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<b><u><span style="font-size:14.0pt;color:#222222">EVENT ADVISORY  </span></u></b></p>
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<a><b><span style="font-size:14.0pt;color:#222222">Remembrance Day e</span></b></a><span><b><span style="font-size:14.0pt;color:#222222">xhibit commemorates the Punjabi-Canadian connection to 100 years of the poppy
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<span lang="EN-US">Flanders Fields remembrance exhibition highlights </span>
<span>the presence and the contribution of Punjabi troops, and their connections to South Asian Canadians.</span><span> </span></p>
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The events in Flanders have over decades has been narrated through a Eurocentric lens which has served to exclude the soldiers of serving on the Western Front. This centennial event recognises the Punjabi troops that fought to defend the Canadian line at Ypres
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The event will showcase the Duty Honour & Izzat exhibition produced in collaboration with Simon Fraser University supported with WW1 ephemera (including newspapers and postcards), military decorations and other period memorabilia from the Indus Media Foundation
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Photos of artefacts can be found here:  <a href="http://www.facebook.com/IndusMediaFoundation/photos" id="m_-7183998830716086888LPNoLPOWALinkPreview" target="_blank">www.facebook.com/IndusMediaFoundation/photos</a>.  The exhibit's curator will be available along with Indian Army veterans and Museum
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<b style="font-size:11pt;font-style:inherit;font-variant-ligatures:inherit;font-variant-caps:inherit">DATE</b><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;font-size:11pt;color:rgb(0,0,0)">: Wednesday, November 10th, 2021</span></p>
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<b>TIME:</b> 11 am – 12:30 PM <span>               </span></p>
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<b>LOCATION:</b> Museum of Surrey, 17710 56a Ave, Surrey, BC V3S 5H8; Tel <a href="https://www.google.com/search?q=museum+of+surrey&oq=museum+of+surrey&aqs=chrome..69i57j46i175i199i512j0i512l3j0i22i30l5.4512j0j7&sourceid=chrome&ie=UTF-8" target="_blank">
(604) 592-6956</a></p>
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<b>Spokesperson: </b>Steve Purewal, Historian <b> </b></p>
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C: 778-840-4740</p>
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E: <a href="mailto:Steven.Purewal@imfc.org" target="_blank">Steven.Purewal@imfc.org</a></p>
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<li>How do Canadians and soldiers from the Punjab region, have in shared history in their service to the Crown in WW1 and WW2?</li><li>How do we increase awareness of these stories?</li><li>Why is this awareness important?</li><li>What are the benefits of teaching this history more widely?</li><li>How has the release of your film, <b><i>Promises,</i></b> which is based on this common history, been impacted by Covid?</li><li>Tell us about your graphic novel, <b><i>Duty, Honour, Izzat</i></b> and how it is used to share this history?</li><li>How are the commemorations/celebrations of 50 years of multiculturalism relevant to this project?</li></ol>
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Steven Purewal</div>
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