Annual UBC SSA Conference

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[Gurmukh]

The Shaheed Baba Deep Singh Gatka Akhara of Surrey (Guru Nanak Academy) will also be doing a Gatka Demonstration during this conference.

[UBC SSA]

The conference is fast approaching!

Be sure to attend!!

EVERYONE AND ANYONE IS WELCOME.

[Jassika]

sounds cool. i'll try to come

[Mkhalsa]

ill be there :nihungsmile:

[bhainjee]

I know this conference used to be an annual event, but I don't recall hearing about a conference last year. Was there one?

[UBC SSA]

Hunjee Bhainjee,

You are right.

UBC SSA has had an annual conference for the past 20 years except last year (2003).

The last conference was in March 2002 on Sikh art.

We didn't have a conference last year because we devoted more of our resources to starting a mentoring program for troubled Punjabi Youth in particular Punjabi-dominated High Schools.

This year we decided to carry on the mentoring program as well as the Annual Conference. B)

Little known fact! The SSA at UBC is the oldest Sikh Student organization in North America. Started in 1984.

[Jassika]

i'm especially looking forward to the philosophical discussion of balanced lifestyle and present day goals/challenges. the history will be cool too though. this will be great

[bhainjee]

The mentoring program is an excellent idea, how successful has that been?

Yes, I believe the SSA was first brought together in 1984. Initially it was for Sikh's and Punjabi's to get together and discuss the '84 massacre in India and related current events, as many of them still had family in India.

I hope the UBC SSA along with the SSA's of other educational institutions can bring about awareness to the aam punjabi students through continuous discussions/conferences/keertans etc.