Gurdeep Pandher of the Yukon
@gurdeep.ca
Feel free to be sad, but don't stay sad forever! Sikh-Canadian talks joy, hope, positivity, inclusivity & dance Bhangra—folk dance of Panjab— in the Arctic regions and on frozen lakes for mental wellbeing and optimism.❄️🧡
https://gurdeep.ca/magazine
https://gurdeep.ca/magazine
Readers from around the world ordered my magazine & I'm grateful to each of you. Canadians especially showed up for their fellow Canadian. Love you, Canada. Beyond the US, Canada & UK—thank you to Sweden, Germany, Luxembourg, Switzerland, Australia & New Zealand for your love. Gurdeep.ca/magazine.
January 8, 2026 at 4:35 PM
Readers from around the world ordered my magazine & I'm grateful to each of you. Canadians especially showed up for their fellow Canadian. Love you, Canada. Beyond the US, Canada & UK—thank you to Sweden, Germany, Luxembourg, Switzerland, Australia & New Zealand for your love. Gurdeep.ca/magazine.
Wonderful news for readers in the United Kingdom: I've found a way to reduce shipping costs for my magazine. Shipping to the UK is now the lowest rate available—lower even than shipping within Canada. If you feel called to hold this warmth of printed words in your hands, visit gurdeep.ca/magazine
December 26, 2025 at 5:35 PM
Wonderful news for readers in the United Kingdom: I've found a way to reduce shipping costs for my magazine. Shipping to the UK is now the lowest rate available—lower even than shipping within Canada. If you feel called to hold this warmth of printed words in your hands, visit gurdeep.ca/magazine
Each year on Gurpurab (the birthday of Sikhism's founder Guru Nanak), when I share about it on social media, something beautiful happens: the comment section gets filled with warm wishes and kind words from those people who don't share my faith. Today, on Christmas, (1 of thread)
December 25, 2025 at 2:13 PM
Each year on Gurpurab (the birthday of Sikhism's founder Guru Nanak), when I share about it on social media, something beautiful happens: the comment section gets filled with warm wishes and kind words from those people who don't share my faith. Today, on Christmas, (1 of thread)
Sadness arrives uninvited. Joy demands more—it requires us to search, to kindle, to protect the flame against every wind. When we choose joy despite everything that argues against it, we don't just save ourselves—we illuminate the way for everyone around us.
December 22, 2025 at 3:59 PM
Sadness arrives uninvited. Joy demands more—it requires us to search, to kindle, to protect the flame against every wind. When we choose joy despite everything that argues against it, we don't just save ourselves—we illuminate the way for everyone around us.
Your love for my magazine has humbled me beyond measure. This is the sweetest kind of overwhelm, and I'm grateful for every single one of you who believed in this work enough to claim a piece of it for yourself. If you haven't secured your copy yet, here's the link. gurdeep.ca/magazine
December 16, 2025 at 4:48 PM
Your love for my magazine has humbled me beyond measure. This is the sweetest kind of overwhelm, and I'm grateful for every single one of you who believed in this work enough to claim a piece of it for yourself. If you haven't secured your copy yet, here's the link. gurdeep.ca/magazine
When the mercury plummets to -40° (where Celsius and Fahrenheit finally agree), most sensible creatures burrow inward. But not in the Yukon. Here, in this land where exhaled breath crystallizes mid-air and exposed skin stings within seconds, I found myself moved to dance Bhangra.
December 13, 2025 at 3:10 PM
When the mercury plummets to -40° (where Celsius and Fahrenheit finally agree), most sensible creatures burrow inward. But not in the Yukon. Here, in this land where exhaled breath crystallizes mid-air and exposed skin stings within seconds, I found myself moved to dance Bhangra.
This is the back page of my annual print magazine, The Gurdeep Magazine,— ink on paper, reality crystallized. The first 70 copies have already found their way into the world, carried by postal workers who don't know they're delivering small revolutions. Visit gurdeep.ca/magazine to secure your copy.
December 12, 2025 at 3:32 PM
This is the back page of my annual print magazine, The Gurdeep Magazine,— ink on paper, reality crystallized. The first 70 copies have already found their way into the world, carried by postal workers who don't know they're delivering small revolutions. Visit gurdeep.ca/magazine to secure your copy.
Good morning, folks! It's -40 C and F in the Yukon now. How are you doing?
December 11, 2025 at 3:58 PM
Good morning, folks! It's -40 C and F in the Yukon now. How are you doing?
True joy recognizes and acknowledges pain, tears, sadness, and every other emotion that exists within the spectrum of human experience. It is about discovering and finding balance, equilibrium, and a sense of steadiness even in the midst of difficult, trying, and turbulent times.
December 3, 2025 at 5:25 PM
True joy recognizes and acknowledges pain, tears, sadness, and every other emotion that exists within the spectrum of human experience. It is about discovering and finding balance, equilibrium, and a sense of steadiness even in the midst of difficult, trying, and turbulent times.
Curiosity led me to check where the very first order for the print edition of The Gurdeep Magazine came from. It was from Florence, Massachusetts. Thank you, Florence, for being the first city in the world to welcome my magazine. The second order came from Boulder, Colorado.
