Who are we? What can we become?
About this theme
This theme looks at ways of living out cultural distinctiveness in Canada.
Article by a specialist
Ethnic Identity Formation in Canada
Article by Dr Nayar of the department of South Asian Studies at Kwantlen University College.
Article by a specialist
Identity and Cultural Diversity
Article by Dr Fasal Kanouté of the Université de Montréal’s Faculty of Education.
A Sense of Family
A Sense of Family
Two generations of Sikhs in British Columbia. A Sense of Family, 1980. © NFB
Description
During the early 1900s, the first immigrants from India arrived in Victoria and Vancouver, many of them Sikhs from the Punjab. Theirs is a history of struggle to integrate economically and socially into Canada.
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