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Acknowledgements
A project of this scale has a great amount of supporters from various levels of government, university members, scholars, historians, individuals, and community organizations. Our project would not have been possible without the time, observations, support and encouragement of the following individuals and organizations. Many of these people have been champions for the Simon Fraser University Komagata Maru Project since its inception and their efforts reflect of our joint commitment to documenting, preserving and remembering the Komagata Maru.
| Individual / Organization | Affiliation |
| Funding for the Project | |
| Citizenship and Immigration Canada | Community Historical Recognition Program (CHRP) |
| Joan Morrison | CHRP - Program Officer |
| Christine Kayirangwa | CHRP - Program Officer |
| Simon Fraser University Library | In-kind support |
| Simon Fraser Unversity Komagata Maru Advisory Board | |
| Dr. Mario Pinto (Chair) | SFU Vice-President Research |
| Arvinder Bubber | SFU India Advisory Council; Chancellor Kwantlen Polytechnic University |
| Joanne Curry | Executive Director, SFU Surrey |
| Joe Dhaliwal | SFU India Advisory Council; Business Entrepreneur, Mainland Contracting, Surrey |
| Dr. Bikkar Lalli | UBC Senate; Retired professor & community advocate for education; City of Surrey Seniors Advisory and Accessibility Committee |
| Randy Sandhu | SFU India Advisory Council; Former Vice-President, National Indo-Canadian Council for B.C. |
| Komagata Maru Project Steering Committee | |
| Brian Owen (Chair) | SFU Associate University Librarian, Library Technology Services and Special Collections |
| Dr. Roland Case | The Critical Thinking Consortium |
| Lynn Copeland | Former SFU Dean of Library Services |
| Chuck Eckman | SFU Dean of Library Services |
| Ivana Filopivic | SFU Teaching and Learning Centre |
| Dr. Hugh Johnston | SFU Professor Emeritus, History and Project Consultant |
| David Murphy | SFU School of Communications |
| Eric Swanick | Head, SFU Library Special Collections |
| Harjinder Thind | Information Services Librarian, Surrey Public Library |
| Dr. Barbara Winter | SFU Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology |
| Ex officio members of Project Management Committee | various |
| Komagata Maru Project Management Committee | |
| Brian Owen (Chair) | SFU Associate University Librarian - Library Technology Services and Special Collections |
| Mangla Bansal | Filmmaker; www.tellyourstoryproductions.ca |
| Moninder Bubber | SFU Library Komagata Maru Project Community Liaison Librarian |
| Matt Crider | SFU Library Programmer |
| Naveen Girn | SFU Library Komagata Maru Project Cultural Researcher and Digitization Specialist |
| Melanie Hardbattle | SFU Library Komagata Maru Project Coordinator and Archivist |
| Mark Jordan | Head, SFU Library Systems |
| Danielle LaFrance | Historical Researcher and Digitization Specialist |
| Milan Singh | Ph.D. Candidate, SFU School of Communication |
| Ian Song | SFU Library Systems, Head Digitization Centre |
| Jennifer Zerkee | SFU Library Komagata Maru Project Archivist |
| Komagata Maru Indo-Canadian Scholars Focus Group | |
| Moninder Bubber (Chair) | SFU Project Management Team |
| Dr. Gurcharn S. Basran | University of Saskatchewan, retired; Former Head Sociology, Former Assistant Dean College of Arts and Science |
| Sadhu Binning | Retired Instructor, University of British Columbia, Writer and Poet; SFU Alumnus |
| Sukhwant Hundal | University of British Columbia, Writer; SFU Alumnus |
| Dr. Kanwal S. Neel | Simon Fraser University, retired; Former teacher. |
| Brian Owen | SFU Project Management Team |
| Kalwant Singh Nadeem Parmar | Project Consultant; Writer, poet and community historian; Advisor to Khalsa Diwan Society, Ross Street Gurdwara - Komagata Maru CHRP Projects |