December 2, 2025 at 5:04 PM
Curiosity led me to check where the very first order for the print edition of The Gurdeep Magazine came from. It was from Florence, Massachusetts. Thank you, Florence, for being the first city in the world to welcome my magazine. The second order came from Boulder, Colorado.
Friends, that moment has arrived. A dream has become reality. A concept has grown into something tangible. Today, the PRINTED copies of The Gurdeep Magazine finally arrived in my hands. To secure your copy, please visit gurdeep.ca/Magazine
November 28, 2025 at 2:04 PM
Friends, that moment has arrived. A dream has become reality. A concept has grown into something tangible. Today, the PRINTED copies of The Gurdeep Magazine finally arrived in my hands. To secure your copy, please visit gurdeep.ca/Magazine
Exciting update: The print edition of The Gurdeep Magazine is being printed at a printing press. They're handing over all the copies to me this Friday. The shipping process to subscribers will start then. Visit Gurdeep.ca/magazine to reserve your copy.
November 26, 2025 at 2:51 PM
Exciting update: The print edition of The Gurdeep Magazine is being printed at a printing press. They're handing over all the copies to me this Friday. The shipping process to subscribers will start then. Visit Gurdeep.ca/magazine to reserve your copy.
Joy is about understanding, recognizing, and deeply internalizing the profound truth that everything in this life—every emotion, every circumstance, every moment of pain or pleasure—is inherently temporary, fleeting, and impermanent in nature.
Gurdeep.ca/magazine
Gurdeep.ca/magazine
November 25, 2025 at 1:08 PM
Joy is about understanding, recognizing, and deeply internalizing the profound truth that everything in this life—every emotion, every circumstance, every moment of pain or pleasure—is inherently temporary, fleeting, and impermanent in nature.
Gurdeep.ca/magazine
Gurdeep.ca/magazine
This world carries darkness in abundance, shadows that stretch long and cold. Joy is the medicine that mends what breaks, the balm that soothes what aches, the light that refuses to be extinguished. Seek joy in each dawn that breaks—let it be your daily practice, your ritual.
Gurdeep.ca/magazine
Gurdeep.ca/magazine
November 22, 2025 at 2:26 PM
This world carries darkness in abundance, shadows that stretch long and cold. Joy is the medicine that mends what breaks, the balm that soothes what aches, the light that refuses to be extinguished. Seek joy in each dawn that breaks—let it be your daily practice, your ritual.
Gurdeep.ca/magazine
Gurdeep.ca/magazine
Today, I've completed another orbit around the sun—arriving back where I started, yet transformed beyond recognition with one more layer of growth.
October 16, 2025 at 3:43 PM
Today, I've completed another orbit around the sun—arriving back where I started, yet transformed beyond recognition with one more layer of growth.
To truly see and appreciate the beauty in the outside world, we must first recognize and nurture our inner beauty. When our inner world lacks harmony, we cannot fully experience the joy in our surroundings.
An important message from The Canadian Institute for Health Information (CIHI).
An important message from The Canadian Institute for Health Information (CIHI).
May 23, 2025 at 2:40 PM
To truly see and appreciate the beauty in the outside world, we must first recognize and nurture our inner beauty. When our inner world lacks harmony, we cannot fully experience the joy in our surroundings.
An important message from The Canadian Institute for Health Information (CIHI).
An important message from The Canadian Institute for Health Information (CIHI).
Create joy.
Share joy.
Share joy.
May 19, 2025 at 3:17 PM
Create joy.
Share joy.
Share joy.
The World Around Us Feels Beautiful When the World Within Us Is Peaceful
May 5, 2025 at 5:37 PM
The World Around Us Feels Beautiful When the World Within Us Is Peaceful
Plant seeds of joy in your heart's garden, and watch as they blossom into flowers that brighten you and the world.
May 4, 2025 at 3:43 PM
Plant seeds of joy in your heart's garden, and watch as they blossom into flowers that brighten you and the world.
Create joy. Share joy.
May 3, 2025 at 5:04 PM
Create joy. Share joy.
Spring is here. Create joy. Share joy.
April 30, 2025 at 4:32 PM
Spring is here. Create joy. Share joy.
The transformative story of dance and its power to heal and uplift:
April 30, 2025 at 2:43 PM
The transformative story of dance and its power to heal and uplift:
Canada, let’s do it 🍁
April 28, 2025 at 12:24 PM
Canada, let’s do it 🍁
Movement guides our minds through stormy waters of emotion. This dance between body and spirit isn't just about keeping fit - it's about crafting an anchor for our thoughts, a lighthouse that beckons us back from the misty shores of uncertainty.
April 26, 2025 at 6:11 PM
Movement guides our minds through stormy waters of emotion. This dance between body and spirit isn't just about keeping fit - it's about crafting an anchor for our thoughts, a lighthouse that beckons us back from the misty shores of uncertainty.
The responsibility for finding joy lies within each of us. Joy isn't an external commodity we can simply acquire. Rather, it's an internal state that requires cultivation and nurturing. To experience its full bloom, we must actively work to create the right conditions for it to flourish.
April 25, 2025 at 5:58 PM
The responsibility for finding joy lies within each of us. Joy isn't an external commodity we can simply acquire. Rather, it's an internal state that requires cultivation and nurturing. To experience its full bloom, we must actively work to create the right conditions for it to flourish.