Item
Identifier:
2022_13_09_008
Repository
Repository Web Site
https://www.ufv.ca/sasi/
Repository Identifier
Sohan Birak Interview
Date
Extent
Audio (31 min., 39 sec.)
Format
sound recording
Description
Interview with Sohan Singh Birak. Sohan Singh Birak came to Canada on May 3rd, 1960. His sister Kashmir Kaur Johal, who had arrived in Canada in 1956, sponsered him. When Sohan first came to Canada, he lived in Lake Cowichan for 6 months, then in 1960, he moved to Abbotsford. Sohan worked in a farm, Marris Growers on Townline Road from 1960-63. Sohan Singh Birak married Bachni Kaur Mander at the Paldi Gurdwara on July 13, 1969. He sponsored her from India before marriage and she arrived in Canada on June 23, 1969. In this interview Sohan Singh describes his experiences moving to Canada and the type of work he did once he arrived.
Location
British Columbia;New Westminster Land District;Fraser Valley Regional District;Abbotsford
Language
Punjabi
Rights Statement
Copyright not evaluated
Subject Headings - SACDA
South Asian Canadian men;Sikh men;South Asian Canadian sawmill workers
Subject Headings - Library of Congress
Sawmills [http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85117790];Emigration and immigration [http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85042782]