HEADLINE: Announcing the South Asian Legacy Project: NFB’s “Unarchived” Documentary
Subheading: The project aims to restore information about the positive impacts of the South Asian minority group in Canada
DATELINE: Vancouver, BC – March 18, 2024
CONTACT: Artem Zhurakovskii, Public Relations Coordinator, zhurakovskiia20@mytru.ca
ABOUT PALDI
- Location – Vancouver Island, close to Duncan
- Population size – 1500 at peak
- An industrial town – the main occupation is the lumber company.
- South Asian, Chinese Canadians, Japanese Canadians, and European Canadians all worked and lived together.
- The highlighted sense of community. People socialized a lot and spent time together “from dawn till sunset”.
THE INDUSTRY – MAYO LUMBER
- Mayo Lumber was founded by Mayo Singh and his brothers in 1917
- 35 shareholders for the company Mayo Lumber
ABOUT THE “UNARCHIVED”
- Directed by Hayley Gray & Elad Tzadok, National Film Board of Canada
- Highlights the diversity of British Columbia
ABOUT THE SOUTH ASIAN LEGACY PROJECT
- The research project is led by the professor of the University of Fraser Valley – Dr. Satwinder Kaur Bains,
- Based in Abbotsford, British Columbia
- Collects information about the South Asian community in Canada