World Sikh Organization of Canada has written to Foreign Affairs Minister Marc Garneau, calling on Canada to condemn the violent attacks on farmer protes...

WSO Stands With Punjab's Farmers and Condemns Indian Brutality

Ottawa (November 27, 2020): The World Sikh Organization of Canada stands in solidarity with the farmers of Punjab in their protests against the Government o...