Sikhs

Photograph of Bachittar Singh Gill looking towards the camera. Gill is wearing a winter jacket and is sitting on a sofa. There is a stack of chairs behind him.

Audio interview with Ang Singh Sidhu conducted by SB. Ang Singh Sidhu is a Canadian citizen who came to Canada in 1955. His first job was at Mohinder Sawmill in Duncan. He also discusses his immigration status, the various sawmills he was employed at, and the diversity of employees at the sawmills. Sidhu also discusses the food he ate at the cookhouses and working in the boom as a logger in the sawmills. He further discusses his marriage to wife, his children and personal education history.

Transcription of an interview with Ang Singh Sidhu in which he discusses his immigration status, the various sawmills he was employed at, and the diversity of employees at the sawmills. Sidhu also discusses the food he ate at the cookhouses and working in the boom as a logger in the sawmills. He further discusses his marriage to wife, his children and personal education history.

Ang Singh Sidhu discusses his personal background, immigration to Canada, his work in various sawmills in Canada and the food he was given. He also discusses his life after marriage and move to Victoria. Sidhu's wages per hour and length of shifts is also discussed.

Photograph of Ang Singh Sidhu smiling towards camera. The photograph was taken inside a gurdwara langar hall.

Amarjit Singh Heer's narrative discusses his immigration to Canada from Punjab, India. Heer became a Canadian citizen shortly after arriving in Canada and started working in sawmills. He worked in various sawmills in British Columbia including William's Lake, Merritt, Duncan, Nanaimo, Cowichan Bay and in Chemainus. Heer also had a variety of roles in the sawmills such as the green chain position, a plainer shift, a graveyard planer shift, and a foreman. Heer concludes by discussing how during his time in Canada, he commonly faced discrimination and racism from the European White settler community.

Photograph of Amarjit Singh Heer sitting on a sofa. Heer is slightly smiling at the camera.

Photograph of Amarjit Singh Heer waving the chaur sahib above the Guru Granth Sahib in a gurdwara.

Creator: Dusenbery, Verne A

Item is an article titled, "On the Moral Sensitivities of Sikhs in North America" by Verne A. Dusenbery. The articles talks about the difference in the moral sensitivities of "Gora Sikhs" and Punjabi Sikhs (especially Jat Sikhs) and the role of difference on the misapprehensions these communities hold about each other. Specifically, it delves into the importance of the notion of "izzat" (honour) for the Jat Sikhs and subsequently, the unimportance of this moral principle to the Gora Sikhs.

Creator: Dusenbery, Verne A

Public Speech addressed to a sangat (a local Sikh community gathering or congregration) given on 14th April, 1979. The speaker talks about the Sikh marraige ceremony, explaining its significance and the various customs and traditions that are part of a traditional Sikh marraige.