The West Coast Sikh Youth Alliance (WCSYA) is a not-for-profit youth organized society built to increase awareness and understanding of the Sikh faith, and increase tolerance and knowledge among young people.

WCSYA holds yearly camps in quiet wilderness settings, for young people aged 10 to 25, in which the lifestyle of a Sikh is not only taught, but practised for a one-week time period. In addition, the WCSYA publishes an annual resource book / magazine (coming soon), which features information and opinions on issues that concern Sikh youth. The WCSYA was incorporated under the BC Societies Act in November, 1994.

The WCSYA Directors are those who take on the responsibility of organizing, coordinating, and planning each year's camp, and arranging for funding and other important necessities. These young people have volunteered with WCSYA extensively in the past, and have helped it flourish into the largest non-profit Sikh youth group in British Columbia, Canada. Please feel free to e-mail them at wcsya.info@gmail.com with your comments, questions and suggestions.

WCSYA could not have been such a success without the hardwork, dedication and commitment of the founders, volunteers and past directors.

Every year, counsellors and campers come to the West Coast Sikh Youth Alliance summer camp unaware of the friendships and life changes that will develop from here. Within the first two days of camp, every camper and counsellor will have new friends, new knowledge and a new appreciation for the Sikh faith.

Counsellors work throughout the camp, cleaning, teaching, answering questions and being virtual super-people, so that the campers can enjoy themselves and have a valuable learning experience. The WCSYA staff try to keep track of all campers and counsellors at every years camp, so that they may be contacted for future events and news.

West Coast Sikh Youth Alliance hopes to actively participate in the local BC community in order to improve the way of life of youth and their families. Our members are actively involved in organizations such as UBC Sikh Students Association, SFU Sikh Students Association, VIRSA Sikh Alliance against Youth Violence, Guru Nanak Academy, and many other sangats and groups throughout BC.

Furthermore, we hope to expand eventually throughout Canada and USA in order to better serve the needs of the sangat. We request and encourage the sangat to support our endeavours by generously donating to WCSYA so that we can strengthen our community service.

If you need assistance for organizing your local event or family keertan or if you need any type of seva please contact us at wcsya.info@gmail.com with detailed information about your event (within BC please) and we will do our best to help.

Hopefully you are enjoying our new website. The website is developed by volunteers of WCSYA and, as servants of the Guru, we humbly ask your apologies for any mistakes on our part in the development of this site. Please give us your feedback and suggestions so that we can better serve our youth, by contacting us at wcsya.info@gmail.com. We hope that this website proves a valuable resource for you and all of the young people in your community.

This website is operated by the West Coast Sikh Youth Alliance, (WCSYA). We recognize that many visitors to our site are concerned about the information they provide to us, and how we treat that information. Our goal at WCSYA is to provide a fun informative service for parents and children. Please read on to learn about our Privacy Policy.

Any personal information collected by WCSYA on any of its sites will be kept strictly in-house. WCSYA will not sell or provide this information to third parties.

WCSYA.com uses 'cookie' technology as a means of enabling functionality, but not for gathering data on users.

Kids - If you are 18 years of age or younger, please be sure to ask your parents for permission before providing any information to us.

Parents - We hope that you and your kids enjoy our web site. In communicating directly with minors over the Internet, we recognize the unique issues raised regarding the protection of your kid's privacy. The Children's Advertising Review Unit (CARU), a section of The Better Business Bureau, has issued guidelines for web sites gathering information from minors. WCSYA intends to comply with the CARU guidelines in order to protect your kids and their privacy. We recommend, however, that you caution your children on the importance of scrutinizing sources and checking with you before revealing any personal information.

We encourage you to share your comments and questions with us. We promise to read all the mail you send to us, but we may not be able to respond to all of it. However, please note that we assume no responsibility for reviewing unsolicited ideas for our business (like product or advertising ideas) and will not incur any liability as a result of any similarities between your ideas and future WCSYA products or programs. This means that we have no obligation to treat your idea submissions confidentially and that we can use them without paying you for them. Any and all idea submissions will be owned by WCSYA exclusively and may be used by WCSYA for any purpose, now or in the future.

WCSYA's site may contain 'links' to other sites. We make every effort to only link to sites that share our high standards of decency, fairness, and integrity. We try our best to ensure that these links are safe for kids and appropriate for our users in general. However, since we cannot guarantee the content of every site to which we are linked, kids should always check with an adult before linking to any new sites.

Please remember that the trademarks, service marks, graphics, text, and other properties appearing within this web site are the property of WCSYA. Research information provided for downloading by visitors to our site may be used for personal or non-commercial use only. Otherwise, properties may not be copied, reproduced, republished, uploaded, posted, transmitted or distributed without the prior written consent of WCSYA. Except as expressly provided above, nothing contained herein shall be construed as conferring any license or right under any copyright or other intellectual property right.

If you have any questions or comments, we will be happy to hear them.