An Affair to Remember
“I had always been fascinated with Asia growing up on the West Coast, particularly with India.” Continue...
Alumni Profiles
A Cultured Understanding
High school gives many students an inkling of what they want to do with their lives. Continue...
In Ancient Footsteps
For Dali Basu, there was never really any doubt about what she would be when she grew up. Continue...
Life Lessons
Dr. R.B. Singh has learned many lessons from his long-standing collaboration with the Shastri Indo-Canadian Institute over the years. Continue...
Listening To Locals So They Can Be Heard
He has lost count of the number of times he has been to India, but Dr. John Sinclair is under no illusions about the value of those trips. Continue...
Marching to His Own Beat
When he flew to Delhi in the summer of 2005 Abbas Janmohamed was making his first trip to India, but in many ways he was catching up with an old friend he’d left behind. Continue...
A Priceless Experience
“On a professional level, I can say that I probably wouldn’t be working where I am today if it wasn’t for my Shastri Institute internship.” Continue...
The Road Taken
In January 2005, Aiama left for Chennai where he would travel to four different villages in six months. Continue...
Seeing the forest, the Trees and the People
“Even the idea of women and men sitting together was a big deal at first.” Continue...
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Dec 17 – Call for Papers on “The Reality of the Indigenous Woman: Canada and India”
The Centre for Canadian Studies in collaboration with the School of Women’s Studies, Jadavpur University, Kolkata, India, invites papers for the International Conference on Canadian Studies on The Reality of the Indigenous Woman: Canada and India, 5-6 February, 2009.
Dec 12 – Anticipated Release of Report on the Role of the Indian Diaspora in Canada
On December 19, 2008, the Centre for the Study of Democracy at Queen’s University will be releasing a report by Kant Bhargava and J.C. Sharma
entitled “Building Bridges: A Case Study on the Role of the Indian Diaspora in Canada” To preview the Executive Summary written by Thomas Axworthy, Chair
of the Centre for the Study of Democracy, please click here.
Dec 8 – Innovative new Study-in-India program developed for Ontario students
The Ontario-Maharashtra-Goa Student Exchange Program is a new initiative developed by a consortium of 17 Ontario universities and 10 universities in Maharashtra and Goa. Opportunities for exchange are now available for students throughout Ontario and scholarships are also available.
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