Item
Identifier:
2022_07_016
Repository
Repository Web Site
https://www.thereach.ca/
Repository Identifier
C.I.P. 16
Date
January 6 1994;Date(s) of creation
Extent
1 digital videos [2 hours, 2 minutes, 54 seconds]
Format
moving image
Description
Interview with Indar Singh Gill about his experiences moving to Canada. Indar Singh Gill's uncle was already a resident in Canada therefore, he helped Indar Singh with the government documentation. Eventually, with his uncle's guidance, Indar immigrated to Canada in the year 1930, when he was only 17 years old. Gill's uncle used to feed them even though he did not have a job. Indar Singh used to stay at Mayo Lumbers. He was then sent to Kamloops to pick tomatoes for three months, $54 was his wage. In 1932, he started to work at Kapoor Lumber Company. Indar Singh took over the lumber mill after the previous lumber owner retired. At one point in the interview, Indar Singh speaks about the Pearl Harbor attack in 1941, and talks about the forced removal of Japanese Canadians. This is a full-length interview recorded on January 6th, 1994.
Language
English
Subject Headings - SACDA
South Asian Canadian men sawmill workers
Subject Headings - Library of Congress
World War, 1939-1945 [http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85148273];Japanese--Canada--Forced removal and internment, 1942-1945 [http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85069595]