Navigating faith on the road

在信仰之路上导航

The Documentary Podcast

2025-11-21

26 分钟
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Canada is home to thousands of Sikh truck drivers, crossing North America in cabs that double as kitchens, bedrooms and places to pray. In a single week, some will see more of the continent than most people will in a lifetime, from major cities to mountain ranges and endless miles of road. But the road can be a hard place to practise faith built on family, community, and a vegetarian diet. Journeys can be long, food options limited, and drivers say discrimination is rising. Yet many choose to respond with acts of kindness, carrying their faith with them. Megan Lawton travels to Ontario to join Sikh truckers on the road. She stops at a local Gurdwara, where drivers reconnect with community, and come together to instill the values of their faith in their children.
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  • For a year, it becomes like 120,000 something like that.

  • It's too much here.

  • Sukpal Singh sits behind the steering wheel of his truck,

  • about an hour from Toronto on Canada's east coast.

  • Here, there are more than a million trucks,

  • just like his, criss-crossing the country's roads each day.

  • It can be a tough job, long hours alone, weeks on the road and little time at home.

  • And more and more, these jobs are being done by Sikh truck drivers, including Sukpal.

  • Especially whenever I go to some remote areas quite far from the cities,

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