South Asian Studies Institute

The SASI was pleased to have two students this Fall semester, one a PhD student as part of the QES Scholarship Exchange Program and the other, a UFV Communications Practicum student. Read below about some of their experiences and work: Simarjeet Singh Simarjeet Singh arrived to Abbotsford on September 27th as part of UFV’s exchange […]

The SASI is pleased to announce that its Director, Dr. Satwinder Kaur Bains was honoured with the ‘Lifetime Achievement Award’ at the 2019 Drishti Awards Night. The lifetime achievement award is given to a positive community activist with exceptional dedication, professionalism and serving a vital contribution to their community. The awardee also needs to have, […]

The SASI was pleased to host a lecture by its newest Faculty Associate, Dr. Adrienne Fast, curator of visual of art and visual culture on November 5, 2019. Dr. Fast’s talk, titled ‘Hungry Bengal’ looked at the ways in which art and artists were affected by the 1943 Bengal famine. The presentation questioned what art […]

The SASI was pleased to partner with UFV Alumni and UFV International on September 17th for an international student welcome and reception. The networking and mentorship forum featured five successful alumni who were once international students at UFV. Each student read out a letter to their 18 year old self highlighting their struggles and successes. […]

The SASI, in partnership with the Consulate General of India, Vancouver hosted Dr. Hardev Virk at the Sikh Heritage Museum, National Historic Site Gur Sikh Temple on September 10, 2019. The talk, titled “Guru Nanak- a Universal Prophet Without Borders” looked at the science behind Guru Nanak’s philosophy and teachings along with various stories and […]

SASI Director, Dr. Satwinder Kaur Bains co-edited the newly published monograph from UBC Press titled Unmooring the Komagata Maru: Charting Colonial Trajectories. The book was co-edited by Dr. Rita Dhamoon (UVic), Dr. Davina Bhandar (Athabasca) and Dr. Renisa Mawani (UBC). Satwinder’s chapter, titled “The Resistance of Indian Migrants: Facing Lies, Deception, and Racism” is included […]

The South Asian Studies Institute hosted a tea with special guest Dr. B.S. Ghuman, Vice-Chancellor of Punjabi University, Patiala and his partner Dr. Dhian Kaur, Associate Professor in the Department of Geography at Panjab University in Chandigarh. The SASI has a long standing relationship with Dr. Ghuman who helped initiate our presence in the region […]

The SASI in partnership with UFV’s Advancement team and tournament founders Dr. Malwinder Dhami and Dr. Amarjit Bajwa are pleased to announce that the second annual Building Bridges Golf Day was a great success. The days’ golf participants as well as sponsors for the day each supported SASI’s Research Fellowship Endowment, funding scholarly research aimed […]

The SASI has been busy this Summer with three interns from our Indian University partners who have been working on diverse and interesting research projects under the guidance and supervision of SASI Director Dr. Satwinder Kaur Bains:   Ajaypal Kaur, who is pursuing her M. Phil. from the Department of Economics at the Punjabi University, […]

The SASI was pleased that Research Assistant, Shan Dhaliwal was awarded the 2019 Undergraduate Research Excellence Award. Since January 2019, Shan has been working as a research assistant and social media analyst for the South Asian Studies Institute curated exhibit titled ‘We Are Hockey.’ The exhibit interrogates the experiences of peoples of colour in the […]