Christmas Party (2009): Group Songs Practicing

 

Please note that practicing sessions of group songs for upcoming Christmas Party will be started from this Sunday (15th).  You are cordially invited to participate this group-event.  It is very important to chip in first-day practicing as OC need your response to keep going this event further.  Date: 15th Sunday, Place: Souris Hall, Time 5:00-7:30 pm

Welcome to the Land of Living Skies

As a rapidly growing Sri Lankan community in Saskatoon, it is a pleasure to warmly welcome Lalith (Thanuja’s elder brother), Lalani and their daughter Jithmi Wijegunasekara (13) to Saskatoon.

Sri Lankan Foods in Saskatoon

By Shiromi Jayasooriya

Dear Friends,
I am opening a small-scale home business on Sri Lankan foods. At the beginning, the business is open only for weekends but hope to expand it for weekdays in the future.
I would like to give the following list of food items with minimum quantities which I can accept at this moment, and the prices (in Canadian $):

1. String Hoppers (minimum 50) – 0.30/one
2. Coconut Sambal (enough for 50 strings) – 3.00
3. Thosa (minimum 25) – 0.40/one
4. Thosa sambal (enough for Thosa 25) – 3.50
5. Chineese Rolls (minimum 25) – 0.80/one
6. Cutlet (minimum 25) – 0.75/one
7. Pittu (minimum 25) – 0.30/one
8. Kiri Hodi for Pittu (enough for 25 Pittu) – 4.00

I am looking forward to accept your orders for the above items. If you are interested, please call me at 477-0981 after 6.00 pm during the weekdays and any time during the weekend.

422 A, Gardiner Place, Saskatoon
Tel: 477-0981

Happy Halloween 2009

Halloween is approaching for year 2009, and the smiling Jack O’ Lanterns are back again to light you up! Carve out a scary jack-o-lantern, Go door to door on Halloween to Trick and Treat. Wish you a safe (this time ,especially think about H1N1, H1N1 guide for Halloween) and very Happy Halloween 2009

Previous articles:
Happy Halloween 2008
Happy Halloween 2009
This is Halloween

External Links:
The History of Halloween
Halloween-Wikipedia

Study on Credentialing Problems of Skilled Immigrants

By Jana Kotrcova
I am a graduate student at the University of Saskatchewan and am currently searching for participants for a research on credentialing problems of immigrants. Please see the attachment for more information on the research.
I assume that credentialing problems are prevalent across all cultural, religious and ethnic groups in the city and therefore, I would like to kindly ask you for assistance with recruitment of participants. Could you please circulate the attached poster among people in your contact list and refer those who are interested in participation to me?

The study is primarily designed to inform senior policy makers and the governments about the situation of immigrants. It intends to bring the unique perspective of immigrants on what they experience after coming to Canada.
Any help with realization of this research will be truly appreciated.

Sincerely,
Jana Kotrcova
M.A. Candidate,
Department of Psychology,
University of Saskatchewan
Phone: 880-7669
E-mail: janakotrcova@yahoo.co.uk

Saskatoon Transit offers SafeBus for Halloween

This Halloween, parents are reminded to tell their little trick or treaters that Saskatoon Transit’s SafeBus program is there to help if they are in trouble. Children can get on a bus at any bus stop if they are lost, cold,
frightened, hurt, or in trouble. Transit operators have direct 911 access to call for assistance.
Children asking for help do not need money to get on a SafeBus. To get
an approaching bus operator’s attention, children in need of assistance
should stand on the sidewalk and hold their hand up as the bus approaches. The operator will recognize this as a sign of distress and stop to help. The City reminds all parents to tell their children to never step onto the roadway to flag down a bus as this is very dangerous.
For more information on this program, please call Transit’s Customer
Service at 975-3100. The City of Saskatoon and Saskatoon Transit wish everyone a safe and fun Halloween.

Saskatoon Transit

Performance for Christmas Party 2009

The Christmas celebration of  Saskatoon Sri Lankan Community has been tentatively scheduled for 27th December. The organizing committee is please to invite all the community members to volunteer for an event first, it can be a kids drama, song, or adults individual songs,  group songs etc. Further, if you have new-fangled flourishing ideas, pls let the organizing committee (Kamal, Thilak, Dilshan or Ajith) knows.

Help For Viatnamis Temple

By Xuan Vo
We will start insulation and drywall for the new temple (Vietnamis) in this weekend (Sep, 27) and we send this message to you community for looking volunteer help. Number of persons are not important. One, two or three will be great for us.

Time: Sunday Sept 27, 2009 from 10:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. or max. 4:00 p.m. and do not bother to bring lunch because we prepare it for all.

Thank you.

Commencement of Classes-Sinhala Language School

The Sinhala Language School will commence its language classes for the academic year 2009/10 classes on September 13, 2009. All parents are invited to participate their children for the New Academic year.

Venue: at Aden Bowman Collegiate, 1904, Clarence Avenue South, Saskatoon.

