Misc. records

Dr. Sharon Pollock speaks about writing her play 'The Komagata Maru Incident,' and about female characters in the play and the incident itself. more

Ajmer Rode's sketches for stage layout and lighting for Komagata Maru: A full length play. more

Vancouver Public Library. Accession number 13291; Sikhs in prayer (ardas) prior to the lighting of the funeral pyre at the cremation of Tar Gool Singh at Tod Inlet, April 1907; also appeared in The Canadian Courier (June 15, 1907) with the description as follows, "More than a month ago, there died a Hindoo labourer, employed at the Tod Creek Cement Works , near Victoria, B.C. The body was… more

Vancouver Public Library. Accession number 13292; The cremation after the funeral pyre of Tar Gool Singh was lit at Tod Inlet, April 1907. - Gray, David R. 2020. Deep and sheltered waters: The history of Tod Inlet. Victoria: The Royal BC Museum.

A group of North Pacific Lumber Co. workers at Barnet pose for the camera. Vancouver Public Library. Accession number 7641

Shushma Datt speaks about her work as a broadcaster and her documentary 'Komagata Maru: A Voyage of Shattered Dreams,' as well as the history of the South Asian community in Canada. more

Vancouver Public Library. Accession number 124

Provided by Dr. Kanwal Neel.,ਡਾ: ਕੰਵਲ ਨੀਲ ਵਲੋਂ ਮੁਹੱਈਆ ਕੀਤਾ ਗਿਆ।;ਡਾ: ਕੰਵਲ ਨੀਲ ਵਲੋਂ ਮੁਹੱਈਆ ਕੀਤਾ ਗਿਆ।

Vancouver Public Library. Accession number 6226

University Women's Club donated photo. East Indians building home. Mr. and Mrs.Spilsbury ploughing field with a horse-drawn plough. Vancouver Public Library. Accession number 13045 more

Tejpal Singh Sandhu speaks about his great-grandfather Baba Gurdit Singh, the Komagata Maru and Budge Budge, and India's independence movement. more

Vancouver Public Library. Accession number 6229

Vancouver Public Library. Accession number 134

This excerpt consists of Chapter 5 and related notes from W. Peter Ward's book White Canada Forever: Popular Attitudes and Public Policy Toward Orientals in British Columbia, 3rd edition. more

Vancouver Public Library. Accession number 129

Provided by Dr. Kanwal Neel.

Inscribed 'To all to whom these presents shall come, greeting. Be it known that D. P. Pandia having served The Indo-Canadian Community with distinction and possessing exceptional qualities conducive to the furtherance of the aims and objectives of The Association has been granted by The National Executive Committee Honorary Membership' more

The Komagata Maru Incident is a theatrical impression of an historical event seen through the optique of the stage and the mind of the playwright. It is not a documentary account, although much of it is documented. To encompass these facts, time and place are often compressed, and certain dramatic licence is employed.' (From the Playwright's Introduction.) more

Vancouver Public Library. Accession number 81081

Hugh Johnston's book The Voyage of the Komagata Maru: The Sikh Challenge to Canada's Colour Bar was translated and edited by Ajmer Rode and Daleep Singh Upal. It was published in 1989 by Progressive Indo-Canadian Community Services Society, which has since become Progressive Intercultural Community Services.,ਹਿਉ ਜੌਹਨਸਟਨ ਦੀ ਕਿਤਾਬ "ਦਾ ਵੌਯੇਜ ਆਫ ਦਾ ਕਾਮਾਗਾਟਾ ਮਾਰੂ: ਦਾ ਸਿੱਖ ਚੈਲੇਂਜ ਟੂ… more

Dr. W. Peter Ward speaks about the Komagata Maru incident and more general issues around immigration and discrimination.

Award presented 'In recognition of excellent services to our community for over fifty years and being a pioneer of the Indo-Canadian Community in Canada' more

Award 'Presented by The Hon. W. R. Bennett, Premier, Govt. of British Columbia, on behalf of International Punjabi Society of British Columbia' more

Originally published in the collection No More Watno Dur = Vatano dur nahin, by Sadhu Binning.;ਵਤਨੋ ਦੂਰ ਨਹੀਂ, ਵਲੋਂ ਸਾਧੂ ਸਿੰਘ

Originally published in the collection No More Watno Dur = Vatano dur nahin, by Sadhu Binning.

Provided by Dr. Kanwal Neel.,ਡਾ: ਕੰਵਲ ਨੀਲ ਵਲੋਂ ਮੁਹੱਈਆ ਕੀਤਾ ਗਿਆ।;ਡਾ: ਕੰਵਲ ਨੀਲ ਵਲੋਂ ਮੁਹੱਈਆ ਕੀਤਾ ਗਿਆ।

This is a transcript of Stephen Harper's apology speech made at the Gadri Babian da Mela event, held in Surrey, B.C., on August 3, 2008. Taken from the article "The Apology and its Aftermath: National Atonement or the Management of Minorities?" by Alia Somani. more

This excerpt consists of Chapter 5 and related notes from W. Peter Ward's book White Canada Forever: Popular Attitudes and Public Policy Toward Orientals in British Columbia, 3rd edition. more