Century of Struggle and Sucess The Sikh Canadian Experience by Sandeep Singh Brar Part VI Today & Tomorrow

Today as Sikhs celebrate their 100th anniversary in Canada they can look back on the pioneers which came before us and truly be in awe of their great sacrifices and achievements in helping to make Canada 'Our homeland'. If there is one world that can be used to sum up the Sikh immigrant experience in Canada, that word is "persistence". Here were an unwelcomed people facing the greatest of challenges. A people who could have easily been demoralized enough to give up and leave Canada or have their culture and religion totally lost and absorbed in the Canadian mainstream. Instead these pioneers persisted and succeeded in the social, cultural, economic and political fields in which they ventured, allowing today's Sikhs to enjoy the fruits of their sucess.