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Certificate for the Wallace Wilson Leadership Award presented by the University of British Columbia Medical Alumni Association. Award presented to Gurdev Singh Gill in 2018 in recognition for his high ethical standards and outstanding leadership in the field of medicine.

Photograph taken inside a gurdwara. Gurdev Singh Gill is seen standing close to where the Guru Granth Sahib is placed outside of the photograph frame. Karnal Johal, a prominent member of the Khalsa Diwan Society is also present. Other men are also seen standing. In the forefront there are three men standing, possibly the Granthis of the gurdwara. Flower pots are arranged around the side of the Guru Granth Sahib. In this ceremony, the Guru Granth Sahib is being moved from the 2nd Avenue gurdwara to the newly build Ross Street gurdwara.

Photograph of Gurdev Singh Gill walking up a staircase along with four other men. They include the Premier of BC David Barrett, Dr. Setty Pendakur (Vancouver city councillor), Khar Sekhon (Dr. Gill's friend), Parlad Singh Gill (Dr. Gill's brother). They are all wearing formal suits and ties. The premier was invited to the Ross Street gurdwara to speak. He promised $1 million to the construction of a community centre, however, the community centre did not get built due to disagreements within the community at the time.

Photograph taken of a large group of people standing together outside under a sign that reads "North Terminal." There are approximately thirty people standing together, including men, women, and children of all ages. The back of a car is visible on the left of the photograph. The famous owner and author Gurbaksh Singh of Preetlari, the first Punjabi magazine that gave a secular view to literature. People came to welcome him as he made a trip to Vancouver.

Photograph taken at the building site for the new Ross Street gurdwara in Vancouver. Two men are seen standing on a dirt road in front of the building site. Behind them there is construction for an unfinished building. From right to left: Dr. Gill's brother-in-law, and Harbhajan Singh Gill (Dr. Gill's first cousin).

Photograph of Dr. Gurdev Singh Gill standing near a wheelbarrow holding a shovel. There are five other men seen standing with him, with one man holding another shovel. Behind them, a sixth man is visible coming up the stairs in the background. Dr. Gill and the volunteers are pouring cement at the Ross Street gurdwara in Vancouver. Under Dr. Gill's leadership in 1970, the Khalsa Diwan Society raised money to build a new gurdwara in Vancouver.

Kodak film label. The label describes the contents as being taken at a Social Party at Capilano Park on March 28, 1953

An excerpt of the 1946 IWA publication Proceedings: Ninth Annual Convention , including the cover and pages 31, 32 and 33. These pages cover the end of a discussion concerning budgeting for union members' medical bills, the entirety of resolution no. 1, where Darshan Singh discusses the impact that the ongoing Chinese Civil War is having on North American Trade and advocates for the protest of armed intervention in China (Operation Beleaguer), the entirety of resolution no. 2, where Darshan Singh advocates for the protest of Canada's military support of the Netherlands during the Indonesian National Revolution, and resolutions 3 through 5, each very brief motions concerning Francoist Spain, atomic energy, and the labour code, respectively.

Wide, panorama shot of one hundred and forty-one attendees from the 6th Annual Convention of the International Woodworkers of America (C.I.O) District Council No. 1. They are standing some three rows deep on the street in front of a building in Vancouver, B.C. Those in the front row closest to the center are seated. The men are dressed in suits and ties, with some wearing hats or overcoats, while the women wear overcoats and skirts, with some wearing hats. A number of the attendees have ribbons pinned to their lapels.

A page from the magazine, "The Indo-Canadian," printed in January 1965. The single sheet is the cover page of the magazine and depicts a photograph from a South Indian wedding ceremony. The second page of the magazine includes various advertisements for local businesses. A handwritten note is visible in the top right corner of the page, and details a name and address for Mr. B. S. Jawanda. A Canadian stamp is visible in the top left corner of the sheet.