| Komagata Maru Youth Focus Group | |
| Milan Singh (Coordinator) | KM Project Management Team |
| Moninder Bubber | KM Project Management Team |
| Naveen Girn | KM Project Management Team |
| Nimritta Parmar | SFU student |
| Angela Pati | SFU student |
| Komagata Maru Website Team | |
| Naveen Girn (Coordinator) | KM Project Management Team |
| Ivana Filopivic | SFU Teaching and Learning Centre |
| Nancy Bourassa-Jaswal | SFU Teaching and Learning Centre |
| Melanie Hardbattle | KM Project Management Team |
| Mark Jordan | KM Project Management Team |
| Sunjeet Singh Tatla | Technical support for translation |
| Ian Song | KM Project Management Team |
| Gladys Tang | SFU Teaching and Learning Centre |
| Komagata Maru Digitization Team | |
| Ian Song (Coordinator) | SFU Library, Head Digitization Centre |
| Jonathan Bantados | SFU Student |
| Michael Casciano | SFU Student |
| Jennifer Cooper | SFU Student |
| Lawrence Hong | SFU Student |
| Komagata Maru Technical Team | |
| Mark Jordan (Coordinator) | Head, SFU Library Systems |
| Matt Crider | SFU Library Programmer |
| Danielle LaFrance | SFU Library Komagata Maru Project Digitization Assistant |
| Ian Song | SFU Library Systems, Head Digitization Centre |
| Komagata Maru Archival / Metadata / Copyright Permissions Team | |
| Jennifer Zerkee (Co-Coordinator) | SFU Library Komagata Maru Project Archivist |
| Melanie Hardbattle (Co-Coordinator) | SFU Library, Komagata Maru Project Coordinator and Archivist |
| Moninder Bubber | KM Project Management Team |
| Naveen Girn | SFU Komagata Maru Project Cultural Researcher and Digitization Specialist |
| Brian Owen | KM Project Management Team |
| Kalwant Singh Nadeem Parmar | Project Consultant; Writer, poet and community historian; Advisor to Khalsa Diwan Society, Ross Street Gurdwara - Komagata Maru CHRP Projects |
| Komagata Maru Lesson Plans Team | |
| Milan Singh (Coordinator) | KM Project Management Team |
| Moninder Bubber | KM Project Management Team |
| Dr. Roland Case | The Critical Thinking Consortium |
| Ilan Danjoux | The Critical Thinking Consortium |
| Naveen Girn | KM Project Management Team |
| Dr. Hugh Johnston | SFU Professor Emeritus, History and Project Consultant |
| Brian Owen | KM Project Management Team |
| Komagata Maru Translations Team | |
| Melanie Hardbattle (Coordinator) | KM Project Management Team |
| Moninder Bubber | KM Project Management Team |
| Rajinder Singh Cheema | Translator |
| Parvinder Dhariwal | Kwantlen Polytechnic University |
| Chantal Fournier | Translator |
| Naveen Girn | KM Project Management Team |
| Ranbir Johal | Kwantlen Polytechnic University |
| Narinder Kaur | Translator |
| Danielle LaFrance | Historical Researcher and Digitization Specialist |
| Sonia Lotay | Translator |
| Kalwant Singh Nadeem Parmar | Project Consultant; Writer, poet and community historian; Advisor to Khalsa Diwan Society, Ross Street Gurdwara - Komagata Maru CHRP Projects |
| Milan Singh | KM Project Management Team |
| Sunjeet Singh Tatla | Translator |
| Sandeep Singh | Translator |
| Jennifer Zerkee | KM Project Management Team |
| Komagata Maru Video Productions Team | |
| David Murphy (Coordinator) | Senior Lecturer, SFU School of Communication |
| Mangla Bansal | Filmmaker; www.tellyourstoryproductions.ca |
| Moninder Bubber | KM Project Management Team |
| Corin Browne | Video Production Assistant, SFU School of Communication |
| Shalane Crosson | Video Production Assistant, SFU School of Communication |
| Sukh Dhaliwal | SFU Political Science |
| Naveen Girn | KM Project Management Team |
| Chris Jeschelnik | Production Technologist, SFU School of Communication |
| Milan Singh | Ph.D. Candidate, SFU School of Communication |
