South Asian Canadian businesspeople

Herb Doman, age 15, stands in the front yard of a small house wearing a patterned sweater.

Portrait of Herb Doman wearing a business suit. He stands behind a desk with his hand resting on a piece of paper.

A magazine ad for RoyNat Ltd. featuring Herb Doman. Doman recounts how RoyNat financed expansions to his lumber processing facilities. RoyNat is an investment firm founded in 1962. In 1988 they were acquired by Montreal Trust, which was later acquired by Scotiabank in 1994.

Printed copy of a speech written for Herb Doman and likely intended to be read to his managers concerning competition, employee motivation, managerial strategy, and company growth.

A young Herb Doman stands in front of an M. Singh General Hauling truck parked on a rural roadway. Trees and single-storey houses can be seen behind a fence in the background.

A feature biography of Harbanse "Herb" Singh Doman written in 1988, shortly before the opening of the Doman Industries Log Merchandising Plant in Duke Point, Nanaimo, B.C. This biography recounts Herb's humble beginnings as a truck driver providing for his family following his father's death, the challenges he later faced as President of Doman Industries, and his approach to managing the company and connecting with his employees.

Photograph of Herb Doman. Doman is seen standing in front of a stack of logs. Doman has one foot resting up on one of the logs and he is smiling towards the camera.

Creator: Brar, Gurdev

Video footage from various scenes of South Asian Canadian daily life. Video includes shots of people gathering in parks, South Asian grocery stores and other business, as well as scenes of South Asian owned farms. Gurdev Brar is featured in the footage as he describes the farm he owns and operates.

Image of Mayo Singh (right), Doman Singh (center) and Kapoor Singh Sidhu (left) standing in a forest.

Image of Rajindi Mayo standing on the porch of the Mayo Lumber Co. office.