Women--Canada--Biography

Interview with Joginder Singh Bains and Darshan Kaur Bains. The couple speak about their experiences living in Canada. Darshan Kaur describes her experiences growing up in Canada an provides some background history of her family's migration story. Joginder Singh speaks about his experience immigrating to Canada.

Transcription of an interview with Joginder Singh Bains and Darshan Kaur Bains. The couple speak about their experiences living in Canada. Darshan Kaur describes her experiences growing up in Canada an provides some background history of her family's migration story. Joginder Singh speaks about his experience immigrating to Canada.

Narrative of an interview with Joginder Singh Bains and Darshan Kaur Bains. The couple speak about their experiences living in Canada. Darshan Kaur describes her experiences growing up in Canada an provides some background history of her family's migration story. Joginder Singh speaks about his experience immigrating to Canada.

Transcription of an interview with Rattan Kaur Atwal. Rattan Kaur first came to Canada from the village of Langaree Sangha, district Hoshiarpur in 1952 to join her husband Hardial Singh Atwal. Hardial Singh was the first Sikh born in Canada. The couple was married on June 15, 1936. Hardial Singh sponsored his family in 1952, and by that time he was settled on Vancouver island. Rattan Kaur Atwal and her three sons arrived in Vancouver on July 12, 1952. In the interview Rattan Kaur speaks about her experience immigrating to Canada, what it was like living in Paldi, as well as the history of her husband's family.

Narrative of an interview with Rattan Kaur Atwal. Rattan Kaur was married to Hardial Singh Atwal, the first Canadian-born Sikh, in 1936. She first arrived in Canada in 1952 to join her husband. Hardial Singh worked in Mayo Singh's mill, Mayo Lumber in Paldi. In the interview Rattan Kaur speaks about her in-laws, including her father-in-law, Balwant Singh Atwal and mother-in-law, Kartar Kaur.

Jasmer Kaur Alamwala was born in village Nathuwala in Punjab. She married in 1957, to Daljit Singh Alamwala. She first came to Canada in 1959, with the couple's eight month old son soon after her husband was able to sponsor them. Jasmer Kaur gave birth to two sons, Sukhwinder and Kulvir, and two daughters, Kulwant and Baljit, at the Duncan Hospital. When she came to Canada, her brother Bikar was already living in Duncan with his family. Jasmer Kaur speaks about the types of clothing she would wear and her experience adjusting to life in Canada. She further speaks about her husband's work experience at a sawmill in Honeymoon Bay.

Audio interview of Bachan Kaur Alamwala and Jasmer Kaur Alamwala taken on May 19, 2008. The interview starts with questions related to Bachan Kaur's and Jasmer Kaur's life in Canada, their villages in India, and the years when they both got married. Bachan Kaur moved to Canada to reunite with her husband, Sarwan who was working at a sawmill in Honeymoon Bay. She moved in 1949 with the couple's two children, daughter Surinder, and son Jasvir. Jasmer Kaur also immigrated to Canada to join her husband, and in 1959 arrived with her eight month old son, Harminder. The interviewer asks them questions related to the pay their husbands received at that time from the mill in Honeymoon Bay. Bachan and Jasmer tell their experiences of working on a farms and wearing dresses outside the house.

Transcription of interview of Bachan Kaur Alamwala and Jasmer Kaur Alamwala taken on May 19, 2008. The interview starts with questions related to Bachan Kaur's and Jasmer Kaur's life in Canada, their villages in India, and the years when they both got married. Bachan Kaur moved to Canada to reunite with her husband, Sarwan who was working at a sawmill in Honeymoon Bay. She moved in 1949 with the couple's two children, daughter Surinder, and son Jasvir. Jasmer Kaur also immigrated to Canada to join her husband, and in 1959 arrived with her eight month old son, Harminder. The interviewer asks them questions related to the pay their husbands received at that time from the mill in Honeymoon Bay. Bachan and Jasmer tell their experiences of working on a farms and wearing dresses outside the house.

Narrative of Bachan Kaur in which she describes her biography from her childhood in Punjab, India, to her marriage and finally, her immigration to Canada. Bachan Kaur first came to Lake Cowichan, where her husband worked at the Honeymoon Bay mill. Later the family moved 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.