ABOUT JAS
Jas Cheema, MA, is a respected community leader, educator and advocate whose work is rooted in connection, healing and personal growth. For more than three decades, she has worked across health care, community engagement and culturally responsive programming, supporting individuals and communities through life’s many transitions. Her work spans emotional well-being, healthy ageing, grief and bereavement, intergenerational healing, and building stronger relationships with ourselves and others.
At the heart of her approach is a belief that when we deepen our self-awareness and understand what we carry, we can begin to move beyond limiting beliefs and patterns and live with greater authenticity, compassion and purpose.
Jas is the creator of Healing Through Ancient Teachings, an evidence-informed, culturally sensitive program that demonstrated positive outcomes in supporting the mental health and well-being of older immigrant women.
Using a strengths-based approach, Jas brings together teachings about resilience and spirituality with practical tools for self-awareness and personal growth, presenting them in ways that are relevant to the cultural and lived experiences of participants. The program helps individuals recognize their inner strengths, build resilience and navigate change, loss and life’s challenges with greater awareness and meaning.
Jas believes that within each of us is the capacity to heal, grow and create greater peace and joy in our lives. Her own inner journey has taught her that lasting change begins with connection: learning to quiet the outside noise, listen inwardly and recognize the wisdom and resilience that already exist within us.
She now shares these teachings and practical tools with others, creating spaces where people can reflect, reconnect and move forward with greater awareness and intention.
Whether navigating ageing, grief, relationships or personal transformation, Jas invites people not simply to move through life, but to live it more consciously, meaningfully and truthfully.
“Truth is the highest virtue, but higher still is truthful living.”
Guru Nanak Dev Ji

A legacy of service and family.
Jas with her two children in the room named in honour of the Cheema family at Surrey Memorial Hospital’s Guru Nanak Emergency Services, recognizing her contributions to the new Emergency Centre and her role as the first South Asian woman to serve on the Surrey Memorial Hospital Foundation Board

COMMUNITY LEADERSHIP AND RECOGNITION
Surrey Board of Trade: Business Person of the Year Nominee
BC Library Association Super Trustee Award
Community Leader Award
Fraser Health Above and Beyond Award
YWCA Woman of Distinction Nominee
Woman of the Year
Griffin Award for Contributions through the Art of Writing
Nehru Humanitarian Award
Flare Volunteer of the Year
Soroptomist International Woman of Distinction
Surrey-North Delta Leader of the Year
Queen's Golden Jubilee Medal for Community Service

BOARDS AND COMMITTEES
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Surrey Food Bank, Board Member
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Surrey Hospice Society President/ Volunteer
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Surrey Memorial Hospital Foundation, Board Member
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UBC Centre for Intercultural Education
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Royal Roads University SCC Advisory Board
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Rotary Club of Surrey-Guildford
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Soroptomists International Surrey-Delta
