S01 E01: White Canada Forever?
Episode description
Welcome to The Nameless Collective Podcast, hosted by Naveen Girn, Milan Singh & Paneet Singh - a trio of historians and storytellers fascinated with South Asian and Canadian History. In the first episode, we set the context for early South Asian migration to Vancouver, Canada. The “White Canada Forever” movement, race riots, Sant Teja Singh, and Chiquita bananas make an appearance.
Episode References:
- Mary Alpuche from the Belize Archives & Records Service.
- Johnston, H. J. (2014). The voyage of the Komagata Maru: The Sikh challenge to Canada's colour bar. UBC Press.
- Kazimi, A. (2011). Undesirables: White Canada and the Komagata Maru: An Illustrated History. Douglas & McIntyre.
- Ward, W. P. (2002). White Canada forever: Popular attitudes and public policy toward Orientals in British Columbia. McGill-Queen's Press-MQUP.
- Hansard Index: Parliament of Canada/Parlement du Canada
The Nameless Collective Podcast Season 1 is a Canadian History podcast produced by JugniStyle.com and Manjot Bains, with additional sound engineering by Devinder Singh. The show is hosted and researched by Naveen Girn, Milan Singh and Paneet Singh in Vancouver, Canada. Music: A Melodic Shade of Blu ft. Keerat Kaur, by WiseChild.
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