Hamilton Centre for Civic Inclusion

This is the third in a 5-post series we have created looking at different aspects of anti-South Asian Racism in Hamilton and Canada. In this post, we look at how Canada has long mistreated South Asian and other immigrant labour for its own benefit. We connect it to today’s working conditions including the mistreatment and scapegoating of temporary foreign workers and international students.

We’ll be posting the full pdf versions of these slides on our website along with translations in Punjabi, Gujurati, Bangla, Hindi, and Urdu. We also have print versions available for pickup.

Get in touch to learn more about the project and how you can get involved, or join one of our upcoming discussion circles for members of South Asian communities in Hamilton.

Thanks to the Hamilton Community Foundation and the Canadian Race Relations Foundation for funding this project. Thanks also to for graphic design and the Translation Agency of Canada for translations.

This is the second in a 5-post series we have created looking at different aspects of anti-South Asian Racism in Hamilton and Canada. This time we are looking at something that can be very personal, but has a big impact on how narratives about South Asian and other immigrant communities are created: The Model Minority.

Quotes in this post provided by Project Assistant Talat Hakim.

As we go through the series, we’ll be posting the full pdf versions of these slides on our website along with translations in Punjabi, Gujurati, Bangla, Hindi, and Urdu. We also have print versions available for pickup.

Get in touch to learn more about the project and how you can get involved, or join one of our upcoming discussion circles for members of South Asian communities in Hamilton.

Thanks to the Hamilton Community Foundation and the Canadian Race Relations Foundation for funding this project. Thanks also to for graphic design and the Translation Agency of Canada for translations.

In 2025 we started work on a project looking at histories of anti-South Asian racism in Hamilton as we see an alarming rise in this rhetoric. We are now extending the project to share learning and hear from local experience.

Stay tuned for our series looking at different ways anti-South Asian racism shows up. If you would like to join in on our conversation, scan the QR code or access the link in our bio to sign up.

We are grateful for funding from the Canadian Race Relations Foundation and the Hamilton Community Foundation to support this phase.

Registration link: https://forms.gle/QZKPXnZT5rP5CkNV8