Komagata Maru

Sikhs aboard Komagata Maru. Photography by Leonard Frank (VPL # 6226)

This page will help you find material in Vancouver Public Library on the Komagata Maru. In 1914 a group from India sailed to Canada in order to challenge the policies that kept non-white people from immigrating to Canada.

Useful Websites

Komagata Maru - Continuing the Journey

Extensive website includes history, biographies, documents, video and audio.

Komagata Maru Apology in the House of Commons

Text of the official apology in the House of Commons by Prime Minister Justin Trudeau.

Komagata Maru Memorial

Description and photographs of the memorial in the Coal Harbour neighbourhood.

Digital Library Resources

Canadian Business and Current Affairs

CBCA is a Canadian-focused database that offers access to newspapers, magazines, scholarly journals and reference sources. *Also suitable for research at the elementary, high school and undergraduate levels.

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Everywhere for Vancouver residents

Canadian Newsstream

Full-text access to over 500 BC and major Canadian daily newspapers. Some titles go back as far as the 1970s.

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Everywhere for Vancouver residents

Dictionary of Canadian Biography Online

Brief biographies of notable Canadians from the years 1000 to 1930.

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Everywhere for everyone

Globe and Mail: Historical Newspapers

Access the full image of the Globe and Mail newspaper from 1844 to 2018.

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Everywhere for Vancouver residents

Historical Photographs of BC and Yukon

A selection of historical images of Vancouver and British Columbia from the 1880s to the 1980s.

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Everywhere for everyone

Recommended Titles

In the Wake of the Komagata Maru: Transpacific Migration, Race and Contemporary Art : Voices From the Exhibition Ruptures in Arrival and the Symposium Disfiguring Identity

Undesirables: White Canada and the Komagata Maru : An Illustrated History

Voyage of Komagata Maru or India's Slavery Abroad

The Voyage of the Komagata Maru: The Sikh Challenge to Canada's Colour Bar

Canadian Sikhs (part One) and Komagata Maru Massacre

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Northwest History Index

This card index in Special Collection provides access to the Northwest History Collection, a heritage collection covering the early history and exploration of British Columbia and the Pacific Northwest.

The collection includes:

magazine and newspaper articles
pamphlets
books
chapters in books
many other resources

As of August 1998, no new material has been added to the Northwest History Index. It is continued by the British Columbia Index.

Komagata Maru

Asian Canadian History

Useful Websites