Our mission
Promoting the social well-being of the Somali Bantu community in Alberta and supporting successful integration into Canadian society.
Somali Bantu Jareer Weyne Society of Alberta
Sobjar Canada is a non-profit serving the Somali Bantu Jareer/weyne community through education, advocacy, sport and community support.
Promoting the social well-being of the Somali Bantu community in Alberta and supporting successful integration into Canadian society.
Youth programs, community outreach and educational initiatives that help families and young people thrive.
Our community soccer team, now Alberta Provincial silver medallists, using sport to build confidence and belonging.
The tree on our emblem stands for deep roots and a shared future. This is the journey our families carried with them.
For generations our families farmed the fertile Jubba and Shabelle river valleys of southern Somalia, keeping their own languages, music and traditions.
The civil war of the early 1990s forced many Somali Bantu families into refugee camps in Kenya, where they waited years for a safe place to call home.
Families resettled across Canada and built new lives in Edmonton and across Alberta, carrying their culture with them.
The Jareer Weyne Society of Alberta brings us together so our youth grow up proud of where they come from and confident in where they are going.
Sobjar Star FC took silver in Men's Tier 3 at the 2026 Alberta Soccer Outdoor Provincial Championships, with group stage wins over YBG Dons, Bonnyville U23 and Croatia Torcida.
Provincial Silver MedallistsMeetings, meals, celebrations and match days. Real moments from our community in Edmonton.
