Posted by admin on May 28th, 2008
Gurpreet Singh for South Asian Post
While the B.C. government apologized last week for the Komagata Maru episode, the federal Conservative government is expected to make a similar apology in the near future. The ship carrying 376 passengers, mostly Punjabis, was turned away from the Vancouver coastline in 1914 under the discriminatory continuous journey law that was passed to discourage Indian immigrants from entering Canada.
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Posted by admin on May 16th, 2008
OMAR EL AKKAD. Globe and Mail. May 16, 2008 at 4:54 AM EDT
When Ukrainian President Viktor Yushchenko arrives in Canada for an official visit this month, it will be on the heels of a gesture by the Conservative government to commemorate historical injustice against Ukrainian Canadians. Last week, the government announced a $10-million grant to the Ukrainian Canadian Foundation of Taras Shevchenko to “support initiatives related to the First World War internment experience that predominantly affected the Ukrainian and other East European ethnic communities in Canada.” The grant is part of a $29-million program to commemorate various shameful incidents in Canadian history, such as the Chinese head tax and the Komagata Maru incident, where more than 350 would-be Indian immigrants were held on a ship in Vancouver harbour and denied entry to Canada almost 100 years ago. More than half the grant money was allocated in a series of rapid-fire announcements within the past week.
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Posted by admin on Oct 15th, 2007
EMERGENCY COMMUNITY FORUM ON RACISM, IMMIGRANTS, AND IMMIGRATION
Tuesday October 16, 2007 @ 6 pm. Philippine Women’s Centre. 451 Powell Street. Children welcome.
In light of increasing racial violence against immigrants, the normalizing of public racist discourse against immigrants, and escalating border and security measures that are disproportionately impacting racialized communities, we are organizing an emergency community forum and discussion. We strongly encourage all communities and individuals that are being impacted as well as all allies to attend in order to build a more broad-based and effective anti-racist movement.
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Posted by admin on May 23rd, 2007
93 rd. Anniversary of Komagata Maru Remembrance
You are invited to attend this historic event. Your presence will be appreciated.
Date: Wednesday, May 23rd. Time: 1:00 PM. Bear Creak Park Pavilion; 88th Ave. and King George Hwy. Surrey B.C.
Attending: *All South Asian Humanitarian Societies *
*More Information: *
Dr. Hari Sharma: 604-420-2972
Jaswinder Toor: 604-617-3227
Pr. Gurvinder Singh Dhaliwal: 604-825-1550
Harbhajan Gill: 604-763-1736
www.komagatamaru.ca
Posted by admin on May 3rd, 2007
Celebrate Asian Heritage Month with a critical perspective on labour, migration, and race in a special film screening and discussion
Thursday May 3 @ 6pm
Rhizome Café, 317 E. Broadway (corner Kingsway)
Films by donation $0-5
Organized by No One is Illegal-Vancouver and supported by Association of Chinese Canadians for Equality and Solidarity Society and South Asian Network for Secularism and Democracy.
DOUBLE-BILL OF AWARD-WINNING FILMS!
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