Jagtar Singh Mann ➔ [Audio interview with Jagtar Singh Mann]
Item
Identifier:
2022_16_19_003
Repository
Repository Web Site
https://www.ufv.ca/sasi/
Repository Identifier
Jagtar Singh Mann
Date
February 9 2015;Date(s) of creation
Extent
Audio (14 min., 37 sec.)
Format
sound recording
Description
Audio interview with Jagtar Singh Mann conducted by SB. Jagtar Singh Mann is a Canadian citizen who came to Canada in 1980. His first job was at Shake and Shingle sawmill in Abbotsford. He also discusses his educational background, life in India, experience working in sawmills in Canada and type of positions he held at the sawmill. Mann also discusses a recent human rights issue he fought for, when he was ordered to remove his turban to work and he refused.
Location
British Columbia;Vancouver Island;Cowichan Land District;Lake Cowichan
Language
English
Rights Statement
In copyright
Subject Headings - SACDA
Sikh men;South Asian Canadian sawmill workers;Prejudices--Religious aspects--Sikhism
Subject Headings - Library of Congress
Sikhs [http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85122444];South Asians [http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85125544];Lumber trade [http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85078814];Sawmill workers [http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85117788];Timber [http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85135386];Turbans [http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85138709];Human rights advocacy [http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh94008953]