Bid faces competition from Surrey, which has one of largest South Asian populations in Canada.
Vancouver council has unanimously supported the need to build a cultural centre in the city that aims to recognize, celebrate and showcase the significant contributions of the South Asian community.A future staff report is expected to answer those questions, although Coun. Lenny Zhou’s desire is that the city contribute one-third of capital costs to what he described as a South Asian Centre of Cultural Excellence.
The board of trade release was issued after the B.C. government released a mid-term report that detailed the feedback it had received in consultations across the province about the location for such a centre.More consultation is expected, but the findings so far point to Surrey as the most recommended location for the centre, with Vancouver as the second choice.
The report noted data from an online survey collected in the first phase of consultation is “providing general themes and sentiments, but it lacks a deeper, nuanced reflections of broader public opinion.” Jag Nagra, a visual artist and chair of the Punjabi Market collective, pointed out that Vancouver — in particular, South Vancouver — is a place of deep historical significance for the South Asian community, with roots going back more than a century.“They found work in sawmills, and despite facing racist, restrictive and discriminatory policies, built one of Canada's first South Asian communities,” she said.
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