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Andy and Pritam Sidhu
"We get a chance to taste the different variety of foods prepared by different people at public functions and witness the celebrations of each and every community at various festivals."

"There is still alot that can be done for diversity in our community. There is the need for all of us to become part of each other’s celebrations, be it religious or otherwise, more involvement in sports where mixed teams should take part."

Andy Sidhu first came out to Canada in September of 1974 and in 1976 started working for the Canada Farm Labour Pool a Federally funded program. He was the Assistant Manager for 21 years and in 1996 started publishing Abbotsford’s first bi-lingual newspaper (Punjabi & English) together with his wife Pritam who was up to then working with Abbotsford Developmental Pre-school. Both have been involved with most of the multicultural events that took place in Abbotsford over the years.

news

 

2012-12-07 - Successful Culmination of the Diversity Networking Series 2012

2012-05-25 - Faith Twinning Program Strengthens Friendships

2011-02-25 - Intercultural Hub Opens at MRC

2011-03-30 - First Twinning of Faith Communities

2011-04-12 - Faith Twinning Activity in Abbotsford

2011-05-08 - Cycling for Diversity From Mission To Victoria May 18 -21

2011-05-27 - Twinning Abbotsford Schools

2011-09-19 - Province Wide Initiative in Support of Local Food Banks

resources

UNESCO Coalition of Canadian Municipalities against Racism and Discrimination

First Nations, Urban Aboriginal and Immigrant Communities Dialogues

Making Young People's Voice count in Municipal decision-making and their Communities

fun facts

Did you know that in 2009, immigrants to B.C. came from over 175 countries? Mainland China, India and the Philippines were the top three source countries and have been since 2004.