Prof. Shanthi Johnson, Professor and Dean, School of Public Health, University of Alberta was elected as Member-at-Large during SICI's Canadian Members' Council's meeting held in the University of Calgary campus on June 15. SICI is proud to have three men & three women representing its Executive Council!
On 14th June, SICI Conference on “Humanity, Justice, and Peace: Relevance of Sri Guru Nanak Dev to the 21st Century” saw an excellent exchange of views, thoughts, deliberations to celebrate 550th birth anniversary of Sri Guru Nanak Dev ji. H.E. Vikas Swarup, High Commissioner of India to Canada, Hon. Deepak Obhrai, P.C., MP for Calgary Forest Lawn, His Worship Naheed Nenshi, Mayor of Calgary and many more prominent personalities spoke on the contemporary relevance of Guru ji's message.
On 12th June a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) was signed between the Shastri Indo-Canadian Institute and Mitacs in Vancouver, Canada to strengthen student mobility between the India & Canada.
Prof. Faizan Mustafa, President, SICI, Prof. John Reid, VP/President Elect, SICI and Dr. Prachi Kaul, Director, SICI visited Mitacs and signed a MoU for future academic & research collaboration. The signing ceremony took place at Mitacs office in Vancouver, BC where Prof. John Reid and Mr. Alejandro Adem, Chief Executive Officer & Scientific Director, Mitacs signed the MoU.