Time: Sunday 10.00am – 12.30pm

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Thanking Note : From Chandima/Harsha and Chandima’s Father

Dear Friends,
We would like thank our beloved Saskatoon friends from our bottoms of hearts for the enormous helps that were rendered to us during my father’s visit to Saskatoon and for the well wishes on the arrival of our little princess “Thinuli”.

We are blessed to be with such a wonderful Sri Lankan community.

Please accept my father’s greetings attached on the following highlighted section got from his thanking e-mail.

Sincerely,
Chandima, Harsha and Thinuli

My dear Putha,

This is to thank you, Harsha and your team of spirited friends who did every thing to make me feel at home during my short stay with you.It is with great feelings that I recall how you with your friends welcomed me and since from that day how you cared for me and attend to my needs neglecting the urgent needs of Harsha

Last but not the least convey my kind regards to your galaxy of loving friends who treated me as if they were treating their own father .and tell them I look forward to enjoy their warm company over again.

Thaththa.

Welcome to the “Bridge City”

Saskatoon’s Sri Lankan community warmly welcome Prabhath Lokuruge (Agri-Rhuhuna), Buwani Lokuruge (Agri-Rhuhuna) & their son – Thenura Lokuruge who came from Calgary to Saskatoon on July 31st, 2009. Their contacts : address: 7-1510 Mainstreet, Home Phone : 979 2900, Prabhath’s e-mail: prabhath2@yahoo.com, cell: 241 4985, Buwani’s e-mail: buwani70@yahoo.com, cell: 241 0985.

Broadway Street Fair Performance

By Andrew Reeson

I’d like to invite any performing artists from Saskatoon’s Sri Lankan community to join us and perform at the this year’s Broadway Street Fair: Celebrate Diversity.  Please find the event details below.  If you know any performance groups that might be interested in performing, or you have any questions, please contact me at this e-mail address or at 306.664.6463.  Thanks for your consideration.

Event Name: Broadway Street Fair: Celebrate Diversity;

Date: 12 September 2009;

Location: Broadway Avenue;

Time: Performances will run between 11:00 AM until 5:00 PM on a number of different stages, so there is quite a lot of scheduling flexibility;

Honorarium: We are happy to contribute an honorarium to all of our performers or provide them with a vendor table at the Street Fair;

Honorarium Amount: Negotiable;

Contact Person: Andrew Reeson

Phone Number: 306.664.6463

E-mail: bbid.marketing@sasktel.net

Comments: I invite Saskatoon’s Sri Lankan community to join us for Broadway Street Fair.  This is Broadway’s biggest event of the year, drawing thousands from all over the Saskatoon region. An eclectic array of street performers, vendors, artists, musicians, and dancers will transform Broadway into a five block long carnival. Each year this event renews Broadway’s historic role as Saskatoon’s cultural main street.

This year, in partnership with the Saskatchewan Intercultural Association, the Global Gathering Place, and the Indigenous Peoples Program, we will extend a special invitation to Saskatoon’s aboriginal and immigrant communities to participate in Broadway Street Fair. Nearly 16,000 (8% of) Saskatonians are foreign born, and nearly 20,000 (10%) are aboriginal. Ten percent of Saskatoon’s visible minority population lives within walking distance of Broadway. There are over 1,500 international students on the nearby University campus. Broadway is also home to Oskayak High School (nearly 150 aboriginal students.)

Broadway Street Fair 2009: Celebrate Diversity will make Broadway and Saskatoon more inclusive, leading to a more socially harmonious, more positive, and safer community. This is a substantial concern in Saskatoon where only 21% of residents consider race relations to be good, and where crime rates are among the highest in the country. Also, increasing the diversity of people on Broadway will make it a richer, livelier district.

I hope that you can join us.

“Welcome Baby Girl”

Another cute and cuddly baby girl has come to
fill Chandima & Harsha’s lives with joy and bliss !

Congratulations ! CHANDIMA & HARSHA

From Sask-Lankan Community

Summer Party 2009 Budget

Expenses (plates, cups, spoons, forks, burger, tea, conc. Milk, ice, etc)=
$294.67, contributions (6.00 × 32 families + 2.00 × 4 singles)=$200.00, Transferred money from New Year Party 2009=$73.00, Total cost=$294.67, Total income=$273.00
Balance=$-21.67.
This deficit (C$ 21.67) was shared by the organizers.
Thank you very much for your active participations and many contributions to make this summer event a success.
Dharmasena & Gnanaseeli, Rajitha & Anula, Deepal & Gnana, and Saman & Sujeema.

Summer Party 2009

Date: Saturday 18^th of July

Place: Forestry Farm

Schedule:

Starting at 10 am

Breakfast – 10:00 – 10:45 am

Morning sporting events until 1:00 pm

Lunch 1:00 – 2:00 pm

Afternoon sporting events

Tea – 4:30 – 5:00 pm

Please bring a pop bottle and your assigned food/deserts.

C$ 6.00 / a family and C$ 2.00 / an individual will be collected to share the expenses.

We kindly ask you to bring your outdoor sport items (bats, rackets, balls etc), folding chairs and bug spays etc.

Thanks, Gnanaseeli & Dharmasena, Anula & Rajitha, Gnana & Deepal, and Sujeema & Saman.