South Asian Studies Institute
SASI 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, over the past 25 years or more, … Read more
The UFV Alumni Association in partnership with the BC Alliance for Arts and Culture, the South Asian Studies Institute and the Reach Gallery Museum Abbotsford hosted a panel titled “Exploring Diversity: A Dialogue on Culture, Ethnicity and Identity Through the Arts” on October 22, 2019. Sharing ideas that bring to light both professional and personal … Read more
The SASI supported Surrey Muse Arts Society’s event titled ‘Women Who Named the Unnamed’ on September 28, 2019. The evening’s program was a three-hour stage show recognizing 15 distinguished women from Pakistan, Surrey, and Vancouver, who have each made substantial contributions to the development of communities through literature, art, scholarship, and activism. This included lawyers … Read more
(Please note, this blog post has been taken from UFV Today) The many lives of Mo Dhaliwal — alumni feature by Anne Russell on September 10, 2019 “Why me?”When we asked Mo Dhaliwal to be the subject of a feature in UFV’s Skookum magazine, he was a little hesitant. “I didn’t have a fantastic academic history at UFV. I … Read more
The SASI was pleased to have two students working with us this Fall semester, one a Panjab University PhD student as part of the Queen Elizabeth Scholarship (QES) Exchange Program and the other, a UFV Communications Practicum student. Read below about some of their experiences and work: Simarjeet Singh Simarjeet Singh arrived in Abbotsford on … Read more
The SASI was pleased to host a lecture by its newest Faculty Associate, Dr. Adrienne Fast, curator of visual art and visual culture at the Reach Gallery Museum Abbotsford. On November 5, 2019. Dr. Fast’s talk, titled ‘Hungry Bengal’ looked at the ways in which the artists and their art were affected by the 1943 … Read more
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. … Read more
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 … Read more
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 … Read more
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 … Read more