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Here we post about the latest happenings at CIES.

Meet Tamana Banger; grateful for the sacrifices made so she could go to school

Born in 2002, Tamana Banger, a nursing student in Punjab, was raised by her mother and grandmother. Her father, a steelworker, worked abroad since

When Navdeep Kaur was 11 years old, her mother experienced brain and spinal cord injuries after a fall in their home, in Sujjon, Punjab. Doctors put

Mandeep Kaur was born in Ladian, Punjab in 2001. She grew up in a tight-knit household of six. That included her grandparents, parents and elder

Ravneet Kaur was born in Jalandhar, Punjab in 2004. She grew up in an economically-challenged family in Panchhat, near Phagwara, Punjab. From a young

Born in 1980 in Hoshiarpur, Pushpinder Kaur grew up as the daughter of two teachers, and the sister of one brother. While many girls of her time

Emily Mulroney comes from an average Canadian, close-knit family with strong family values. She was a well-rounded student and competitive athlete in

One evening in 1984, Kamlesh, a new mother, held her four month old daughter, Meenu, in her arms. Sitting in a rural Punjabi village, she admired her

Sieuwke (pronounced “shoe-ka”) Stoppel is the Operations Director with Braeside Community Association in Calgary. Prior to joining the organization,