Western Forest Products

Audio interview with Jagtar Singh Mann conducted by SB. Jagtar Singh Mann is a Canadian citizen who came to Canada in 1980. His first job was at Shake and Shingle sawmill in Abbotsford. He also discusses his educational background, life in India, experience working in sawmills in Canada and type of positions he held at the sawmill. Mann also discusses a recent human rights issue he fought for, when he was ordered to remove his turban to work and he refused.

Transcription of interview with Jagtar Singh Mann in which he discusses his educational background, life in India, experience working in sawmills in Canada and type of positions he held at the sawmill. Mann also discusses a recent human rights issue he fought for, when he was ordered to remove his turban to work and he refused.

Narrative of Jagtar Singh Mann which discusses his educational background, his work in sawmills and the various positions he held, as well as his work as a house builder. Mann also discusses a recent human rights issue he fought for, when he was ordered to remove his turban to work and he refused.

Audio interview with Amarjit Singh Heer conducted by SB. Amarjit Singh Heer is a Canadian citizen who came to Canada in 1972. He began his first job at a mill near Williams lake. He also discusses his immigration to Canada, his immigration status, his personal history, and his experience working in various positions at sawmills such as Nanoose Forest Products, Nanaimo Forest Products and Western Forest Products. He also discusses how he was paid low wages and how it was difficult to gain seniority at the sawmills. Heer's encounters with racism and discrimination is also discussed.

Transcription of interview with Amarjit Singh Heer discussing his immigration to Canada, his immigration status, his personal history, and his experience working in various positions at sawmills such as Nanoose Forest Products, Nanaimo Forest Products and Western Forest Products. He also discusses how he was paid low wages and how it was difficult to gain seniority at the sawmills. Heer also mentions his encounters with racism and discrimination in Canada.

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.