Item
Identifier:
2022_07_014
Repository
Repository Web Site
https://www.thereach.ca/
Repository Identifier
C.I.P. 14
Date
June 27 1996;Date(s) of creation
Creator
Extent
1 digital video [1 hour, 5 minutes, 50 seconds]
Format
moving image
Description
Interview with Lucy Tej Gill about her life growing up in Canada. Lucy Tej Gill's father migrated to Canada in 1905 when he was 14. He was sent to Canada by his brother and his wife. In Canada, he was allowed to live with a white couple for a short period. Lucy Tej Gill describes how her father was discriminated against on almost a daily basis. In the 1920s he used to own a car, but in the 1930s he could no longer afford it. He worked in various labour jobs and soon he owned a cattle farm. After getting married in the early 1920s his wife joined him in Canada in 1925. She was one of the first South Asian Canadian women in their neighborhood, but was soon joined by another South Asian Canadian woman from Vancouver who heard about her. Lucy Tej Gill and her siblings used to help at the dairy farm after coming back from Sabers. She and her siblings were the first South Asian Canadians going to school, but found no difficulty in making friends there. It was not until she was in high school that she saw other South Asian Canadians in school. Lucy Tej Gill and her sister used to talk in English to keep secrets, which helped their mother in learning English as well as spelling. Lucy Tej did not speak Punjabi until she got married and had to talk in Punjabi with her in-laws. This is a full length interview which was conducted on June 27, 1996.
Language
English
Subject Headings - SACDA
South Asian Canadian men in the cattle industry;South Asian Canadian women in the cattle industry;South Asian Canadian women--Interviews
Subject Headings - Library of Congress
Canada--Emigration and immigration [http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2007100373]