I put my best foot forward to recapture an important story a meeting of historical frictions when members of British Columbia’s Sikh population supported children with disabilities in the province.
Mayo Singh, the founder of Paldi, BC [see “They
Persevered and Built a Community” in 53.4, Winter 2020], was one of three members in his family who immigrated to British Columbia in hopes of gaining employment in Vancouver Island’s lumber market, after his initial This achievement most likely reflects Singh’s encounter with racism while trying to start a new life in Duncan, where he was denied service at a hotel that refused to accommodate a “poor Hindu.”
