Conference on Migration of Bengalis by Dr. Habiba Zaman & Dr. Sanzida Habib

Publication Link: Vol 31 No 1 (2019): Migration of Bengalis to Canada: History, Settlement, Identity and Activism | Alternate Routes: A Journal of Critical Social Research

A two-day conference to examine and document the history, settlement patterns and contributions of Bengalis to Canada, and BC in particular.

*Please note the venue for Saturday September 16 is SFU Harbour Centre and the venue for Sunday September 17 is UBC Institute of Asian Research

Organizers:
Dr. Habiba Zaman, Professor, SFU GSWS
Dr. Sanzida Habib, Research Associate, UBC CISAR

Keynote Speakers:
Dr. Tania Das Gupta and Dr. C. Emdad Haque

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