A new Heritage Minute shines a light on a South Asian community established in British Columbia’s Cowichan Valley on Vancouver Island more than a century ago.
Heritage Minutes, produced by non-profit Historica Canada, are a series of 60-second short films that depict significant people, events or stories in Canadian history.
This one tells the story of Palidi, B.C., located west of Duncan, through the lens of Punjabi immigrant Bishan Kaur.
Bishan is the wife of Mayo Singh, who founded Paldi in 1917, and over the course of a minute, viewers see her years-long transformation into a community leader.
The immigrant community is recognized as an early example of Canada’s multiculturalism, welcoming South
