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The SASI was the lead researching institute and coordinator for a newly published book titled Dying with Dignity which is a detailed history of the first crematorium built in the Fraser Valley (Abbotsford) under the auspices of the Fraser River Community Crematorium Society (FRCCS). Founding board members and local community members, Mr. Manjit Sohi and … Read more

The SASI is pleased to feature Mr. Landon Kaetler, a former student research assistant who has recently been accepted into TRU’s law program. Landon proudly credits his experiences learned during his time at the SASI, and through its Director, Dr. Satwinder Kaur Bains, for his success. Read below about Landon, his research at the SASI, … Read more

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

The SASI was pleased to host the Honourable Minister of Tourism, Arts, Culture and Sport, Melanie Mark at the Sikh Heritage Museum, National Historic Site and Gur Sikh Temple on November 12, 2021. The visit was emotional, powerful and full of hope and promise as Minister Mark, herself the very first Indigenous woman to be … Read more

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

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

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

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

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

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