<div dir="ltr">The Nikkei National Museum & Cultural Centre in Burnaby is pleased to announce the <b><i>Haq and History</i></b> exhibit will be on display from October 19, 2024 to January 25, 2025, with the opening reception taking place on <b>Saturday, November 2, from 1pm to 3pm</b>. Please join us to learn about and celebrate South Asian Canadian history. Admission is by donation.<div><br></div><div><img src="cid:ii_m186kmkc2" alt="Haq-&-History-e-vite-V2.jpg" width="387" height="542"><br><br><b>EXHIBIT</b>: Haq and History<br><b>DATES</b>: Oct 19, 2024 – Jan 25, 2025<br><b>OPENING CELEBRATIONS</b>: Nov 2, 2024, 1-3pm<br><b>VENUE</b>: Nikkei National Museum & Cultural Centre, 6688 Southoaks Crescent, Burnaby, BC<br><b>EXHIBIT WEBSITE</b>: <a href="http://centre.nikkeiplace.org/exhibits/haq-history/" target="_blank">centre.nikkeiplace.org/exhibits/haq-history/</a><br><br>The <i><b>Haq and History</b></i> exhibition, originally developed by the <b>South Asian Studies Institute (SASI)</b> and the <b>Royal British Columbia Museum (RBCM) </b>in 2020 offers visitors the chance to reflect upon stories from and about South Asian Canadian Immigrants, including details about work, home life, and keeping cultural traditions alive in BC. It has been traveling across the province, and will be on display at the Nikkei National Museum & Cultural Centre (NNMCC) from October 19, 2024 to January 25, 2025.<br><br>As part of the traveling exhibit opportunity, SASI invited all receiving institutions to apply for research assistance to help unearth connections of our local history and South Asian Canadians, to offer visitors a chance to learn not only about the lives of South Asian Canadians in our area, but also to add to the content of the core exhibit to help deepen our collective knowledge exponentially.<br><br>Tiffany Lau, from SFU’s Academy to Community program researched the intersection of South Asian and Japanese Canadian communities for Japanese Canadian content in this exhibit which centers around Paldi (on Vancouver Island) and the Toyota, Urabe, and Yano families.<br><br>We are honoured to host Haq and History and grateful for the support from SASI and RBCM.<div><br></div><div><div><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;line-height:normal;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-repeat:initial"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif;color:#666666">Nichola Ogiwara</span><span lang="JA" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"MS Gothic";color:#666666"> </span><span lang="JA" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Kozuka Gothic Pr6N R",sans-serif;color:#666666">荻原にこら</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#222222"></span></p>
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