News, press, and media coverage of the South Asian Canadian Digital Archive.
The story of Fraser Mills is one of successful settlement, where pioneers created a bustling industrial hub. However, a closer look shows a crucial piece of the story is missing - one that's being properly written thanks to a partnership between the City of Coquitlam Archives and UFV's South Asian Studies Institute.
Read articleOn July 25th, 2024, the South Asian Studies Institute (SASI) received 3 million+ photographs for stewardship and preservation, taken by the legendary BC photojournalist late Mr. Chandra Bodalia. The SASI plans to digitize, preserve, and provide open access to the photographs through its key initiative, South Asian Canadian Digital Archive with the Royal BC Museum (RBCM), and BC Archives.
Read articleCoquitlam Archives partnered with the South Asian Canadian Digital Archive to make public the names of Fraser Mills workers of South Asian descent who were injured onsite between 1909 and 1923.
Read articleIn 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 collective dream and vision that was successfully carried out shortly after.
Read articleA review of South Asian Canadian Digital Archive, a project exploring the South Asian diaspora in Canada, led by the South Asian Studies Institute at the University of the Fraser Valley
Read articleReviewed by Neilesh Bose: A book accompanying the exhibit of the same title (Union Zindabad!), Union Zindabad traces South Asian labor history in Canada through a variety of lenses.
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