Vancouver

Group photo of Sikh men standing in front of the Hillcrest Sikh Temple.

The Vancouver Gurdwara on 2nd Avenue was located close to the sawmills that lined False Creek.

Photo of damaged Japanese owned store during Vancouver riot of 1907 - 130 Powell Street.

Racist advertisement against Asians printed by BC's labour newspaper, The British Columbia Federationist, September 11, 1914, 4.

Aims and objects of the White Canada Crusade by W. R. Page-Wilson and Associates.

Photograph of Dr. Gurdev Singh Gill receiving the UBC Medical Alumni Association 2018 Wallace Wilson Leadership Award. Left to right: Sanjiv Gill (son), Mala Gill (daughter-in-law), Dr. Gill, Jasinder Gill (wife), Jasmine Gill (daughter)

Creator: College of Physicians and Surgeons British Columbia

Membership certificate presented to Gurdev Singh Gill by the College of Physicians and Surgeons British Columbia in 1958. The certificate acknowledges that Dr. Gill is entitled to practise medicine, surgery, and midwifery within the province of British Columbia. Item was originally framed by Dr. Gill.

Creator: University of British Columbia

Doctor of medicine diploma awarded to Gurdev Singh Gill on May 21, 1957, from the University of British Columbia medical school. Dr. Gill became the first South Asian Canadian to graduate from a medical school in Canada and was the first to practise in the country. Item was originally framed by Dr. Gill.

Creator: University of British Columbia Alumni Association

Honorary Doctor of Sciences degree awarded to Dr. Gurdev Singh Gill from the University of British Columbia Alumni Association. Item was originally framed by Dr. Gill.

Creator: University of British Columbia

Book from the ten year reunion event for that University of British Columbia's medical school's class of 1957. The book includes a message from the dean of the Faculty of Medicine and a summary of the event itself. The main portion of the book includes biographical sketches of each alumnus. There are several photographs included as well.