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From the Mahinder Singh Beadall Collection

April 4, 2019
by South Asian Studies Institute | Published April 24th, 2019 | Zero comments

Legacy

April 4, 2019
The past is never dead. In fact, it is not even the past. —William Faulkner I have often wondered how the past becomes our responsibility. In what ways do we see the legacy of our past as an inheritance to …
by Satwinder Kaur Bains | Published April 24th, 2019 | Zero comments

From the Gurbaksh Singh Dhaliwal Collection

April 4, 2019
by South Asian Studies Institute | Published April 24th, 2019 | Zero comments

Golden’s Walk through History: Our First Nagar Kirtan

May 5, 2019
In 1890 a significant narrative of North American Sikh history began with the foundation of the first known Sikh temple, or gurdwara, nestled in the Rocky Mountains near present-day Golden, British Columbia. This is a piece of history that not …
by Sonia Aujla-Bhullar | Published April 24th, 2019 | Zero comments

Paldi schoolchildren, 1945

April 4, 2019
by South Asian Studies Institute | Published April 24th, 2019 | Zero comments

Inclusion not Exclusion and Othering: The Desire to be Reflected

May 5, 2019
As a child in grade school in South Vancouver, I learned the history of Canada and British Columbia from a Western European perspective. I always felt that I did not belong, and I was othered through most of my grade-school …
by Balbir Gurm | Published April 24th, 2019 | Zero comments

Paldi Gurdwara, 1936

April 4, 2019
by South Asian Studies Institute | Published April 23rd, 2019 | Zero comments

Community Heritage and Museum Practices

May 5, 2019
The Punjabi Canadian Legacy Project (PCLP), developed in partnership with the South Asian Studies Institute at the University of the Fraser Valley, is built upon the idea that communities’ own self-expressions must determine how a collective heritage is presented. That …
by Dr. Tzu-I Chung | Published April 23rd, 2019 | Zero comments

Journeys

May 5, 2019
Long before I came to Canada, I had heard that there was a strong Punjabi diaspora presence here. But my awareness of the subject was extremely limited until I met a Canadian documentary filmmaker in 2013 in my hometown of …
by Ishpreet Singh Anand | Published April 23rd, 2019 | Zero comments

Mayo Lumber Co.

April 4, 2019
by South Asian Studies Institute | Published April 23rd, 2019 | Zero comments
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