From being the first person to sell original Bollywood movie prints to hosting entertainment shows that garnered a cult following among ethnic communities to introducing concerts that brought legendary South Asian artists to Vancouver, Kamal has been a pioneer in shaping the South Asian cultural landscape.

Style consultant, influencer, and model Tejeshwar Singh is often recognized as the first turbaned Sikh to be featured in many of the spaces he works in. Since childhood, Singh exhibited a keen interest in fashion, passionately selecting his clothes, with his father often capturing his oomph-factor moments through photographs.

In April 2023, Ashlyen Singh won the BC School Sports Women in Sports & Leadership Award, recognizing their commitment to student-athletes and school sports. Besides teaching at school, Ashlyen also runs Abbotsford Basketball Association (ABA), a non-profit organization they co-founded with their partner, Dylan Kular, to make basketball and quality programming accessible to children at an affordable price.

To Kill a Tiger initially started as a different film, focusing on an NGO creating awareness among men and boys about women’s rights. In an exclusive interview, Pahuja shares what it was like to direct To Kill a Tiger.

Brown Girl Guilt was born, a podcast through which Harpo provides language to the shared experiences of brown girls and unpacks her brown girl guilt, while continuously exploring what a world without that guilt looks like. In 2022 alone, Harpo released 28 Brown Girl Guilt episodes, which were listened to across 79 countries. 

Earlier this year, he was selected for the Canada U-17 men’s soccer team that played the 2023 Concacaf Men’s Under-17 Championship in Guatemala, beating Puerto Rico 3-0 in the quarterfinals to qualify for the 2023 FIFA U-17 World Cup that will be played in November.