India Chapter of CICS at Chandigarh UFV campus

In January 2014, the Centre for Indo-Canadian Studies opened its India Chapter located at the UFV  Campus in Chandigarh. The aim of the CICS India Chapter is to facilitate research, programming as well as student engagement and mentoring similar to what is done in the Canadian CICS Chapter. The coordinator of the CICS India Chapter, … Read more

CICS Supports International Women’s Day and One Billion Rising

Abbotsford’s One Billion Rising event added a powerful voice with the recent inclusion of women’s rights advocate Rumana Monzur. The event, co-presented by the Centre for Indo-Canadian Studies at the University of the Fraser Valley took place at Thunderbird Civic Plaza and The Reach Gallery Museum on International Women’s Day, March 8th, 2014. Monzur made … Read more

CICS Co-Presents ‘HOLI!’ with Student Groups at UFV

The Centre for Indo-Canadian Studies was proud to co-sponsor one of the biggest ‘holi’ events to date at the University of the Fraser Valley. Holi is a spring festival also known as the festival of colours and the festival of love. This year’s holi, which took place on Friday, March 14th, was a student led initiative taken on by … Read more

CICS Student Association SAPNA Presents Ehsaas Film Screening

With the support of the Centre for Indo-Canadian Studies, its student group the South Asian Peer Network Association (SAPNA) was successful in being awarded the Global Citizenship Grant which allowed the students to organize a film screening of the Hindi language film ‘Peepli Live.’  The Global Citizenship Grants (GCG) is designed to support UFV student-led events, … Read more