Canada--Emigration and immigration
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2020_05_01_07_003.pdf
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Certificate of Registration of Buntt Singh from the Department of Immigration and Colonization, Canada.
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Group photo of Sikh emigrants on arrival in Vancouver, BC.
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Numerical record of South Asian immigration to Canada. Racist immigration restrictions meant women did not begin arriving in significant numbers until the late 1950s. James G. Chadney, "East Indian immigration to Canada by sex: Adult Female", The Sikhs of Vancouver. AMS Press, 1984, 189. Reprinted in Sarjeet Singh, 1991, 138.
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Mugshot of Husain Rahim.
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Photo of South Asian immigrants at CPR Pier, Vancouver.
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Photo of Indian immigrants near the Canadian Pacific Railway (CPR) wharf in Victoria, BC.
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Statistical data of South Asian immigration to Canada between fiscal years 1904-1907. The data shows that incoming immigrants rose from 45 in 1904 to 2,623 in 1907.
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This is the combined interview between Bachan Kaur Alamwala and Kusum Soni, the coordinator for the South Asian Studies Institute at the University of the Fraser Valley. The interview is set in Bachan Kaur's house, with Bachan Kaur sitting in an armchair with a blanket covering her lap. She has a scarf covering her head and is wearing a multi-coloured shirt. The interview was for the 'Where Are the Women' collection with Bachan Kaur giving information about her childhood, marriage, separation from her husband, how she sent letters to her husband, and how she prepared to immigrate to Canada.
2022_05_01_012.pdf
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This is a brief biography of Bachan Kaur from her childhood in Punjab, India, to her marriage and eventual motherhood, and finally, her immigration to Canada. Bachan Kaur first came to Cowichan, where her husband worked at the Honeymoon Bay mill. Later the family went to Abbotsford, where they had a 10-acre farm in 1968. In Abbotsford, Bachan Kaur worked at a cannery and cared for her children. After being in Canada for six years, Bachan Kaur began sponsoring other members of her family.
2021_02_007.pdf
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Certificate of Registration of Indar Singh. Includes a picture of Indar Singh. Route: Emp. Japan.