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CA ON00380 file 8 · File · 1989
Part of Ontario Council of Sikhs fonds

File consists of a letter from Avtar Singh Brar, the president of the Ontario Council of Sikhs; notes on the Sikhs and the kirpan; recognition of the 5 K's (the Sikh religious emblems) by Government Agencies and Parliamentary Committees; and religious exemptions made for Sikhs abroad to ensure that they can follow the 5 K's.

CA ON00380 file 11 · File · 1990-1991
Part of Ontario Council of Sikhs fonds

File consists of reports made by the Canadian Human Rights Reporters about the complaint made by Harbhajan Singh Pandori and the Ontario Human Rights Commission about the Dress and Grooming Codes within the Peel Board of Education, which forbid the "wearing of kirpans to school".

Includes volume 12, decision 7; volume 12, decision 8; volume 12, decision 43; and volume 14, decision 44 from the Canadian Human Rights Reports.

CA ON00380 file 15 · File · [1990-1994?]
Part of Ontario Council of Sikhs fonds

File consists of memos and correspondence relating to the Karpin Court Case. The memos are about the Ontario Council of Sikhs and Sikhs' religious beliefs. Similarly, the correspondence addresses the Sikhs' religious beliefs and emblems; the letters are from the Ministry of Citizenship, Ministry of Education, Ministry of the Solicitor General, Ministry of Transportation, Ministry of the Attorney General, Ontario Human Rights Commission, Ontario Council of Sikhs, and the University of Lethbridge (with two brief articles on South Asians and Sikhs from the Canadian Encyclopedia attached). There is also a list of the 5 K's committee members.

CA ON00380 file 2 · File · 1984-1990
Part of Ontario Council of Sikhs fonds

File consists of correspondence relating to the Kirpan Court Case. The material includes the following: letters from the Ontario Council of Sikhs (with attachments), Ontario Human Rights Commission, Ministry of Citizenship, Deputy Attorney-General (attached with a copy of a [transcript?] of a court case about the Judge not allowing Sikhs to wear their karpin in court); an article entitled "Hard Hat Struggle and Religious Freedoms of Sikhs in Canada"; an article entitled "Guidance Note Religious Observance at Work"; another copy of the [transcript?] of the court case where the Judge would not allow Sikhs to wear their karpin in court; information about the Highway Traffic Act in regards to motorcycle safety helmets exemption regulation; Ontario Provincial Police Dress Code Policy; Metropolitan Toronto Police Dress Code Policy; and information on the court case between Sukhdev Singh Hundal and the Peel Board of Education.

CA ON00380 file 13 · File · [1990?]
Part of Ontario Council of Sikhs fonds

File consists of a document pertaining to the ongoing fight between the complainants Harbhajan Singh Pandori and the Ontario Human Rights Commission and the respondent the Peel Board of Education. The document is divided into the following sections: the issue, summary of other testimony, legal analysis, and conclusions.

CA ON00380 file 21 · File · 1994
Part of Ontario Council of Sikhs fonds

The volume consists of information on Sikhs; Sikh emblems; the quest for justice; and background information on the following: Ministry of Education and Training; Ministry of Transportation; Ministry of Labour; Ministry of Solicitor General; Ministry of Attorney General; and the Ontario Human Rights Commission.

Kirpan Legal Case
CA ON00380 file 1 · File · [1979-1990?]
Part of Ontario Council of Sikhs fonds

File consists of records related to the ongoing fight between Harbhajan Singh Pandori and the Ontario Human Rights Commission and the Peel Board of Education about the Sikhs' religious rights to wear the kirpan. The material includes the following: a [transcription?] from the District Court of Ontario between Sukhdev Singh Hundal and the Peel Board of Education; a letter from the superintendent of Community and Administration Services to all principals and vice-principals about the procedures for students who wear kirpans; several faxes; a letter to Mohinder Singh Gosal from Marilyn Ginsburg of the Ontario Human Rights Commission; several letters from the Federation of Sikh Societies of Canada (the president is Mohinder Singh Gosal); a short brief about the Kirpan of the Sikhs prepared by the International Sikhs Youth Federation; information from the court case between Suneet Singh Tuli and the Board of Trustees of the Albert Protestant Separate School District Number 6; information on the Kirpan in the school; letter from the secretary/community Relations Office Council for Racial Equality in Essex, England; and information from a court case between Dalbagh Singh Hothi and Her Majesty the Queen and Lawrie Mitchell (one of her Majesty's Provincial Judges in and for the Province of Manitoba).

CA ON00380 file 23 · File · 1995
Part of Ontario Council of Sikhs fonds

The volume consists of information on the Ontario Human Rights Code; the Canadian Human Rights Act; Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms; Highway Traffic Act; Construction Projects (hard hats) regulations; Bhinder versus the Canadian National Railways; Alberta Human Rights Commission versus Central Alberta Dairy Pool; Sehdev versus Bayview Glen Junior Schools Limited; Pandori versus Peel Board of Education; Police Services Act; British Columbia Government Employees' Union versus Attorney General of British Columbia; R.. versus Hothi; and amendment to B.C. Police (uniforms) Regulation.