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UBC Presentation To Gurdwara Nanak Niwas

Darpan News Desk IANS, 17 Jul, 2019 09:00 PM

India Cultural Centre of Canada Gurdwara Nanak Niwas (#5 Road, Richmond) is always in the forefront in hosting seminars and workshops relating to health issues in our community.

On July 11, a team of iCON Project, Digital Emergency Medicine , Faculty of Medicine, University of British Columbia led by Dr. Kendall Ho, Sophia Khan, Lisa and Jay Bains visited the Gurdwara and presented a certificate and bouquet to President Balbir Singh Jawanda and Secretary Balwant Singh Sanghera as a token of their appreciation.

Gurdwara Nanak Niwas has been supporting the evidence based health and wellness services being provided by UBC since2009. The Gurdwara Management is very thankful to UBC for this kind gesture.

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