A two-day conference to examine and document the history, settlement patterns and contributions of Bengalis to Canada, and BC in particular.
- September 16 , 2017 Saturday at SFU Harbour Centre
- September 17, 2017 Sunday at UBC Institute of Asian Research
Keynote Speakers: Dr. Tania Das Gupta and Dr. C. Emdad Haque
Paper presentations by speakers from both academia and the community at sessions on
- Migration and Settlement of Bengalis: History, Demography, Religion, and Health Issues
- Gender, Culture, Family, and Work: Stories of Migration
- Multiculturalism, Bengali Organizations, and Social Justice Issues
- Canadian Bengali Youths: Identity, Social, Cultural, and Family Life
- Concurrent Roundtable Discussion with community members on topics of Migration, Settlement Experience and Community Service
- Multiculturalism, Diversity, Activism, and Social Justice
Organizers: Dr. Habiba Zaman, Professor, SFU GSWS and Dr. Sanzida Habib, Research Associate, UBC CISAR
Funded by:
- Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC) Canada
- Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences (FASS) Dean Office, SFU
- Department of Gender, Sexuality, and Women’s Studies (GSWS), SFU
- Centre for India and South Asia Research (CISAR), UBC
- Dr. Hari Sharma Foundation
- David Lam Centre, SFU
- Institute for the Humanities, SFU
- Departments of History, and Sociology and Anthropology, SFU
- School of International Studies, SFU
- An anonymous donor
Register for Sep 16 at SFU Vancouver | Register for Sep 17 at UBC to gswsmgr@sfu.ca
We acknowledge that the conference is taking place on the ancestral and unceded territory of the Musqueam, Squamish and Tsleil-Waututh Nations.