| Barbara Winter | SFU Archaeoloy; Director, SFU Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology |
| Komagata Maru Publicity and Community Events | |
| Moninder Bubber (Coordinator) | KM Project Management Team |
| Dr. Gurcharn S. Basran | University of Saskatchewan, retired; Former Head Sociology, Former Assistant Dean College of Arts and Science |
| Joanne Curry | Executive Director, SFU Surrey |
| Naveen Girn | KM Project Management Team |
| Dr. Hugh Johnston | SFU Professor Emeritus, History and Project Consultant |
| Marianne Meadahl | Assistant Director, External, SFU Public Affairs/Media Relations |
| Brian Owen | KM Project Management Team |
| Kalwant Singh Nadeem Parmar | Project Consultant; Writer, poet and community historian; Advisor to Khalsa Diwan Society, Ross Street Gurdwara - Komagata Maru CHRP Projects |
| Milan Singh | KM Project Management Team |
| Harjinder Thind | Surrey Public Library Event |
| Komagata Maru Launch and Symposium | |
| Moninder Bubber (Co-convenor) | KM Project Management Team |
| Naveen Girn (Co-convenor) | KM Project Management Team |
| Milan Singh (Co-convenor) | KM Project Management Team |
| SFU Library Administrative Support | |
| Angela Raasch | SFU Library Administration |
| Catherine Louie | SFU Library Administration |
| People Interviewed for Komagata Maru Project: Scholar, Community and Youth Videos | |
| Interview Team | |
| Naveen Girn (Coordinator and Interviewer) | KM Project Management Team |
| Moninder Bubber (Coordinator) | KM Project Management Team |
| Milan Singh (Interviewer) | KM Project Management Team |
| Dr. Hugh Johnston (Interviewer) | SFU Professor Emeritus, History and Project Consultant |
| Scholar Interviews | |
| Dr. Gurcharn S. Basran | University of Saskatchewan, retired professor, Sociology |
| Sadhu Binning | Retired Instructor, University of British Columbia, Writer and Poet; SFU Alumnus |
| Dr. Norman Buchignani | University of Lethbridge, retired professor |
| Dr. Doreen Indra | University of Lethbridge, retired professor |
| Dr. Hugh Johnston | SFU Professor Emeritus, History |
| Dr. Ali Kazimi | York University |
| Dr. Brij V. Lal | The Australian National University, Canberra |
| Dr. Sharon Pollock | University of Calgary, Professor Emeritus |
| Dr. W. Peter Ward | University of British Columbia, retired |
| Community Interviews | |
| Amarjit Singh Brar | Donors - Chand Collection |
| Prakash Kaur Brar | Donors - Chand Collection |
| Shushma Datt | Indradhanush Television Ltd. |
| Mrs. Rajinder Kaur Kohaly | Donor - Kohaly Family Collection |
| Aruna Pandia | Dr. D.P. Pandia's daughter |
| Belle Puri | Broadcast Journalist, CBC News Vancouver |
| Ajmer Rode | Writer, Playwright, Poet |
| Tejpal Singh Sandhu | Mr. Gurdit Singh's great grandson |
| Jaswinder Singh Toor | President, Komagata Maru Families Society |
| Rajwant Singh Toor | Vice-President, Komagata Maru Families Society |
| Youth Interviews | |
| Manjot Bains | Editorial Director Jugnistyle.com; Communications Consultant |
| Mangla Bansal | Filmmaker; www.tellyourstoryproductions.ca |
| Naveen Girn | SFU Library Komagata Maru Project Cultural Researcher and Digitization Specialist; Co-Curator Museum of Vancouver's Bhangra.Me: Vancouver's Bhangra Story Exhibit |
| Guntaas Kaur | M.A. Conflict Resolution |
| Gurpreet Sian | Co-founder South Asian Arts |
| Rupinder Singh Sidhu | Artist and Community Worker |
| Harsha Walia | Community activist, No One is Illegal |
| Performances at Komagata Maru Events | |
| Rishma Johal (Coordinator) | NSM2 Bhangra Team |
| Sahil Chawla | NSM2 Bhangra Team |
| Mark Cheema | NSM2 Bhangra Team |
| Ravel Gill | NSM2 Bhangra Team |
| Satvir Hundal | NSM2 Bhangra Team |
| Amit Johal | NSM2 Bhangra Team |
| Sonali Johal | NSM2 Bhangra Team |
| Taran Shergill | NSM2 Bhangra Team |
| Nirmal Singh Parmar | NSM2 Bhangra Team |
| Ashley Rai | NSM2 Bhangra Team |
