Asia Pacific Trade Council

Creator: Lee-Young, Joanne

Newspaper clipping titled, "Valley links to booming Punjab," published in the Vancouver Sun on 12th February, 2007 and written by Joanne Lee-Young, discusses how Abbotsford Indo-Canadian entrepreneurs, such as Jatinder Sidhu and Manjit Dhillon, are planning to gain new opportunities in their homeland Punjab, as they believe that British Columbia's presence in Indian businesses has been laggard, thus, arising a need to spread more awareness about business opportunities in India among B.C. firms. The article further notes how they also plan on using the province's significant base of Punjabi Indo-Candians as the means for networking and sparking trades in India.

Newspaper clipping titled, "BC is behind in trade with India", published in Sach Di Awaz regarding the need for increasing trade between India and British Columbia, especially in the education sector. The article is written in Punjabi.

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 highlighting, Khalsa Diwan Society of Vancouver donates $5000 to UCFV as the first payment in commitment to donate $25,000 in total in the upcoming years as well the result of the Asia Pacific Trade Council's report stating University College of the Fraser Valley to be a key player in British Columbia's educational sector.