HAQ AND HISTORY
EXHIBITION LAUNCH DATE:
March 6th, 2020
EXHIBITION DATES:
March 6th, 2020 – March 31th 2021
LOCATION:
Gur Sikh Temple
The Haq and History exhibit offers visitors the chance to reflect upon stories from and about South Asian Canadian immigrants, including details about work, home life and keeping cultural traditions alive in BC.
Through panel texts, visitors to Haq and History will learn about Punjabi immigrants working in sawmills in the 1920’s; hear about travel from Punjab to Canada in the 1950’s; learn some of the challenges of sourcing Indian food in Vancouver in the 1960’s; and learn about memories of life in the now-abandoned town of Paldi in the 1940’s.
Haq and History is the latest collaboration of the Royal BC Museum and the South Asian Studies Institute at the University of the Fraser Valley.
For more information contact:
SHARANJIT KAUR SANDHRA: 604-851-6325
SHARANJIT.SANDHRA@UFV.CA
Past Exhibitions
100 Years of Settlement and Integration
(2011)
Punjab- The People, The Land, The Legacy
(2012)
Canadian Sikh Identity: The Turban Challenge (2013)
Ghadar:
100 Years Later
(2013)
Challenge Denied: Komagata Maru 100 Years Later 1914-2014 (2014)
The Spirit of Hola Mohalla
(2015)
Evolving Interpretations: Sikhism and Women (2016)
Canadian Sikhs in WWI: The Forgotten Story (2016)
(Dis) Enfranchisement 1907-1947: The Forty Year Struggle for the Vote (2017)
Desis in the Diaspora (2018)
WE ARE HOCKEY (2019) - (2020)
