SGI Canada Newsletter, No. 142 - Nov 7, 2025

SGI Canada Newsletter

Issue no. 142

November 7, 2025

 

Welcome to the 142^nd issue of the SGI Canada Newsletter, a bi-weekly summary of news, upcoming events and encouragement. If you are not subscribing to the SGI Canada Newsletter, you may do so by clicking on the button below. Subscriptions are free of charge, and the SGI Canada Newsletter will be emailed directly to you.

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Encouragement 

Soka Gakkai President Minoru Harada’s Editorial: “Encouraging and Supporting One Another Toward the Soka Gakkai’s Centennial” 

In his editorial in the November issue of Daibyakurenge, the Soka Gakkai monthly study journal, Soka Gakkai President Minoru Harada writes about inheriting the spiritual legacy of our mentor: 

November 15 marks the second anniversary of President Ikeda’s passing. 

In April 1960, on the night before the memorial service commemorating the second anniversary of his mentor’s death, President Ikeda spoke with heartfelt conviction about the path of a disciple. “Even for those Soka Gakkai members who never had the opportunity to meet President Toda in person, his teachings live on—faithfully preserved in audio recordings, as well as in the pages of the Seikyo Shimbun and the Daibyakurenge. Those who purely and courageously strive to embody his ideals in action are his genuine disciples.” At that time, the Soka Gakkai comprised roughly 1.4 million member households, more than 40 per cent of whom had joined since President Toda’s passing. 

The following month, President Ikeda was inaugurated as the third president. He set forth with these Bodhisattvas of the Earth, determined to usher in a great new era for the Soka Gakkai. 

I wish to reaffirm my determination to inherit the spiritual legacy of the three founding presidents, manifest it with steadfast courage, and pass it on to future generations. With this resolve, I am wholeheartedly committed to spreading President Ikeda’s profound philosophy of human revolution far and wide throughout the world. 

Now, just five years remain until we reach our centennial—the summit toward which our mentor in kosen-rufu so clearly guided us. 

Let us continue to seek our mentor’s teachings with unshakable determination, encourage and support one another alongside our precious fellow members, and together create new and brilliant chapters in the personal history of our human revolution!   

You’ll find the complete editorial in the November issue of New Century. 

 

News 

Quebec Region holds joint Montreal / Quebec meeting 

Overcoming major last-minute obstacles, the members of Quebec Region held a joyful and enthusiastic joint meeting on Sunday, November 2 at the Montreal Culture Centre. This was the first general meeting of members from the Quebec City area together with the Montreal areas since the pandemic. Many of the members had not seen one another in person in over five years. 

The activity was the result of much hard work and planning by leaders in all areas, and including chartering a bus to bring in members from Quebec City. The meeting featured exchanges, culture and food. A total of 198 practitioners participated.

Quebec Region General Meeting, November 2, 2025 (Photo courtesy of Randy Lake)    

SGI Calls for Global Solidarity to Address the Climate Crisis

On November 5, 2025, SGI issued a statement, “Mobilizing Global Solidarity to Meet the Challenges of the Climate Crisis,” in advance of the 30th Conference of the Parties (COP30) to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), taking place from November 10–21, 2025, in Belém, Brazil. It calls for global solidarity to counter the lack of unity in how the world is responding to the climate crisis, and emphasizes the key role to be played by youth. 

The full text of the SGI statement in English can be found here.

 

SGI Canada Online Bookstore Closed in December for Inventory Audit

SGI Canada’s popular Online Bookstore will be closed from December 7 to January 1 for the annual inventory audit. If you are hoping to order books or other items before the end of the year, we encourage you to visit the bookstore as early as possible this month. You can visit the Online Bookstore at: https://sgicanada.myshopify.com/

Thank you for your understanding.

  

Ottawa-Gatineau Cleans the Capital!

Ottawa-Gatineau Youth Division members (and friends) collected garbage and recyclable materials in two local parks in October, as part of the City of Ottawa’s “Cleaning the Capital” campaign. This is the third time that SGI Canada has participated in the bi-annual program.

Ottawa-Gatineau young women and women's group members, October 18, 2025
(Photo credit: Glenn Turner) 

 Ottawa-Gatineau young men and men's group members, October 25, 2025
(Photo credit: Nischay Sokhal) 

Disruptions to Mail Service

As the labour dispute at Canada Post continues, SGI Canada would like to remind you that you will be able to download your 2025 tax receipt from the SGI Canada website, if you choose to receive the paperless version.

Choosing to download the receipt yourself will allow SGI Canada to reduce its use of paper and devote more resources to activities for members. Once you choose to go paperless, you will no longer receive a receipt in the mail from SGI Canada.

In order to go paperless and download the receipt yourself:

• Sign in to your SGI Canada account at https://sgicinfo.org/portal/login. (If you do not have an SGI Canada account yet, please see the instructions below)
• On your personal information page, you will see a section titled Official Tax Receipt
• Click on the button in front of Your current option, and follow the instructions

You can change the way in which you receive your income tax receipt at any time between March 16 and December 30 each year.

Your tax receipt for 2025 will be available online by February 28, 2026.

SGI Canada members now have access to an online portal in which they can create their own personal SGI Canada accounts, subscribe to publications and make secure online donations.

Members can also use their online account to read the English and French-language publications to which they subscribe, and access their tax receipts and personal information.

Have you set up your online account yet?

How to set up your online account:

• Go to the SGI Canada website at sgicanada.org and click on the Online Portal button near the top right corner of your screen.
• Click on I have not created an online account and then Submit
• Fill out the personal information fields and click on Submit
• You will receive an email from accounting@sgicinfo.org . The email will confirm your username and password (which you can change once you log into the site the first time). For assistance with setting up your account, please contact support@sgicinfo.org.
• Once your username and password have been confirmed, you will be able to log into the online portal from the SGI Canada website at any time.

Many SGI Canada members have already registered. We hope you will also take advantage of this convenient method of making online donations, subscribing to SGI Canada publications, and reading them online.

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