Newspaper

Item consists of a newspaper article about Nash Gill and Gurdev Singh Brar, who were working towards starting an Abbotsford-based Punjabi Credit Union. They were asking for investors in this business venture.

The Weekender (The Abbotsford News) writes about Indo-Canadian heritage featured at MSA Museum. The articles starts out by describing the story of Sunder Singh. Sunder Singh was interviewed about his immigration to Canada from his village of Daulatpur, Punjab, in 1906. Sunder Singh mentions owning a dairy farm near Whatcom Road in 1942 and his role in the building of the first Gur Sikh Temple in 1911. The article also features the Gill family. The front has a black-and-white photograph of three generations of Gill men: (left to right) Indar Singh Gill, Nash Singh Gill (Indar's son), and Rajnesh Singh Gill (Indar's grandson).

Creator: Baker, Rochelle

Newspaper clipping titled, "Diwali lights up Abbotsford," written by Rochelle Baker who highlights the history of the festival and its significance to the Sikh community, published in The Abbotsford & Mission News on 28th October, 2008.

Creator: Welters, Sarah

Newspaper clipping titled, "Taking the Classroom to India" written by Sarah Welters, published in Cascade News on March 26th, 2009 regarding a University of the Fraser Valley's course that allows students to embark on a one month tour of India to earn credits as a part of a Geography and Field Study India course or Directed Studies.

Newspaper clipping titled, "Interfaith Dialogue at UFV," published in the Pujabi Patrika newspaper in the 6th February, 2009 to 19th February, 2009 issue, highlighting a public event held in the Centre for Indo-Canadian Studies on January, 26 where speakers from five different faiths gathered to have a discussion about the role of faith in promoting peace and harmony in our communities.

UFV Student Life Newsletter clipping titled, "Students are Central" written by Cecelia Dirksen published in January, 2009, that talks about the importance of students in creating a change and the various activities, fundraisers and events organized by the UFV clubs under the Student Life Department.

Newspaper clipping titled, "UFV Business students rank #1 in worldwide business simulation," published in the Punjabi Patrika issue from 5th December, 2008 to 18th December, 2008. The winning UFV students, Sunny Mahajan, Gurinderjeet Kaur and Shefali Joshi were honoured in Chandigarh for securing the first worldwide rank in an online business simulation for their Business Policy class.

Newspaper clipping titled, "Finding Common Grounds" written by Suzanne Kittel highlghting a public event held at University of the Fraser Valley, where people of diverse faiths, including Sikhism, Baha'i, Hinduism, Islam and Christianity, met for a discussion about harmony, peace and humanity.

Creator: Putten, John Van

Newspaper clipping titled, "Indo-Canadian History" written by John Van Putten, published in The Abbotsford News. The article features the showcasing of the Udaari Pioneer Exhibition, at the Centre for lndo-Canadian Studies. The article notes that the exhibit will move to The Reach Gallery Museum from Nov. 27 until Jan. 4 to further highlight the lndo-Canadian history in B.C.

Newspaper clipping of a review of Comedy Night by the South Asian Peer Network Association presenting Sunee Dhaliwal and Ivan Decker held on 27th October, 2008 at Casey's, along with an advertisement of the event and contact information.