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> Date: Sat, 8 Nov 2008 11:34:47 -0800
> From: harsha at riseup.net
> To: mobglob-discuss at lists.resist.ca
> Subject: [mobglob-discuss] Events: Century of South Asian Presence
> 
> All the events will definetely be worth checking out - in particular
> wanted to highlight a few:
> 
> * Monday, November 17: Opening Reception with performances at 8 pm. Desi
> Downtown, 911 Denman Street.
> * Friday Nov 21: Public Forum with keynote Kabir Joshi-Vijayan and
> Community Exhibition @ Vancouver Public Library, 350 West Georgia. Doors @
> 5:45.
> * Saturday Nov 22: 100 years of Reflection, Resistance, Celebration-
> Surrey Community Forum. Doors at 1:30 pm @ Kwantlen College (12666 - 72nd
> Av) Surrey. Room G 1205. Film Screening of Continuous Journey + panel +
> discussion.
> 
> 
> ** For full program details, please visit:
> http://southasianevents.blogspot.com/
> 
> Commemorating a Century of South Asian Presence in Canada
> Events from November 17-23, 2008
> 
> South Asians first arrived in Canada at the end of the nineteenth century,
> and by 1908, approximately 5,000 were reported to be resident in British
> Columbia. That year, the Canadian government introduced the Continuous
> Journey requirement seeking to prohibit further South Asian migration into
> the country. In 1914, Gurdit Singh, a Punjabi, chartered the Komagata Maru
> and a group of 376 South Asians passengers sailed to Canada to challenge
> this racist law. Although they were forced to return to India, they dealt
> a serious blow to the 'Keep Canada White' policies of the white settler
> society.
> 
> A group of South Asian academics, activists and community groups have come
> together to organize a week-long series of events in November (17- 23),
> 2008, to mark over one hundred years of South Asian presence in Canada,
> and to commemorate the 100th year anniversary of the Continuous Journey
> requirement. These events will pay homage to the struggles waged by South
> Asian communities in the past, celebrate our achievements, and build
> alliances as we face the challenges of the 21st century.
> 
> Please mark your calenders for a series of events - all details on website:
> 
> - Film screenings of award-winning film maker Ali Kazimi, in attendance
> - Toronto youth activist and keynote speaker Kabir Joshi-Vijayan
> - Community forums at Langara College and Kwantlen College
> - South Asian Performance Art and Poetry
> - Academic Colloquiums at UBC and University of the Fraser Valley
> - Media Roundtable on Representation of South Asians
> 
> 
> For general and media inquiries, please email southasianevents at gmail.com
> Web: http://southasianevents.blogspot.com/
> 
> 
> We would like to acknowledge that we reside on the lands of the Indigenous
> peoples / First Nations and support them in their ongoing struggle for
> self determination from racist settler-colonialism.
> 
> 
> 
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