CategorizedHuman History
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 …
From the Gurbaksh Singh Dhaliwal Collection
April 4, 2019Golden’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 …
Paldi schoolchildren, 1945
April 4, 2019Inclusion 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 …
Paldi Gurdwara, 1936
April 4, 2019Community 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 …
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 …