Today, Angie is one of Canada’s most experienced practitioners in human rights education, anti-racism, and children’s rights, with more than three decades of work shaping communities and institutions across the country.
For many first-generation South Asian women, success comes with an unspoken rule: don’t take up too much space. Be grateful. Be agreeable. Be realistic. Sonya Singh has spent her career doing the opposite, not out of defiance, but out of necessity.
For Parabjot Kaur Singh, language is not just a subject she teaches. It is an inheritance, responsibility, and bridge. As a high school English and Punjabi teacher in British Columbia, her work inside the classroom is deeply intertwined with the stories she carries from home.
In November 2025, Dr. Sharmila Anandasabapathy stepped into her role as Dean of the Faculty of Medicine and Vice-President, Health at the University of British Columbia (UBC) at a pivotal moment for health both in British Columbia and globally.
At just 13 years old, Ariya Jagpal already wears many hats: athlete, entrepreneur, mentor, and student. A Grade 8 student at Seycove Secondary School, she juggles a busy schedule filled with high-level soccer and basketball, schoolwork, and running her own jewelry business, Gummy Bear Wear.
It's Bombay (now Mumbai) from the 1940s. A young boy from present-day Gujarat lived with his large family on the footpaths of Mumbai. Every night, he and his father slept on the footpath while the others in his family slept inside a one-room home. Every morning, he witnessed fights for each and every drop of water. Even decades later, he could not forget his childhood struggles with clean water.
