Caste in Canada

Join us for dialogue about caste discrimination and the forms it takes in Canada, with a diverse group of speakers, including activist and community leader Jai Birdi of the Chetna Association of Canada, an anti-caste discrimination activist group; Sasha Sabherwal, Ph.D. candidate at Yale University whose work centres on caste and gender dynamics in the greater Vancouver South Asian community; Satwinder Bains, director of the South Asian Studies Institute at the University of the Fraser Vallery; Anita Lal, Community Relations Specialist at Windmill Microlending and widely involved in community development and advocacy; and Inderdeep Dhaliwal, recent UBC graduate in International Relations; moderated by Anne Murphy, Co-Director, Centre for India and South Asia Research.

Schedule:

  • 6:15 PM – Community Reception
  • 7.00 PM – Roundtable Discussion