Sikh Youth Leadership Retreat
Deerhurst Resort, Muskoka, OntarioOctober 18 - 20, 2024
Apply for the 2024 Sikh Youth Leadership Retreat
In keeping with the Foundation’s core belief of inspiring Seva, the Sikh Youth Leadership Retreat will focus on embracing selfless service in your personal and professional journey. The retreat will equip attendees with real world skills and help them navigate an ever-changing world purposefully.
Selection Criteria
Young professionals between the ages of 22 and 32 looking to make a difference in their communities and build leadership skills.
Cost
The Niskham Seva Charitable Foundation significantly subsidizes the associated costs of the retreat. A registration fee of $199 per person is required upon acceptance, and all proceeds are directly allocated to cover weekend accommodations.
Travel and Accomodation
Food, hospitality, and travel to the Deerhurst Resort will be included. Additional information will be provided directly to those attending.
Speakers
Robin Gill
Canadian Journalist and Communications Consultant
Amarjit Kaur Sandhu
Healthcare Technology Executive and Engineering Leader
The Roadmap
The Sikh Youth Leadership Retreat will provide participants with inspiration to craft a vision of what personal success looks like. Without a target, no path will find its destination. The retreat will help you set a target, because this is the first step in any journey that is worthwhile. Winning requires heart and sincerity. It’s important to remember, though, winning seldom happens alone, it requires a team. The second building block is about building and using your network as a platform for progress. It’s often said that success is a series of small wins. Small wins will add up, and lead to more success. The third building block is about having perseverance and discipline in going after small victories, without which larger success is seldom possible.
Now you have the vision, support network, and grit needed to succeed, what’s next?
We live in a society where individual achievement is lauded. We believe that real significance comes not from individual achievement, but from the difference we can make in the lives of others. The final building block is the realization that your “why” should be bigger than the individual self.
Highlights from Past Retreats
Over the past two years, the Sikh Youth Leadership Retreat has welcomed more than 80 youth from across Ontario who spent a weekend learning, networking, and helping inspire the initiatives that Nishkam Seva has since embarked on.
In 2022, we had the honor of hosting remarkable guest speakers who left us all inspired. Among them were Baltej Dhillon, Canada’s first turban-wearing RCMP officer, Manny Kohli, President & CEO of leading vegan leather goods and fashion house Matt & Nat, and Juggy Sihota, CGO at TELUS Health.
Our 2023 retreat continued this tradition of excellence with the presence of Sarabjit Marwah, former Member of the Canadian Senate & former COO at Scotiabank, Gurpreet Sohi and Jessica Gaudreault, members of Canada’s Women’s National Water Polo Team, and Harjinder Sandhu, CTO of Health Platforms and Solutions at Microsoft.
Take a look back at the Sikh Youth Leadership Retreat in 2022 and 2023:
