Bajwa Dhami Building Bridges Community Golf Day, August 24, 2024

SASI’s 5th annual Bajwa Dhami Community Golf Day fundraising event, started off with a (very) rainy start, but the true spirit of the event shone through when our players and sponsors braved the weather, arriving on time and showing their unwavering commitment to our cause, raising funds for the SASI Research Fellowship Endowment. Teams enthusiastically moved … Read more

Canada Multiculturalism Day: From Asian-Canadian Perspective

Living in Canada, one of the sayings you always hear is that we are a very multicultural country. Of course, with so many beautiful cultures interacting within one country, it is easy to see why multiculturalism is one of our prime characteristics.  Multicultural Day in Canada lands annually on June 27. On this day, we … Read more

National Indigenous Peoples Day 

At SASI, we want to take the time to honor and acknowledge Indigenous Peoples Day which takes place annually on June 21. On this day, and everyday, we recognize and celebrate First Nations, Métis, and Inuit language, history, contributions, culture, diversity, and more.  In Abbotsford, the South Asian Studies Institute at the University of Fraser … Read more

A Living Archive: SACDA, 75 collections and more

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

Amplifying Asian Canadian Legacy: Chinese Canadian Sawmill Workers of Paldi

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

Introducing our new Program Coordinator

Welcome to our new SASI Coordinator, Hamad Nazar. All of us the South Asian Studies Institute welcome Hamad Abdullah Nazar as the new Coordinator.  Hamad started work with us on May 14th and we look forward to working with him and for you all to meet him. Born and raised in Rawalpindi, Pakistan, Hamad completed … Read more

SASI’s Research Assistant, Kiara Dabreo presents at UFV’s Student Research Day

On Thursday, March 28th the Research Office at UFV hosted Student Research Day and showcased projects by Research Students from a variety of disciplines. Kiara Dabreo, Research and Cataloguing Assistant at the South Asian Studies Institute was among the student researchers who shared her research and findings. She presented her ongoing research project with the … Read more