Misc. records

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.