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Board Member Profile - Prem Kalia

9/1/2014

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Portrait of Board Member Prem Kalia
Prem Kalia is current the Past-Chair on the Board of Directors and has served as a Chair of the Gandhi foundation for more than 10 years.

Prem came in touch with Gandhian Ahimsa when he was in high school. He remembers selling Gandhi badges on Khaddar cloth with insignia of spinning wheel to raise funds for the student’s branch of Indian National Congress. He was appointed as a treasurer of the student congress when he was in grade 9.

Prem was a high school teacher for 33 years in St. Paul, Alberta and a tutor for Athabasca University in its early years. He also taught in a refugee school in India for six years before immigrating to Canada.

In 1986, he was elected as the provincial President of multicultural education council of the Alberta Teachers' Association (ATA). Prem focused on finding similarities between people, rather than differences. He published articles on universalism in a multicultural context, mystical universalism in ATA journals as well as the Moral and Religious Education Council. In St. Paul, Prem was the director and President of Mother Teresa Habitat Institute and Barbara Ward Learners’ Centre. He and his committee raised one million dollars for the Leper’s colony in Calcutta. Subsequently, Mother Teresa came to St. Paul to thank the generosity of its people.

Prem is interested in the “Universal” Gandhi who espoused Ahimsa, justice for the underprivileged, protecting rights of minorities everywhere, socio-economic equality, freedom from oppression and authentic interfaith dialogues. Brotherhood of humanity is truly the heart of Gandhian philosophy which can lay the foundation for world peace. Prem is convinced that genuine change occurs in society when we transform our own consciousness.

After retirement in 1994, Prem taught a number of alternative courses on spirituality and meditation at the University of Alberta, Extension and Metro Community College. He was invited to the University of Colorado and Griffith University, Australia to speak about Gandhian philosophy. Currently, Prem addresses student conferences and the Gandhian Institute at the University of Alberta.

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  • HOME
  • OUR HISTORY
  • OUR TEAM
  • EVENTS
    • 2025 Annual General Meeting
  • Annual Celebrations
    • SEASON FOR NONVIOLENCE >
      • Ideas for Educators
      • Week 1 Themes >
        • Day 1 - January 31 - Courage
        • Day 2 - February 1 - Smiling
        • Day 3 - February 2 - Appreciation
        • Day 4 - February 3 - Caring
        • Day 5 - February 4 - Believing
        • Day 6 - February 5 - Simplicity
        • Day 7 - February 6 - Education
      • Week 2 Themes >
        • Day 8 - February 7 - Healing
        • Day 9 - February 8 - Dreaming
        • Day 10 - February 9 - Faith
        • Day 11 - February 10 - Contemplation
        • Day 12 - February 11 - Groundedness
        • Day 13 - February 12 - Creativity
        • Day 14 - February 13 - Humility
      • Week 3 Themes >
        • Day 15 - February 14 - Reverence
        • Day 16 - February 15 - Gratitude
        • Day 17 - February 16 - Integrity
        • Day 18 - February 17 - Freedom
        • Day 19 - February 18 - Acceptance
        • Day 20 - February 19 - Self-Forgiveness
        • Day 21 - February 20 - Inspiration
      • Week 4 Themes >
        • Day 22 - February 21 - Mission
        • Day 23 - February 22- Prayer
        • Day 24 - February 23 - Harmony
        • Day 25 - February 24 - Friendliness
        • Day 26 - February 25 - Respect
        • Day 27 - February 26 - Generosity
        • Day 28 - February 27 - Listening
      • Week 5 Themes >
        • Day 29 - February 28 - Forgiveness
        • Leap Year - February 29th
        • Day 30 - March 1 - Amends
        • Day 31 - March 2 - Praising
        • Day 32 - March 3 - Patience
        • Day 33 - March 4 - Acknowledgement
        • Day 34 - March 5 - Love
        • Day 35 - March 6 - Understanding
      • Week 6 Themes >
        • Day 36 - March 7 - Mindfulness
        • Day 37 - March 8 - Graciousness
        • Day 38 - March 9 - Kindness
        • Day 39 - March 10 - Dialogue
        • Day 40 - March 11 - Unity
        • Day 41 - March 12 - Openness
        • Day 42 - March 13 - Accountability
      • Week 7 Themes >
        • Day 43 - March 14 - Uniqueness
        • Day 44 - March 15 - Cooperation
        • Day 45 - March 16 - Mastery
        • Day 46 - March 17 - Compassion
        • Day 47 - March 18 - Disarmament
        • Day 48 - March 19 - Ecology
        • Day 49 - March 20 - Honour
      • Week 8 Themes >
        • Day 50 - March 21 - Choice
        • Day 51 - March 22 - Advocacy
        • Day 52 - March 23 - Equality
        • Day 53 - March 23 - Action
        • Day 54 - March 25 - Giving
        • Day 55 - March 26 - Responsibility
        • Day 56 - March 27 - Self-Sufficiency
      • Week 9 Themes >
        • Day 57 - March 28 - Service
        • Day 58 - March 29 - Citizenship
        • Day 59 - March 30 - Intervention
        • Day 60 - March 31 - Witnessing
        • Day 61 - April 1 - Peace
        • Day 62 - April 2 - Commitment
        • Day 63 - April 3 - Release
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        • Day 64 - April 4 - Celebration
        • April 4th - In Closing
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