The Meaning of Citizenship to New Canadians and to Canada

This Sunday, join us for a discussion with Citizenship Judge Hardish K. Dhaliwal about the meaning of citizenship to new Canadians and to Canada.

Judge Dhaliwal is responsible for making decisions on some citizenship applications, presiding over citizenship ceremonies and administering the oath of citizenship to new citizens. She is also active in promoting Canadian citizenship and civic values in communities across the Greater Toronto Area.

Judge Dhaliwal is Indian by birth, English by upbringing, and Canadian by choice. For many new Canadians issues of citizenship and belonging are equally as complicated.

Hardish has BSc (Hons) in Mathematics, an MA in Gender in Development, and is a Fellow of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales. She has over 25 years of senior management experience in the private, public and NGO sectors, and has worked throughout Europe, Asia, Africa and Central America. Outside of work, Hardish is a writer, Quaker and Sikh.

Our featured musician will be William Beauvais. William has been teaching, performing, composing, recording and improvising music for over 40 years. He has written music for harpist Sharlene Wallace, baritone Doug MacNaughton and has performed with New Music Concerts, and Tapestry New Opera. His seven CD’s are available through the Canadian music centre. For more information, check out these links: https://www.musiccentre.ca/node/37581/biography https://soundcloud.com/william-beauvais

Michael Dorman will do our Community Moment this week.

The Community Moment is a chance for one of our own to share their journey, thoughts about life, or something personal about themselves. It could be light and silly or it could be emotionally heavy. Either way, you’ll learn more about a valued person in our community. Interested in presenting your own Community Moment? Contact Tania at 416oasis@gmail.com.

Every week we gather to be inspired, entertained, motivated and build our secular community in Downtown Toronto. Our core values are: People are more important than beliefs. Reality is known through reason. Meaning comes from making a difference. Human hands solve human problems. Be accepting and be accepted. Check in closer to the date of this event for more specific details of our program. Typically, we have a featured speaker and live music! Check out our website: www.torontooasis.org.