The sovereignty of memory: Guru Nanak Jahaz, the film, and the Canadian record
Staff
June 7, 2026
There are moments in a country’s life when the stories it tells collide sharply with the truths it has avoided.
Tag: Guru Nanak Jahaz
Apologizing to the colonial archive: Why Canada’s federal record needs Guru Nanak Jahaz
Staff
May 30, 2026
Wanjara Nomad Collections makes the case for Canada not confusing colonial archival continuity with historical justice.
Scholar and documentary maker Ali Kazimi objects to City of Vancouver renaming Komagata Maru panel
Charlie Smith
May 23, 2026
Kazimi is one of Canada’s leading scholars on the Komagata Maru, which was expelled from Vancouver’s harbour in 1914.
British Columbia’s quiet rescission of a proclamation recognizing Guru Nanak Jahaz is a case study in the erasure of agency
Staff
April 7, 2026
Representatives of different gurdwaras in Metro Vancouver have endorsed the name Guru Nanak Jahaz for the vessel chartered by Gurdit Singh.
Decolonization demands that any reference to the Komagata Maru be amended
Gurpreet Singh
July 22, 2024
When Gurdit Singh chartered the Japanese vessel prior to travelling across the ocean to Vancouver, he called it the Guru Nanak Jahaz.
Scholar and documentary maker Ali Kazimi objects to City of Vancouver renaming Komagata Maru panel
Charlie Smith
May 23, 2026
Decolonization demands that any reference to the Komagata Maru be amended
Gurpreet Singh
July 22, 2024
The Society of We Are Canadians Too created Pancouver to foster greater appreciation for underrepresented artistic communities. A rising tide of understanding lifts all of us.
This project is funded in part by the Government of Canada.
We would like to acknowledge that we are gathered on the traditional and unceded territories of the Coast Salish peoples of the xʷməθkwəy̓əm (Musqueam Indian Band), Skwxwú7mesh (Squamish Nation), and Səl̓ílwətaɬ (Tsleil-Waututh Nation). With this acknowledgement, we thank the Indigenous peoples who still live on and care for this land.
This project is funded in part by the Government of Canada.
The Society of We Are Canadians Too created Pancouver to foster greater appreciation for underrepresented artistic communities. A rising tide of understanding lifts all of us.
We would like to acknowledge that we are gathered on the traditional and unceded territories of the Coast Salish peoples of the xʷməθkwəy̓əm (Musqueam), Skwxwú7mesh (Squamish), and Səl̓ílwətaɬ (Tsleil-Waututh) Nations. With this acknowledgement, we thank the Indigenous peoples who still live on and care for this land.