Dr. Bains Receives Governor General’s Caring Canadian Award

Dr. Raghbir Bains Receives Governor General’s Caring Canadian Award

Vancouver, BC., Canada

January 26, 2014

 A scintillating legend and history maker community activist Raghbir Singh Bains has been honouredwith the ‘Governor General’s Caring Canadian Award’ in recognition of his long years of selfless service and help offered to the people of Canada and beyond its borders. 

 Governor General’s Caring Canadian Award was first established in 1995 by the Right Honourable Roméo LeBlanc Governor General of Canada  to honour  volunteers  and social activists who give so much to their fellow citizens—the unsung heroes who volunteer their time, their efforts and a great deal of their lives to helping others, and who ask for nothing in return. The award also highlights the fine example set by these volunteers whose compassion and engagements are so much a part of Canadian character to serve the needy, incapacitated, sick and the disadvantaged people.

Recipient of the award, Raghbir Singh Bains is an eminent community activist, dedicated environmentalist, reputed philanthropist, encyclopaedist, known museologist, an eminent drug therapist and lifetime crusader against the global menace of drugs and other social evils.

Mr Bains did an extensive research on HIV-AIDS in Tanzania, Uganda and Kenya to curb the menace. For the last so many years, he has continuously been arranging seminars, youth camps and community campaigns to celebrate World AIDS Day for creating awareness about this deadly disease.

He got most of his professional education in Canada and America.  He has volunteered with a number of organizations to stop the increasing pollution in air, water and earth also.

Dr Bains is committed in his crusade against the menace of drugs, domestic violence,female foeticide and flesh trading. He is a long time mover around the world to educate youth and to create awareness about the racial discrimination, bullying and the menace of other social evils.

He is passionate volunteer who creates and distributes free literature to strap and end the socio-cultural evils spreading in the global society.

Dr Bains is a renowned scholar of computer age.  He is founder producer of the 1st of its kind ‘Encyclopaedia of Sikhism’ on Multimedia Technology in the world which was released by the then Prime Minister of Canada in the Parliament House on 11th December, 1996. – A tribute to his outstanding commitment, dedication, untiring and relentless hard work spread over a period of more than 16 years.

Dr Bains is global record holder for setting up five ‘Multimedia Sikh Museums’ in the world where he used robotic and touch screen technology.

He is a major milestone achiever in furthering the cause of multicultural and interfaith harmony. He helps the new immigrants in Canada to settle promptly in the new country of their choice.

Along with support of the community, he has been instrumental in installing Punjabi Street Signs in Punjabi Bazar Surrey-Delta, BC. It was due to his combined efforts that Punjabi-speaking Community Police Station was opened in Delta, BC, to help immigrants.

He has also been counseling incarcerated criminals in prisons voluntarily to rehabilitate them in India and Canada.

He is a long time member of the Surrey-Delta Seniors Society, BC and helps the seniors as and when they need his services including complementary transport etc.

Dr Bains has experience of working on various advisory committees in Canada. He is a known fund raiser for many charities. He is an established writer of various classic books.

He is longtime advisor to Kaar Sewa Khadur Sahib (India) and NES Charitable Trust (Regd). These organizations are engaged in promoting religio-socio-cultural values, sports, education and global environment.

Now almost 78 years of age, Mr Bains has touched the lives of countless people at their darkest moments, offering them comfort and selfless support.

He stands for human liberty, equality and fraternity without any leanings towards caste, colour and creed of an individual. He is an asset not only to the Canadian society but also to the entire human race.

Mr Bains is winner of dozens of local, national and international awards, honours, titles and accolades for doing selfless service to the global people. After winning great honours from various countries, he has now scooped up another Canada’s most venerable award. Mr Bains is on a laurel-winning spree and it looks like there is no stopping for him in doing volunteer service.

Born and brought up in Punjab, Raghbir Singh immigrated to Canada in the year 1990 and has been working to eradicate various social ills in India, Canada and in African countries as well. In giving gratitude for the award, Bains thanked his parents, family, friends, his role models, mentors and the people of multicultural society of Canada for supporting him to work for wellbeing, peace and prosperity of the global society. He further said,“I am humbled and blessed to receive the honour. It’s in my bones to serve humanity. The award will further add to my commitment to serve my co-mate Canadians and global community in future with more zeal”. 

His Excellency the Governor General of Canada sent warmest congratulations and best wishes to Mr Bains for his volunteer commitment to the people of Canada.

Dr. Raghbir Singh Bains

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