Edmonton Goan Association
P.O. Box 68059, 70 Bonnie Doon Mall T6C 4N6 Edmonton, AB, Canada

Here are your 2021-2022 EGA Board Members: President - Calvin Lobo Vice-President/ Webmaster - Melissa Fernandes Treasurer - Anoushka Fernandes Secretary - Elsie Lobo... Publicity Secretary - Glyn Gracias Board Members - Raymond Pinto and Lavina D'Sa Auditors - Norman Viegas & Avril Maina Email: [email protected]

Hello members , Are you as excited as we are to usher in the new year? We want to share with you some virtual New Year Celebrations being hosted by various Goans/Goan communities; there is something for everyone! Read on, and do click on the flyers for more details. We wish you all a very Happy New Year in advance!... 1) 7:00pm to 11:15pm MST on December 31 - G.O.A. Toronto is hosting a virtual NYE celebration. It will begin with Mass livestreamed at 7pm MST (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9NrJV6JB7HQ), followed by 'Ring in NYE' musical performances from 8:30-10:15pm MST (on YouTube, and GOA Toronto Facebook page), followed by Mix and Mingle (10:15pm-11:15pm MST) on Zoom (Contact GOA Toronto for link). 2) 8:30pm to 10:30pm MST on December 31 - From Toronto - Big Foot and Friends presents New Years Eve! Streamed on Facebook Live (https://www.facebook.com/VictorLiveNdj?__cft__[0]=AZX1g5peYHd8cUUTDJJ0BB0MTGodKyUhaipdhmOXRCX9y-CEq0nTvUOOIQsZpr8cTzgoMNtXYVdqyNxYBGS0NgVVUW5ivOYZraYPYf-_gL3ccTzBs-6Q6NJPW8bcJFM3qfc&__tn__=-]K-R) and YouTube Live (https://youtu.be/kZ4Kl7jbhxM). 3) 11:15pm MST on December 31 - Triotone from Goa will be hosting a special musical performance for Edmonton/Calgary Goans to bring in the New Year 2021! Livestream will be from their Facebook page (https://www.facebook.com/Pierre-and-his-Cronies-103996398253476).

Thank you to all for joining us in the Feast of our Patron St. Francis Xavier! A big thank you to Hirote Gracias, Sarita D'Lima and Adelia Barreto-Xavier for the beautiful music and volunteering and to Fr. Francis Mariappa for celebrating this special mass. The mass link for your post viewing pleasure is at https://youtu.be/G4LUGsYN3Lc We wish you all a happy feast, and invite you to post pictures of your home celebrations in the comments below!

A reminder to our members that we will be hosting a special Mass for our patron saint, Saint Francis Xavier, on Saturday, December 5th at 2pm. Be sure to mark your calendars, and save the link for the live stream of the mass! Do share with us pictures of your in-home celebration with your family!

Ignore the cold, stay cosy indoors and brush up on your Konkani.... https://youtu.be/SVvNKRk8vMY

Dear friends, I am sharing with you the ceremony of Salma Lakhani's installation of Lieutenant Governor of Alberta. It's one-hour ceremonies & please listen to ...her speech on how Asians were expelled from Uganda. All Asians were left penniless there is history to be learned for all of us as we also went through the same in Tanzania. This is true in the story of all Asians. This will make all of us stronger & share best practices. The Asian brain drain was a loss to East Africa & gain to the Western countries. See more

Bikes Helmet Masks Sunshine It's going to be a gorgeous evening, see you all in an hour at the EGA family bike ride and walk!

We are very excited to announce our next event! Here's a wonderful opportunity to catch up with other members and enjoy Edmonton's beautiful River Valley at our Family Bike Ride and Walk on Sunday, August 16th! All details about the event as well as safety and social distancing guidelines are available on our website at https://www.edmontongoanassociation.com/events We hope to see you soon!

We have a winner for the What's Goan On contest!! Congratulations to Jeremy Dias for your creative papermaking and bookbinding submission, your name was picked out of the draw! You have won a souvenir tile from Goa (picture in comments). Thank you everyone for your participation and bringing smiles to our faces with your creativity!

Built a 3D Hogwarts Puzzle! ~Tamara Misquita

Submissions for the What's GOAN on contest are posted here! Feel free to tag yourself, enjoy browsing, and supporting your fellow EGA members!

What's Goan On Contest ends tomorrow... get your creative (or not :) ) pictures in, we want to hear from you!!

Hi all, with things opening up, we know things are getting busier! We've extended the deadline for our online contest "What's GOAN on" to June 15, 2020! If you don't know about the contest, head to our website (link in page) for details! We've started adding the contest entries to our Facebook album, enjoy!!