Happy Holidays from the SASI

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SASI staff, faculty associates and research students wish you a very happy holiday season and many good wishes for the New Year. The past two years have been filled with great stress and greater resilience, however, we are grateful for the friendships and relationships that continue to sustain us during those hard times. We hope … Read more

SASI Receives Anti-Racism Data Legislation Community Grant

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The SASI has received a $13,000 grant from the Anti Racism Initiatives Engagement Branch of the Province of BC to facilitate a workshop looking at the nature of disaggregated data collection within the University sector. The SASI, working in partnership with UFV’s Race and Antiracism Network (RAN) will be organizing a workshop with invited guests … Read more

Haq and History Exhibit Travels Across School District #34

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This year, the SASI was pleased to travel its original Haq and History exhibit, curated in partnership with the Royal BC Museum, to three schools in Abbotsford’s school district #34. The three schools, Eugene Reimer, Rick Hansen and Abbotsford Traditional Middle School displayed the exhibit panels and engaged in additional learning about the significance of … Read more

SASI Produced Film ‘Solidarity Lives’ Screened at VISAFF – 2021

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The SASI produced film ‘Solidarity Lives,’ a short documentary looking at historic sites of significance across the lower mainland has been selected to screen at this years’ Vancouver International South Asian Film Festival. The film presents a story of four South Asian Canadian Historic Sites: Akali Singh Sikh Temple, Vancouver, Burrard Inlet, Coal Harbour and … Read more

SASI Coordinator in Knowledge Network Series “British Columbia – An Untold History”

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A new five-part Knowledge Network series titled “British Columbia – An Untold History,” launched in October, 2021. The series explores how “Indigenous, Chinese, Japanese, Punjabi, Black, and European stories are woven together (to) present an astute look at the complicated histories that shaped BC as we know it today.” The film series has come just … Read more

SASI Alumni Sheetal Deo Named 2021 Young Distinguished Alumni Award at UFV

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The SASI was pleased to nominate winning recipient Sheetal Deo for UFV’s 2021 Young Distinguished Alumni. Sheetal is a former student volunteer with the South Asian Studies Institute, and former leader with its student organization the South Asian Peer Network Association (SAPNA). Sheetal has had far reaching and meaningful impact in the spaces she navigates … Read more

Caste and South Asian Canadian Youth – The Real Lived Experience

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The SASI is pleased to present a ‘Caste Matters’ blog from guest writer Deepi Dolla. Deepi is a former SASI research assistant and UFV alumni. She graduated with her Master of Arts in Sociology from the University of Saskatchewan with her dissertation titled: “CASTE AND VIEWS TOWARD MARRIAGE AMONG TWO SIKH GENERATIONS IN GREATER VANCOUVER, CANADA.” This blog, as part of the SASI’s commitment to anti-caste work, is available on our website: https://www.southasiancanadianheritage.ca/caste-matters-2/.

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SASI Director Featured in Podcast Series ‘The Conversation’

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SASI Director Dr. Satwinder Kaur Bains is featured as part of the ‘Don’t Call me Resilient‘ podcast series by “The Conversation.” The series, as noted on their website “was produced with a grant for Journalism Innovation from the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada” and “is a provocative new podcast about race…(that) takes … Read more