In the early 1900s, the logging town of Paldi boasted a diverse community including South Asian Canadians, Chinese Canadians and Japanese Canadians, all working together. What happened to this thriving Vancouver Island town? How is the Royal BC Museum working to preserve this story of the Punjabi Canadian legacy? From This Week in History Season 6 Episode 12.
Credit: RBCM
MP Todd Doherty - BC Punjabi Intercultural Initiative
Member of Parliament for Cariboo-Prince George, Todd Doherty, welcomes participants to Punjabi community consultations in Prince George on June 28, 2016.
The Indo Canadian Sawmill Pioneer Family Oral History Collection Project
Nadeem Kulwant Parmar
Credit: The Royal BC Museum in partnership with the South Asian Studies Institute at the University of the Fraser Valley.
Nsibe Puri
Credit: The Royal BC Museum in partnership with the South Asian Studies Institute at the University of the Fraser Valley.
Sital Dhillon
Credit: The Royal BC Museum in partnership with the South Asian Studies Institute at the University of the Fraser Valley.
