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Hari Sharma fonds
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NRISAD-SANSAD files

Sub-series consists of the organizational records of Non-Resident Indians for Secularism and Democracy (NRISAD) and its successor organization South Asian Network for Secularism and Democracy (SANSAD). Includes records created, made, and/or received by Hari Sharma while serving on several committees within the organization that carried out educational and cultural activities to uphold the secular and democratic values and to oppose the agenda of extreme forces in India. Sub-series includes articles, emails, research notes, statements, flyers, notices, statements, advertisements, incoming and outgoing correspondence, brochures, tickets, programs, minutes, publications, reviews, and photographs.

Non-Resident Indians for Secularism and Democracy

South Asia research files

Sub-series consists of records arising from Hari Sharma's research activity on the politics of India and other nations in South Asia. Includes newspaper clippings, articles, correspondence, notes, book lists, and other materials.

Komagata Maru Historical Society files

Sub-series consists of administrative records of the Komagata Maru Historical Society that were kept by Hari Sharma while he was President of the society. Records relate to research, education, funding, and publicity of commemorative events marking the 75th anniversary of the 1914 Komagata Maru incident. Sub-series consists of newspaper clippings, correspondence, minutes, brochures, photographs, letterheads, notes, emails, and some financial records.

Komagata Maru Historical Society

Community activism records

Series consists of records arising from Hari Sharma's community activism work that includes helping to mobilize people toward the formation of the Indian People's Association of North America (IPANA) through his leadership, writings, and talks; systematically addressing racism in British Columbia through his committee work with the British Columbia Organization to Fight Racism (BCOFR); standing in solidarity with Indo-Canadian farmworkers in the Fraser Valley and members of IPANA in the formation of the Canadian Farmworkers Union; uniting IPANA with other groups in the community to form the Komagata Maru Historical Society with the impending 75th anniversary of the Komagata Maru incident in 1989; playing a leadership role in the creation of Non-Resident Indians for Secularism and Democracy (NRISAD) when IPANA faded away, and then helping NRISAD expand its focus to the entire South Asian region as it evolved into the South Asian Network for Secularism and Democracy (SANSAD); building relationships with members of the Secwepemc (Shuswap) Nation in south-central B.C. as co-chair of the SCES/SFU partnership; and defending human rights and social justice, often providing expert witness testimony in immigration and Workers' Compensation Board (WCB) claim cases within the South Asian community. Series includes the organizational records of BCOFR, IPANA, and NRISAD-SANSAD; interviews, transcripts, case files, notes, and correspondence.

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