MEDIA

Unearthing forgotten histories: The hidden legacy of South Asian workers at Fraser Mills

by ufv.ca

"The story of Fraser Mills is one of successful settlement, where pioneers created a bustling industrial hub. However, a closer look shows a crucial piece of the story is missing — one that’s being properly written thanks to a partnership between the City of Coquitlam Archives and UFV’s South Asian Studies Institute....."

Fraser Mills Logbook Illuminates South Asian Millworkers

by coquitlam.ca

"Occasionally, at the City of Coquitlam Archives, we get to collaborate with Archives with different mandates than our own. These are welcome opportunities to see how other archives, situated in different environments, operate. This web exhibit will discuss a recenb collaboration with The South Asian Canadian Digital Archive (SACDA). ...."

Names of early South Asian workers at Fraser Mills revealed

by Janis Cleugh

"Coquitlam Archives partnered with the South Asian Canadian Digital Archive to make public the names of Fraser Mills workers of South Asian descent who were injured onsite between 1909 and 1923....."

Union Zindabad! South Asian Canadian Labour History in British Columbia

by Neilesh Bose

"Reviewed by Neilesh Bose: A book accompanying the exhibit of the same title (Union Zindabad!), Union Zindabad traces South Asian labor history in Canada through a variety of lenses....."

Review: South Asian Canadian Digital Archive

by Luis Meneses

"A review of South Asian Canadian Digital Archive, a project exploring the South Asian diaspora in Canada, led by the South Asian Studies Institute at the University of the Fraser Valley...."

Wikimedia GLAM Newsletter (December 2023)

by Wikimedia

"Wikidata and SACDA Thesaurus and Authorities: A Case Study by Thamilini Jothilingam presented at the WikiConference North America is featured on the Wikimedia Glam Newsletter (December 2023). ...."

South Asian Canadian Digital Archive

by Pop! Public. Open. Participatory

"Systems of knowledge and the mediums of knowledge production have been and continue to be informed and imposed by western modes of thinking and learning. Decolonial scholarship refers to this intrinsic structure as “coloniality of knowledge” (Tlostanova and Mignolo 2020)....."

An Indo-Canadian BC Labour Icon Is Finally Getting His Due

by Zak Vescera

"Darshan Singh Canadian's dazzling, forgotten decade in BC transformed its politics forever....."

New Paldi museum celebrates Punjabi Sikh history

by Michael John Lo

"The first museum on Vancouver Island dedicated to Punjabi Sikh history is now open. The Paldi Historical Museum, which recently opened in one of the rooms of the Paldi Sikh Temple located west of Duncan at 23 Paldi Rd., explores the history of Paldi, an historic migrant mill town founded in 1916. The town’s story was the subject of the latest Heritage Minute production....."

Connecting the Dots: Building Support for GLAM Partners in Digital Repository Networks

by Dr. Satwinder Kaur Bains, Laura Moberg, Thamilini Jothilingam, and Sunni Nishimura

"The South Asian Canadian Digital Archive (SACDA), an initiative of the South Asian Studies Institute at the University of the Fraser Valley, is a pan-Canadian digital archive that documents the history and heritage of the South Asian diaspora in Canada. SACDA partners with memory institutions, individuals, families, and organizations to digitize, describe, and provide online public access to heritage materials created by, or relevant to, the South Asian Canadian diaspora. With extensive community engagement and a focus on social histories, with collaborative tools as praxis, SACDA seeks to transform existing knowledge infrastructures and foster knowledge diversity and equity. Thus, knowledge, from creation to sharing, becomes a community-driven project that informs, and is informed by, the collective histories....."

Paldi Heritage Minute - First of its Kind!

by SASI

"To celebrate Sikh Heritage Month (2023), Historica Canada released a new Heritage Minute about the historic mill town of Paldi, BC. It is the first Heritage Minute to highlight a South Asian Canadian story as well as the first to be released in Punjabi (in addition to English and French)....."

SACDA wins 2nd Runner Up in the Digital Humanities Awards 2022

by SASI

"The South Asian Canadian Digital Archive (SACDA) won the 2nd Runner Up at the Digital Humanities (DH) Awards 2022 under the Best DH Dataset category....."

South Asian Farmworkers Rising

by Our Times

"A partnership between the South Asian Studies Institute (University of the Fraser Valley) and the BC Labour Heritage Centre led to the groundbreaking Union Zindabad! South Asian Canadian Labour History in British Columbia. The book explores the stories of South Asian workers in BC over a period of more than 100 years, including the pivotal work of the Canadian Farmworkers Union (CFU). All archival materials from the book along with more resources can be found in the South Asian Canadian digital Archive, at sacda.ca. ...."

The Wilmer Gold Photo Collection: Diversity, Labour Activism, and Community in the Cowichan Valley

by Henry John, Kaatza Station Museum and Archives

"Gold's photos, and other items from the I.W.A. Archive, have been used in a wonderful recent project by the BC Labour Heritage and the University Fraser Valley South Asian Studies Institute. Union Zindabad!, which was released as both a book and a virtual exhibit, charts the key role played by South Asian folks in the British Columbian labour movement. The Kaatza Historical Society is excited to soon have our own section on the South Asian Canadian Digital Archive, as part of our new partnership with UFV SASI....."

