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Immigrant Experience
Japanese Canadian Oral History CollectionThe collection is comprised of interviews conducted by the National Nikkei Museum & Heritage Centre with Japanese Canadians on topics ranging from early immigration; their participation in pre-World War II industries including fishing, farming, and the lumber industries; and their... |
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Komagata Maru - Continuing the JourneyIn the early hours of Saturday, 23 May, 1914, the Komagata Maru anchored on the far side of the Burrard Inlet, opposite Vancouver. At dawn the passengers were out on deck with tree-covered mountains rising behind them and the city across the water in front. They were dressed in their best... |
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Komagata Maru Passenger ListThis collection presents an aggregated "master list" of multiple passenger lists associated with the Komagata Maru. Each list had its own unique way of collating passenger information, including inconsistent spelling of passenger's names to places of origin. The process of compiling the... |
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Rungh: A South Asian Quarterly of Culture, Comment and CriticismRungh magazine published as a "South Asian Quarterly of Culture, Comment and Criticism" from 1992-1997 under one editorial team, and from 1997 to 2000 under a second editorial team. Founded by Zool Suleman and Sherazad Jamal, the magazine was a pioneer in its cross/multi-disciplinary... |
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Scottish Oral History Collection"Scottish Voices from the West" oral histories is a collection of 52 oral histories of Scottish immigrants to British Columbia that were recorded in 2003 and 2004 by SFU's Centre for Scottish Studies. Contributed by Centre for Scottish Studies, Simon Fraser University. more |
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The Ray Culos Vancouver Society of Italians CollectionThis collection features meeting minutes, annual budgets, constitutions, bylaws, correspondence, handbooks, programs, and publicity materials, specifically related to the activities of the Sons of Italy from 1926-1966. The Sons of Italy was one of Vancouver’s main Italian mutual aid... |