| Simmy Sidhu | NSM2 Bhangra Team |
| Simren Sidhu | NSM2 Bhangra Team |
| Gurpreet Sian | South Asian Arts |
| Partnership / Consultation / Project Support | |
| Satwinder Bains | Director, Centre for Indo Canadian Studies, University of the Fraser Valley |
| Allan Bell | UBC Library; UBC CHRP Project: Chinese Canadian Stories |
| Kesar Bhatti | Khalsa Diwan Society, Ross Street Gurdwara |
| City of Vancouver Archives | Documents, photographs |
| Shushma Datt | I.T. Productions Ltd., |
| Denise Fong | UBC Library; UBC CHRP Project: Chinese Canadian Stories |
| Guru Nanak Sikh Gurdwara Society, Surrey | Project Support |
| Dr. Hugh Johnston | SFU Professor Emeritus, History and Project Consultant |
| Khalsa Diwan Society of Vancouver - Ross Street Gurdwara | Komagata Maru Project Content sharing; Project support. |
| Khalsa Diwan Society - Akali Singh Gurdwara, Vancouver | Project Support |
| Peter Milroy | Director, UBC Press |
| Dr. Kamala Nayar | Kwantlen Polytechnic University |
| Ingrid Parent | University Librarian, UBC Library |
| Kalwant Singh Nadeem Parmar | Project Consultant; Writer, poet and community historian; Advisor to Khalsa Diwan Society, Ross Street Gurdwara - Komagata Maru CHRP Projects |
| Dr.Henry Yu | UBC History Dept.; UBC CHRP Project: Chinese Canadian Stories; |
| Permissions Granted by Organizations - Copyright Clearance / Filming | |
| BC Archives | Documents |
| BC Legislature - Clerk's Office and Speaker's Office | Official apology for Komagata Maru document |
| Caitlin Press, Vancouver | Ajmer Rode - "Apology" from book Poems at My Doorstep |
| Canadian Ethnic Studies = Etudes Ethniques au Canada | Norman Buchignani - "A Review of the Historical and Sociological Literature on East Indians in Canada" |
| Canadian Ethnic Studies = Etudes Ethniques au Canada | Doreen Indra - "The Invisible Mosaic: Women, Ethnicity and the Vancouver Press, 1905-1976" |
| Chetna Parkashan, Punjabi Bhawan, Ludhiana | Punjabi Lekhak Manch (organization) - Novelkaar Kesar Singh: Jeevan Te Rachna = Novelist Kesar Singh: Life & Writings; Sadhu Binning & Sukhwant Hundal - sangharash de sau vre: kaneda vich panjabi pragatisheel lahar = One Hundred Years of Struggle: Punjabi Progressive Movement in Canada; Kalwant Singh Nadeem Parmar - Sponsorship (Novel); Kalwant Singh Nadeem Parmar - Inder Jal (Novel) |
| City of Vancouver Archives | Documents, photographs |
| Cinemark Tinseltown | Filming on location |
| Federation of Canadian Municipalities | Sikhs in Canada brochure (Kanwal Neel 75th anniversary material) |
| Harbour Publishing, Madeira Park and Vancouver | Sarjeet Singh Jagpal - Becoming Canadians: Pioneer Sikhs In Their Own Words |
| Library and Archives Canada | Documents |
| McClelland & Stewart Ltd., Toronto | Norman Buchignani, Doreen Indra, with Ram Srivastava (eds) - Continuous Journey: A Social History of South Asians in Canada |
| McGill-Queen's University Press, Montreal and Kingston | W. Peter Ward - White Canada Forever: Popular Attitudes and Public Policy Toward Orientals in British Columbia (3rd ed) - Chapter 5 "The Komagata Maru Incident" |
| Museum of Vancouver | Documents, footage for video |
| Public Works and Government Services Canada | Norman Buchignani, Doreen Indra, with Ram Srivastava (eds) - Continuous Journey: A Social History of South Asians in Canada |
| The National Archives (UK) | Documents |
| Oxford University Press India, Delhi | Gurcharn S. Basran & B. Singh Bolaria - The Sikhs in Canada: Migration, Race, Class and Gender - 4 chapters from the book |
| Playwrights Canada Press, Toronto | Sharon Pollock - "The Komagata Maru Incident" |
| Postcolonial Text | Transcript of Prime Minister Stephen Harper's Official Apology for the 1914 Komagata Maru Incident |
