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When Hockey Icon Crossed Paths With Vancouver Immigrant History

Naveen Girn | Posted 03.25.2013 | Canada British Columbia
Read More: History, Race, Vancouver Canucks, Canada, Identity, Immigration, Komagata Maru, Cyclone Taylor, British Columbia, South Asian, Vancouver-Millionaries, Vancouver, Canada British Columbia News
Naveen Girn

Pressured by his in-laws to find a respectable occupation, Vancouver Millionaire's star player Fred "Cyclone" Taylor had a summer job that connected him with one of the most iconic historical moments in Canadian history -- the arrival of the Komagata Maru.

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Where Are All the South Asian Mommy Bloggers?

masalamommas | Posted 05.13.2013 | Canada Living
Read More: South Asian, South Asian Moms, South Asian Mothers, South Asian Bloggers, South Asian Mommy Bloggers, Canada Living News
masalamommas

For those of you masalamommas who blog out there, you're part of a select crew. While there's been an explosion of blogging moms over the years, South Asian moms who blog, aren't necessarily on the radar. While many South Asian moms who blog feel the same, some say they don't feel connected to the mommy blogger community as a whole.

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B.C. Liberal Ethnic Vote Plan Is 'Insulting' Lip Service To Historical Wrongs

Naveen Girn | Posted 05.12.2013 | Canada British Columbia
Read More: South Asian History, Chinese Head Tax, South Asian, Komagata Maru Apology, BC Liberals, Ethnicgate, Japanese Internment, Komagata Maru, Bc Election 2013, Bc Ethnic Vote, Head Tax, BC Politics, BC Election, Canada British Columbia News
Naveen Girn

My ancestry doesn't define what I feel is most important. The essentialist logic that just because I'm South Asian an apology for the Komagata Maru incident is the paramount focus of my political identity -- and that its resolution would sway me to support a particular political party -- is insulting. I, like all Canadians, am more than just one thing.

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Street Food from Bangladesh -- Made at Home

Roger Mooking | Posted 12.17.2012 | Canada Living
Read More: South Asian, Spices, Roger Mooking, Curry, Cooking, Save the Children, Recipes, Bangladesh, Canada Living News
Roger Mooking

Against the advice of our local guide in Bangladesh I tried this dish from a street food vendor. The dish is called Jhalmuri -- pronounced Chahl Mooree. It is Indian Puffed Rice and is a fun, very quick and very flavourful snack food. This dish is a great snack for football season and to spice things up for the chilly weather we are experiencing now in Canada. This recipe is my best attempt at trying to duplicate what I had on the streets of Dhaka.

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Actress Sarena Parmar Gives Back to Girls Everywhere [VIDEO]

Shannon Skinner | Posted 12.11.2012 | Canada Impact
Read More: Women, Sarena Parmar, Shannon Skinner's Extraordinary Women TV, I Am a Girl, Hamlet, The Border, Film, Radio Rebel, The Voices, Success, Shannon Skinner, Television, Plan Canada, Romeo & Juliet, Human Rights, Inspiration, Theatre, South Asian, Actress, Extraordinary Women TV, Degrassi, Advocacy, Interview, Video, Canada Impact News
Shannon Skinner

2012-06-18-ShannonSkinner.jpg Canadian actress and emerging playwright, Sarena Parmar, has performed in film, television and on the stage. In this in-depth interview on Extraordinary Women TV with Shannon Skinner, Parmar discusses her rapid rise in her acting career, how her South Asian background has influenced her work, her interest in human rights and advocacy, and also her involvement with Plan Canada's "I Am A Girl" campaign.

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