Show: Focus Punjabi

The South Asian Autism Awareness Centre celebrated 10 successful years of serving the community with a summit, which was a weekend of celebrating including a conference, a musical and a fundraising gala.

According to a Toronto Vital Signs report, there are now more seniors than children in the city, and many live alone. The Rexdale Women’s Centre has long provided a program for immigrant seniors to be among others they can relate to.

The One Love Chaplaincy has long worked to restore dignity to inmates in prison, but also to help them get back on their feet once they’re released. The 6th annual gala not only recognized these successes, but also the dangers still faced.

The investigation of an alleged serial killer turns dark as its revealed Toronto police interviewed and released the accused many years ago. Now agencies are asking for an internal and external review of how this investigation unfolded.

Sahara Senior Services hopes to change men’s thinking about women’s rights and hosted an International Women’s Day gala to honour the women they serve.

A new initiative seeks not just to inform South Asians on the subject of mental health, but also raise money for evidence-based research on the community. Donate here: https://www.gofundme.com/the-green-ribbon-project

Pak Pioneers Community Organization released a documentary about elder abuse in the South Asian community, which revealed how a generation of immigrants is suffering just out of sight.

An upcoming event brings together various community mental health groups in the GTA to push for more research into the causes and treatment of addiction, depression, anxiety and more by the CAMH South Asian Collective.

ਬੌਲੀਵੁੱਡ ਮੂਵੀ ਪੈਡਮੈਨ ਨੂੰ ਬੌਕਸ ਔਫਿਸ ਤੇ ਮਿਲੀ ਸਫਲਤਾ ਤੋਂ ਬਾਦ ਸਾਊਥ ਏਸ਼ਿਅਨ ਕਮਿਊਨਿਟੀ ਵਿੱਚ ਮੈਂਸਟ੍ਰੂਏਸ਼ਨ ਬਾਰੇ ਹੁਣ ਖੁੱਲ੍ਹ ਕੇ ਚਰਚਾ ਹੋਣ ਲੱਗ ਪਈ ਹੈ। ਜੀ ਟੀ ਏ ਦੇ ਇੱਕ ਗਰੁੱਪ ਨੇ ਇਸ ਮੌਕੇ ਦਾ ਲਾਹਾ ਲੈਂਦਿਆਂ ਬੇਘਰ ਔਰਤਾਂ ਲਈ ਸੈਨੇਟਰੀ ਨੈਪਕਿਨਜ਼ ਦੀ ਸਪਲਾਈ ਕੱਠੀ ਕਰਨੀ ਸ਼ੁਰੂ ਕਰ ਦਿੱਤੀ ਹੈ:

Brampton ਦੇ integrity commissioner ਵੱਲੋਂ ਕੌਂਸਲਰ John ਸਪ੍ਰੌਵਿਏਰੀ ਦੀ ਟਿੱਪਣੀ ਸ਼ਹਿਰ ਦੇ code of conduct ਦੀ ਉਲੰਘਣਾ ਕਰਦੀ ਪਾਏ ਜਾਣ ਤੋਂ ਬਾਦ ਹੁਣ ਸਾਰੇ ਕਾਊਂਸਲਜ਼ ਲ਼ਈ sensitivity training ਲਾਜ਼ਮੀ ਕਰ ਦਿੱਤੀ ਗਈ ਹੈ। ਨਵੇਂ ਮੋਸ਼ਨ ਤਹਿਤ ਹੁਣ ਸਾਰੇ ਕਾਊਂਸਲਰਜ਼ ਨੂੰ ਡਾਈਵਰਸਿਟੀ ਟ੍ਰੇਨਿੰਗ ਦਿ

Zor Basketball held a mental helath awareness event on the family day.

Zor’s Family Day event on Monday, February 19th to raise awareness about mental health in our community and make progress in ending the silent stigma associate with mental health issues.

A new play ‘Acha Bacha’ written by Bilal Baig explores the struggle of growing up queer in a Pakistani Muslim family in Canada. Acha Bacha runs at the Theatre Passe Muraille in Toronto until Feb. 18.

A medical tattoo artist based in Toronto toured India to help restore faces that are scarred by vitiligo or who have been victims of acid burn attacks. She’s raising money to go back and treat more: https://www.gofundme.com/thegoodgeisha

Every Sunday, come rain or shine, the Muslim Welfare Centre provides free halal meals to dozens of underprivileged families in Toronto’s Regent Park area.

Ontario’s minimum wage hike leaves so many unprotected workers behind, says the director of the South Asian Legal Clinic, such as truck drivers or those paid in cash.

Filmmaker Arshad Khan’s new project ‘Abu’ highlights not only the difficulties of coming out in a South Asian family, and the relationships of immigrant kids and parents, but also how our communities are built from the ground up within family units.