Scrapbook 03

The Newspaper clipping titled, "DJ Sandu has a mandate: More business for B.C.-India," highlighting the opinion of the selected B.C. Regional Innovation Chair for Canada-India Business and Economic Development, DJ Sandu, on the current business relations between India and Canada and his hopes of enhancing Canada's reach into the Indian market. more

News paper clipping titled, "Malalai Joya: Warrior woman for Human Rights." The article provides details on who Malalai Joya is as an advocate for women and an outspoken critic of the government she was elected to serve. This article provides an overview of Joya's advocacy work and details information on her visit to various universities and speaking events in Canada. 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.

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 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

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.