Guru Nanak Dev University

Creator: Centre for Indo-Canadian Studies

Poster for the event "Fragmented Lives along the India-Pakistan Border: Some Observations," scheduled for June 4, 1:30 pm at Centre for Indo-Canadian Studies, University of the Fraser Valley with speaker Gurvel Singh Malhi and discussant Dr Harpreet Mangat.

Creator: Neer, Ashok

Newspaper clipping of seminar titled, "Amritsar's Urban Planning: Hopes and Challenges" held at Guru Nanak Dev University, Amritsar in which several teachers as well as students of the University of the Fraser Valley, Canada, participated in a debate with Deputy Commissioner, K S Pannu, asking questions regarding the development of Amritsar "Guru Nagari" and discussed some solutions to future challenges.

Newspaper clipping titled, "DJ Sandhu to be BC Regional Innovation Chair on Canada-India Business and Economic Development" published in University College of the Fraser Valley's Community Report 2007, highlighting the announcement of DJ Sandhu, a longtime University College of the Fraser Valley business professor, to serve as the BC Regional Innovation Chair on Canada-India Business and Economic Development, after serving for the past three years as a special advisor to the university president Skip Bassford. Additionally, Dr. Rita Dhamoon and Dr. Garry Fehr have joined the university's Philosophy and Politics department, and the Geography department, respectively.

Newspaper clipping titled, "Community comes through and helps UCFV meet financial goal for indo-Canadian centre", author unidentified published by UCFV newspaper highlighting the success of a two-year fundraising campaign to support the establishment of the University College of the Fraser Valley's Centre for Indo-Canadian Studies and Research. The campaign was able to meet their goal of matching the provincial government's $1.25 million for the Canada-India Business Economic Chair. They were most pleased to find out that the majority of the donations were from the small businesses and families belonging to the community itself, rather than large businesses and corporations.