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Toronto Sikh RetreatNew Year in Sangat

Past Retreats

A few years in photos

From New Year’s Eve divan to conversations over a meal. Explore photos from past Toronto Sikh Retreats and select a photo to see it larger.

2026

Children, parents and elders pose together in the retreat hall.

Three friends smile and raise their cups of chai.

Sevadars read and attend to Guru Granth Sahib during divan.

Attendees sit together around a long wooden table.

A volunteer stirs a pot in the retreat kitchen.

A musician sings beside a harmonium and tabla.

Attendees talk in small groups, with trays of food in the foreground.

Two volunteers at a table in the lodge.

Serving trays line a table for a shared meal.

Families sit together on the floor during divan.

2025

The 2025 sangat poses in matching Freedom retreat shirts.

Families smile together in matching retreat shirts.

A smiling child runs across the retreat hall.

A volunteer smiles while serving food at a retreat buffet.

Two attendees reach out to greet a horse at the ranch.

An attendee writes in a notebook during a session.

A group gathers around a workshop table.

Attendees sit together at a table with plates and cups.

A volunteer smiles at the retreat welcome table.

Two smiling kitchen sevadars prepare muffins together.

2024

The 2024 sangat poses together in matching retreat shirts.

Two young attendees lean together and smile over lunch.

Friends grin around a stacking-block game late in the evening.

Kitchen sevadars smile while preparing langar.

Two adults take part in outdoor archery at the ranch.

A sevadar waves the chaur above Guru Granth Sahib during divan.

Children and adults play together in the hall.

Attendees perform a skit together.

A group gathers around a table during a session.

Sangat gathers around the centre of the divan hall.

2023

A group of 2023 attendees smiles together outside the retreat lodge.

Children in colourful bana act out a skit at open mic.

Three kitchen sevadars smile together while serving langar.

Friends laugh and play a game around a long table.

A young sevadar holds the chaur beside Guru Granth Sahib.

Young attendees play air hockey.

Young participants work together around a coffee table.

A group shares a colourful poster from a retreat activity.

Children and adults pause together around the table.

Young volunteers wash dishes in the retreat kitchen.

From past programs

Questions we’ve brought to sangat

In 2026, a Miri-Piri workshop used case studies to explore power and responsibility. In 2025, a worksheet on Sorath Mahala 9 invited participants to read closely and reflect. A 2024 workshop explored songs of freedom and revolution.