South Asian Studies Institute
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
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
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
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
The year 2014 is a significant year for the South Asian community in Canada and British Columbia as well as to all Canadians as it marks the Centennial year of the Komagata Maru episode of 1914. On May 23, 1914, a ship from Hong Kong carrying 376 passengers, mostly from Punjab, British India arrived in … Read more
Jagat Singh Uppal, or “Jack” is an example of an individual who came from humble beginnings, and found great success in British Columbia through hard work and dedication. Although Jack Uppal himself was only one year old when he first emigrated to Canada, his family has imbedded pioneer histories in British Columbia as Jack Uppal’s … Read more
Honourable Amrik Virk, the Minister of Advanced Education for the Province of British Columbia visited the Centre for Indo-Canadian Studies on his final stop during an all-day tour of the Agriculture Centre of Excellence currently under construction in the Chilliwack, UFV campus. “We are planting the seeds of success for students who want to reap … Read more
UFV President Mark Evered, Vice Provost and Associate VP Academic Peter Geller and Centre for Indo-Canadian Studies director Satwinder Bains, visited India to meet with students, faculty, and administration connected to UFV’s Bachelor of Business Administration program in Chandigarh. Team Peary (George and Sylvia), were also teaching business courses there as UFV business faculty (see photos here). Their itinerary included attending an annual awards … Read more
The Centre for Indo-Canadian Studies was pleased to host the official launch of its first published book A Soldier Remembers based on the memoirs of Lieutenant Colonel Pritam Singh Jauhal. The book was co-authored by Pritam Singh Jauhal, the veteran at the centre of the story, and Sharanjit Kaur Sandhra, coordinator of the CICS at UFV. … Read more
The Centre for Indo-Canadian Studies was pleased to host its annual Ehsaas South Asian Readers and Writers Festival on Thursday, November 21st. This year’s festival featured four writers: Raminder Sidhu, Hugh Johnston, Lieutenant Colonel Pritam Singh Jauhal and Ashok Bhargava. Raminder began the festival by reading from her debut novel Tears of Mehndi, and was followed by … Read more