Communities and their Contributions to Canada fund, is the History Across the Regions Project (HARP), which aims to build Punjabi Canadian community hubs, and collect family histories in each major provincial region that has significant Punjabi Canadian roots (Northern BC, the Kootenays, the Okanagan, the Fraser Valley, the Lower Mainland and Vancouver Island).
The current work, made possible by the BC | Canada 150: Celebrating B.C. Phase 2, informed by the work with communities undertaken during phase 1, is currently ongoing. Please click on a project for more information. The South Asian Historic Places Project in partnership with the province of British Columbia in 2016–2017.The province-wide Community Consultation including a gallery intervention event and seven consultations, in 2015–2016.The establishment of the Punjabi Canadian Legacy Project Advisory Committee in 2015.The Punjabi Pioneer Food History Project which resulted in a new collection and the development of educational material on the Royal BC Museum Learning Portal in 2014–2015.
This work aims to preserve, explore and share the contributions that Canadians of Punjabi descent have made to the history of BC and Canada. The Royal BC Museum, in partnership with the South Asian Studies Institute (SASI) at the University of the Fraser Valley (UFV), and in consultation with the Punjabi Canadian Legacy Project Advisory Committee, is engaging with British Columbia's Punjabi communities, organizations and individuals to create a Punjabi Canadian Legacy Project (PCLP).