Posts by Sharanjit Kaur Sandhra

About Sharanjit Kaur Sandhra

Sharanjit Kaur Sandhrais the coordinator of the South Asian Studies Institute at the University of the Fraser Valley and co-curator of exhibits at the Sikh Heritage Museum, located at the National Historic Site Gur Sikh Temple in Abbotsford BC. A PhD candidate in history at the University of British Columbia, she specializes in museum history using critical race theory.

A New Book that Challenges Racist ‘British Columbia’

Mar 9, 2021

By Nicholas XEMŦOLTW̱ Claxton and Sharanjit Kaur Sandhra

In light of a surge in anti-racist uprisings, provincial legislators may want to take a moment to reflect upon what their predecessors did in taking “British Columbia” into Canada 150 years ago in 1871. When the legislature recently reconvened, we hope that MLAs paused and listened to the stories that these Indigenous lands are trying… View Article