Recent graduate? Don’t know why you can’t find a job with your spectacular CV and charming disposition? It’s cuz you can’t golf, dummy. Everyone knows that in order to find that cushy corporate job, you need to know how to golf. PISK is now offering a transitory course for its members into the world of [...]
Just a super quick note that PISK’s high school outreach program, the Iskra Project, has just announced the opening of registration for their upcoming Iskra University Prep Conference, happening at McMaster University in Hamilton on August 11-12, 2012. For senior high school students: Summed up quickly, the conference will give you a chance to meet [...]
The other day, I was sitting at the office, trying to stay awake during a night shift, something which was made all the easier by the fact that somewhere, hidden in a cubicle or strategically placed under a filing cabinet, was a chirping cricket. It was incredibly annoying, and I spent the better part of [...]
Cling to soccer though we Poles might, it’s impossible to ignore that the brilliant years of Grzesiu Lato have long since past. But all is not yet lost when it comes to Polish athletics. In fact, there is a sport that Poland is an absolute killer in, but it gets nowhere near the attention that soccer does. Volleyball. This is [...]
Look through them to find your smiling faces: Album 1 & Album 2. I didn’t have time to add little captions in the second album. Just imagine little text bubbles in there for me. It’ll be a good exercise in creativity.
6:00 AM: a great time for an Iskra update, as we prepare to give another Polish High School presentation on the value of staying active in Polonia throughout one’s university years. This time we’re hitting up Scarborough’s Cardinal Newman school, aiming to be there in just a few short hours. Man, it’s going to be [...]
Arguably no one would contest a claim that our lifestyles and diets dictate our physical health. Though many would also argue that genetics play a major role in our well-being. So would there be a physical difference between individuals of Polish heritage living in Canada and those living in Poland? If so, which country is [...]
For those of you who live in or close to Mississauga, ON, Fregata is a familiar name. It’s definitely the most successful Polish nightclub in the Toronto area. And many clubs have tried their best: Atrium, Viva, Corona, Cascada – they all seem to disappear sooner or later. But Fregata is still here. The reason [...]
Ever since starting the Gzowski Club with Tomek, and then developing a secret hand signal that got us extra chicken on our Timmy’s wraps with Romek, I just can’t get enough of these guys. Here’s why: Hope to see many of you Pisklęta at tonight’s game!
Join us as we celebrate the 60th anniversary of the Polish Students’ Association at U of T and raise funds for the Council for the Support of Polish Studies at the University of Toronto. The evening will consist of a concert celebrating 60 years of Polish student culture at Canada’s largest university. Doors open at [...]