SASI Director Featured in NFB Film 'Unarchived'

by SASI

"SASI Director, Dr. Satwinder Kaur Bains is amongst several scholars, historians, archivists and activists featured in a new National Film Board (NFB) film called 'Unarchived.' The world premiere of the film took place at this year's (2022) Vancouver International Film Festival (VIFF)....."

Working People Built This Archive: The IWA Archive and Woodworker History

by Henry John, Kaatza Station Museum and Archives

"The organically expansive nature of the iwa Archive means that since the archive hosted the South Asian Labour History Project, fresh acquisitions have shone new light on the topic. Correspondence files from the 1940s - recently discovered by John Mountain in the basement of the United Steelworkers Local 1937 office in Duncan, BC - have revealed a previously unknown South Asian organizer operating in Port Alberni, who even published his own union newsletter in Punjabi....."

Not just immigrants

by Aadya Arora

"Since the beginning of the twentieth century when South Asians first arrived in British Columbia, their population has grown to over three hundred thousand. However, until recently, there was not much done to preserve the community’s history....."

Preserving a community's origin stories

by Joti Grewal

"A first-of-its-kind project is working to document the history of South Asian settlers in BC and the contributions they've made to their communities. The origin stories of Abbotsford's historic Gur Sikh Gurdwara and BC's other South Asian places of worship aren't documented. Local scholars want to change that....."

University of Fraser Valley launches new initiatives to showcase South Asian Canadian contributions to British Columbia

by Team Link

"Propelled by a $1.14 million grant from the province of British Columbia and with support from the abbotsford community foundation, the project is part of the government's response to community consultations on racism and hate conducted in 2019....."

New initiative launched to showcase South Asian Canadian contributions to BC

by Daniel Chai

"The UFV South Asian Studies Institute has also created the South Asian Canadian Digital Archive (SACDA). Thousands of photos, documents, and videos from privately held collections have been digitized to help people discover the South Asian Canadian diaspora....."

UFV project brings awareness to South Asian history and contributions

by Abbotsford News Staff

"The UFV South Asian Studies Institute has methodically digitized thousands of photos, documents, and videos from privately held collections to create the South Asian Canadian Digital Archive (sacda.ca). The legacy project also includes a physical travelling exhibit that will visit all regions of B.C. over the next four years....."

UFV Launches New Initiatives to Showcase South Asian Canadian Contributions to BC

by Drishti News

"Launched today by the South Asian Studies Institute at the University of the Fraser Valley, the South asian Canadian Legacy Project Aims to raise awareness and knowledge of the valuable contributions of South Asian Canadians to British Columbia's diverse cultures, history, heritage, economy, and society....."

UFV Anit-Racism Initiatives to Showcase South Asian Canadian Contributions to British Columbia

by Dan Kinvig

"The South Asian Canadian Legacy Project, launched by the university of the Fraser Valley South Asian Studies Institute, aims to raise awarness and knowledge of the valuable contributions of South Asian Canadians ot British Columbia's diverse cultures, history, heritage, economy, and socity....."

UFV Launches South Asian Canadian Legacy Project To Showcase Community's Contributions To BC

by R. Paul Dhillon

"Rich archives that tell the stories of South Asian migration and contributions to Canada have found a new life as part of the Legacy Project. The UFV South Asian Studies Institute has methodically digitized thousands of photos, documents, and videos from privately held collections to create the South Asian Canadian Digital Archive (SACDA). Find it at: www.sacda.ca....."

UFV Launches New Initiatives to Showcase South Asian Canadian Contributions to BC

by The Indo Canadian Voice

"\"It encourages us to learn from the past and take bold steps towards a brighter future. I encourage all British Columbians to explore this project.\" said Premier John Horgan. The initiative includes Saffron Threads - a new learning resource for BC K-12 teachers exploring South Asian Canadian history, culture, and heritage....."

South Asian Canadian Legacy Project

by Global News

"Raising awareness and knowledge of the valuable contributions of South Asian Canadians to British Columbia's diverse cultures, history, heritage, politics, economy and society....."

South Asian Canadian Legacy Project

by Omni TV Punjabi

"People from the South Asian community have been coming to Canada for more than 100 years, and over a century the community has made its contributions to Canadian society. But until now the South Asian pioneers when the struggle was not taught to the next generation. But now University of Fraser Valley, with the help of the BC government, the contribution of the South Asian community to Canadian history will be made part of student education from kindergarten to 12th grade....."

UFV Launches New Initiatives to Showcase South Asian Canadian Contributions to BC

by Anne Russell

"Six new resources aimed at reducing racism through education are now available across British Columbia. Launched by the South Asian Studies Institute at the University of the Fraser Valley, the South Asian Canadian Legacy Project aims to raise awareness and knowledge of the valuable contributions of South Asian Canadians to British Columbia's diverse cultures, history, heritage, economy, and society....."

The history of B.C.'s South Asian communities, only partially preserved in archives, is slipping away

by Shawn Cornner

"April is Sikh Heritage Month in Canada. To recognize this and celebrate the history of the local South Asian commuity, the City of Surrey/Surrey Archives is hosting a free virtual talk by Dr. Satwinder Bains....."