| Progressive Intercultural Community Services Society (PICS), Surrey | Hugh Johnston - The Voyage of the Komagata Maru: The Sikh Challenge to Canada's Colour Bar |
| The Sarah McLachlan School of Music | Filming on location |
| Simon Fraser University - Woodwards | Filming on location |
| TSAR Publications, Toronto | Sadhu Binning - "Welcome Ashore" and "The Heart Breaking Incident" from book No More Watno Dur = Vatano dur nahin |
| The Asian Star - Umendra Singh | News clippings |
| The Voice - Veeno Dewan | News clippings |
| UBC Press, Vancouver | Hugh Johnston - The Voyage of the Komagata Maru: The Sikh Challenge to Canada's Colour Bar |
| US National Archives and Records Administration | Documents |
| Vancouver Khalsa Diwan Society | Documents, diaries |
| Vancouver Public Library | Photographs |
| Vancouver Sun/Province | News clippings |
| Permissions Granted by Individuals - Copyright Clearance | |
| Shital Anmol | Artist - portrait of KM passenger S. Hazara Singh Parmar |
| Dr. Gurcharn S. Basran, University of Saskatchewan, retired | Gurcharn S. Basran & B. Singh Bolaria - The Sikhs in Canada: Migration, Race, Class and Gender - 4 chapters from the book |
| Gurnam Singh Bhatti | Owner of image - portrait of KM passenger S. Hazara Singh Parmar |
| Sadhu Binning | Book, poetry, journal articles |
| Dr. B.Singh Bolaria, University of Victoria; University of Saskatchewan, retired | Gurcharn S. Basran & B. Singh Bolaria - The Sikhs in Canada: Migration, Race, Class and Gender - 4 chapters from the book |
| Amarjit Singh Brar, Prakash Kaur Brar / Brar Family | Chand Collection: Diary, book, documents, photographs, audio file of Mr. Nehru's speech |
| Norman Buchignani | book, thesis, article, bibliography; Book, thesis, bibliography, time line, journal articles |
| Shushma Datt, I.T. Productions Ltd. | documentary, use of studio equipment for technical conversion of Mr. Nehru's speech |
| Kaviraj Singh Dukhi | permission on behalf of his father, author Munsha Singh Dukhi - Three Virtues |
| Sukhwant Hundal | Book, journal articles |
| Doreen Indra | book, thesis, article; Book, thesis, article |
| Sarjeet Singh Jagpal | Sarjeet Singh Jagpal - Becoming Canadians: Pioneer Sikhs In Their Own Words |
| Dr. Hugh Johnston | Book (English & Punjabi versions), documents |
| Ali Kazimi | Continuous Journey postcard (Kanwal Neel 75th anniversary material) |
| Mrs. Rajinder Kaur Kohaly / Kohaly family | Documents, photographs, audio files |
| Dr. Brij Vilash Lal | thesis - East Indians in British Columbia, 1904-1914: An Historical Study in Growth and Integration |
| Sadhu Singh Madahar | Translator - Maluka (Punjabi version) by Sadhu Singh Dhami |
| Dr. Kanwal S. Neel | Simon Fraser University, retired; Former teacher. |
| Aruna Pandia | Documents, audio interview of Dr. D.P. Pandia, photographs |
| Kalwant Singh Nadeem Parmar | Kalwant Parmar Collection: books, KM Project Report - History of Khalsa Diwan Society |
| Sharon Pollock | Sharon Pollock - "The Komagata Maru Incident" |
| Belle Puri | Broadcast Journalist, CBC News Vancouver |
| Ajmer Rode | "Komagata Maru" play (English version) |
| Jagat P. Sharma | Komagata Maru Historical Society pamphlet (on behalf of his brother Hari P. Sharmar, former president of the society) |
| Jarnail Singh | Artist - cover image of Ajmer Rode "Komagata Maru" play (English version) |
| Late Giani Kesar Singh & Mrs. Raje Shwari Giani | Sikhs in Canada, Part 1, Komagata Maru Massacre (English); Book on Shaheed Balwant Singh (Punjabi), Book on Shaheed Udam Singh (Punjabi) |
| Alia Somani | Transcript of Prime Minister Stephen Harper's Official Apology for the 1914 Komagata Maru Incident / article in Postcolonial Text |
| Dr. W. Peter Ward | W. Peter Ward - White Canada Forever: Popular Attitudes and Public Policy Toward Orientals in British Columbia (3rd ed) - Chapter 5 "The Komagata Maru Incident" |