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Newspaper article written in Punjabi about the Abbotsford Gur Sikh Temple opening ceremony event.

Newspaper article recounting the University College of the Fraser Valley's reading series final event. The article describes the event which had featured four South Asian authors, Kuldip Gill, Sonnet L'Abbé, Summer Pervez, and Tariq Malik, and had each writer do a reading of their works for the audience. more

Photocopy of a newspaper article about a visit from Afghan MP Malalai Joya to the city of Abbotsford. The article describes Joya's public talk that had taken place at the University College of the Fraser Valley. Joya, an advocate for democracy and critic of the Afghan government, spoke about how international governments needed to condemn the Northern Alliance government and should stop… more

Image from the Punjabi Patrika newspaper of the Gur Sikh Temple in Abbotsford, B.C. detailing the date of the gurdwara's grand opening. more

Newspaper article describing the grand opening of the Gur Sikh Temple in Abbotsford, B.C. as a historic Canadian site. The article further explains the project undertaken by the Centre for Indo-Canadian Studies at the University College of the Fraser Valley, to record, document, and preserve the history of early South Asian settlers in the province of British Columbia, and how the story of the… more

Newspaper written in Punjabi about Afghan M.P. Malalai Joya appealing to the Canadian government to stop sending troops to Afghanistan. The article describes a talk given by Joya at the University College of the Fraser Valley. Joya appealed to the audience to raise awareness and write to their local government leaders about not sending Canadian troops into Afghanistan.

Newspaper article detailing the celebrations during the grand opening of the Gur Sikh Temple in Abbotsford, B.C., as a historic Canadian site. The article also includes photographs from the event.

Invitation for the grand opening of the Gur Sikh Temple in Abbotsford, B.C. held on April 1, 2007. The gurdwara, the oldest surviving one in North America, was also recognized as a historic site of Canada.