South Asian Studies Institute
In the summer of 2017, at the initial gathering organized by the South Asian Studies Institute at the University of the Fraser Valley, a passionate group of scholars and heritage professionals came together to ask the question, What is a South Asian Canadian Digital Archive (SACDA)? The above mapping on the white board was the … Read more
In the spirit of Asian Heritage Month and its 2024 theme, “Preserving the Past, Embracing the Future: Amplifying Asian Canadian Legacy,” the South Asian Canadian Digital Archive (SACDA) team would like to share our archival journey of documenting the Chinese Canadian sawmill workers of Paldi. Paldi, the first intercultural town in Canada, is a small … Read more
The South Asian Canadian Digital Archive (SACDA) won the 2nd Runner Up at the Digital Humanities (DH) Awards 2022 under the Best DH Dataset category. The Digital Humanities Awards are a set of open annual awards run as a DH awareness-raising activity. Since 2012, awardees have been annually nominated and voted for entirely by the … Read more
In April, staff at the South Asian Studies Institute embarked on a trip to Alberta to connect with community members in Calgary and Edmonton and conduct research for current and upcoming projects. We started our trip by attending the Sikh Heritage Month Sikh Military exhibition opening ceremony at the Calgary Military Museums highlighting the contributions … Read more
The South Asian Studies Institute is currently developing a digital archive known as the South Asian Canadian Digital Archive (SACDA). SACDA is intended to provide online access to heritage materials created by, or relevant to, the South Asian diaspora in Canada. Earlier this year, we launched the first phase of the project with 15 collections, … Read more