Press Releases

Sikhs Weary of Increased Foreign Interference in Wake of Canada’s Indo-Pacific Strategy

Ottawa (December 8, 2022): The World Sikh Organization of Canada fears increased foreign interference and pressure by India in the wake of the Government of...

Exclusion of Punjab From Expanded India-Canada Flights Unacceptable- WSO

Ottawa (November 21, 2022): The World Sikh Organization of Canada has written to Canadian Minister of Transport Omar Alghabra with respect to the recently e...

WSO Statement on Domestic Violence

(August 20, 2022): Over the past two weeks, Mandeep Kaur’s video has circulated on Punjabi media networks, highlighting the need for our sangat to have crit...

City of Toronto No-Beards Rule Forces Out Sikh Security Guards

Toronto (July 4, 2022). The World Sikh Organization of Canada (WSO) calls for the immediate reinstatement of over 100 Sikh security guards at City of Toronto...

WSO Calls on Government of Canada to Immediately Evacuate Afghan Sikhs & Hindus

Ottawa (June 18, 2022): The World Sikh Organization of Canada calls, once again, on the Government of Canada to recognize its humanitarian duty and immediat...

Ottawa Bomb Hoax Targeting Sikh Rally Deeply Concerning: WSO

Ottawa (June 13, 2022): The World Sikh Organization of Canada (WSO) calls on Canadian law enforcement agencies to fully investigate and prosecute those respo...

Sikh Organizations Call on Ontario Parties to Address International Student Crisis

Toronto (May 27, 2022): Three prominent Sikh organizations, the Ontario Gurdwaras Committee, Khalsa Aid Canada and the World Sikh Organization of Canada, ha...

WSO Shocked by Plight of Alpha College International Students

Toronto (May 23, 2022): The World Sikh Organization of Canada is deeply concerned by the plight of international students at Alpha College in Scarborough, O...

WSO Deeply Concerned by Killing of Sikh Traders in Pakistan

Ottawa (May 16, 2022): The World Sikh Organization of Canada is deeply concerned by the targeted killing of two Sikh traders in Peshawar district in Pakista...

WSO Welcomes Accommodation For Bearded Alberta Corrections Officers

Edmonton (April 8, 2022): The World Sikh Organization of Canada welcomes the announcement by the Government of Alberta that effective immediately, applicant...