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Dr. Satwinder Kaur Bains is the Director of the South Asian Studies Institute at the University of the Fraser Valley and is an Associate Professor in Social Cultural Media Studies, College of  Arts. She has many years of professional work in community development and has worked with many organizations on organizational change. Her academic articles can be found in The Asia-Pacific Journal, Brill,  Women’s Studies International Forum,Ethnicity and Inequalities in Health and Social Care  and books such as Diverse Spaces: Examining Identity, Heritage and Community within Canadian Public Culture,  Gender Issues and Challenges in Twenty First Century,  Interpreting Ghadar: Echoes of Voices Past as well as in other public spaces.

PhD (SFU), M.Ed. B.A.

• South Asian Diaspora studies;
• Sikhism and the politics of identity;
• cultural historiographies; 
• migration, settlement and integration; 
• race, racism and ethnicity; 
• minority rights and cultural politics.

Publications

Bains, Satwinder Kaur, and Sharanjit Kaur Sandhra. "The body politics of gender in Sikhi: shaping, shifting and pushing boundaries." South Asian Diaspora (2021): 1-17.

Bains, S. (Winter 2021). Guest editor. BC history. British Columbia Historic Federation.

Stirling Bryan, Nitya Suryaprakash, Richard Sawatzky, Marilyn Mulldoon, Moira Le Mercier, David Moorthy, Rajiv Gandhi, Satwinder Bains, Linda Li, Mimi Doyle-Waters, Sean Brown, Laurie Goldsmith. (2020). A research agenda to improve patients’ experience of knee replacement surgery: a patient-oriented modified Delphi study of patients of South Asian origin in British Columbia. CMAJ Open 2020. http://cmajopen.ca/content/8/1/E226.full

Bains, S. (Jan 2020). Exploring Gender and Sikh Traditions. Religions. Vol. 11 (1). https://doi.org/10.3390/rel11010034

Bains, S. (Winter 2020). Guest editor. BC history. British Columbia Historic Federation.

Bains, S. (Winter 2020). The persevered and built a community. BC History.

Dandurand, Y., McCormick, A., and Bains, S. (August, 2019). Developing Strategies on Violence Prevention and Community Safety in Abbotsford, BC. South Asian Research Fellowship Report. Abbotsford, BC: South Asian Studies Institute at UFV.

Bains, S.(2017). Journal Review. Recognition and Repentance in Canadian Multicultural Heritage: The Community Historical Recognition Program and Italian Canadian Memorializing. Journal of Canadian Studies: U of Toronto Press.

Bains, S. (In Press, 2017). Sikhism and Contemporary Issues on Feminism. Norway: Brill Encyclopedia on Sikhism.

Bains, S. Bhandar, D. Dhamoon, R. Miwani, R. (2019). (Co-Editors). Charting Imperial Itineraries: Unmooring the Komagata Maru. (UBC Press)

Bains, S. (2019). Chapter in Edited Book: Charting Imperial Itineraries: Unmooring the Komagata Maru. Chapter:  Resistance struggle: Facing lies, deception and racism. (UBC Press)

Bains, S. (2017). Publisher: Dhawan, R: That land beyond the Waves. Abbotsford, BC: Centre for Indo Canadian Studies, UFV.

Bains, S. (2016). Editor. Reluctant Rebellions: New and Selection Non-fiction Shauna Singh Baldwin. Abbotsford, BC: Centre for Indo Canadian Studies, UFV.

Bains, S. (2016). Journal Review. Acceptable to which Society? South Asian Immigrant Women’s Mothering Work in Canada. Elsevier: Women’s Studies International Forum.

Bains, S. (2016). Book Review. The Culture of Migration: Politics, Aesthetics and Histories. London: I.B. Tauris.

Bains, S. (2016). Book Review. Race and Racialization: Essential Readings. Toronto: Canadian Scholars’ Press.

Bains, S. & Sandhra, S. (2015). Sustaining echoes of the past - building a future100 years of Indo-Canadian history. Abbotsford: from village to city; centres of innovation and excellence.  Abbotsford, BC: MSA Museum

Bains, S. (2014). Gendered experiences of isolation in intimate partner violence (IPV) for South Asian immigrant women in Canada. Editor: Uttamkumar Panda Hidayatullah National Law University, Uparwara, New Raipur, Chhattisgarh 'Gender Issues and Challenges in Twenty First Century'. New Delhi: Satyam Law International.

Bains, S. (2014) Editor. Interpreting Ghadar: Echoes of Voices Past.  Selected Papers of Ghadar Conference 2013. Abbotsford, BC: Centre for Indo Canadian Studies, UFV.

Koehn, S., Jarvis, P., Sandhra, S., Bains, S., & Addison, M. (2014). Promoting mental health of immigrant seniors in community. Ethnicity and Inequalities in Health and Social Care 7(3), 146-156. http://www.emeraldinsight.com/doi/abs/10.1108/EIHSC-11-2013-0048

Bains, S. & Price, J.  (2014) The Extraordinary Story of the Komagata Maru: Commemorating the One Hundred Year Challenge to Canada’s Immigration Colour Bar

The Asia-Pacific Journal, Vol. 11, Issue 29, No. 1, July 21, 2014.

http://www.ufv.ca/media/assets/centre-for-indo-candian-studies/article_4149.pdf‌

Bains, S. (2014). Living in Fear: Violence as a Societal Scourge. In Jain, A. (Ed.).Violence Against Women All Pervading. Toronto: Elspeth Hayworth Center for Women.

Bains, S. (2013).  Editor. A Soldier Remembers: Memoir of Lt. Col. P.S. Jauhal. Sharanjit Sandhra with Col. Jauhal. Abbotsford BC: Centre for Indo Canadian Studies, UFV.

Bains, S. (2013). When Old Becomes New and the Telling in Re-told: Sikh Stories within Museum Walls. Ashley, S. (Ed.) Diverse Spaces: Examining Identity, Heritage and Community within Canadian Public Culture. Newcastle upon Tyne: Cambridge Scholars Publishing p 170-187

Bains, S. (2013) South Asian Mothers with Special Needs Children. Sangha, J. & Gonsalves, T. (Eds.) South Asian Mothering: Negotiating Culture, Family and Selfhood. Bradford, ON: Demeter Press. P 101-110

Bains, S. (2013). Indo Canadian Diasporas and Scope for Harnessing Potentials. Ahmed, S. & Nanavati, A. (Eds.) India-Canada Trade and FDI Bilateral Flows: Performance, Prospects and Proactive Strategies". Baroda:  Maharaja Sayajirao University of Baroda. P 19-30 

Bains, S. (2013). Feminist Critique of Socio-religious Discourse. Understanding Sikhism: The Research Journal, Vol., 14. No. 1-2.  March 2013 p. 27 – 30

Bains, S. 2003. Canadian Literature #188. Review: Of Silk Saris and Min-Skirts: South Asian Girls Walk the Tightrope of Culture by Amita Handa. Toronto: Women’s Press.

Dhari, R., Patel, I., Fryer, M,. Dhari, M,, Bilku, S., Bains, S. (1997). Creating a supportive environment for Indo-Canadian women. Canadian Nurse 93(3). P. 27-31.

Reports

Bains, S.2007. Indo Canadian Youth – Speak Up Consultation Report. Abbotsford, BC: CICS.

Bains, S. & Sangha, S. 2008. Child, Family and Community Services Act – Impact on South Asian Families. Province of BC: Social Policy Studies.

Bains, S. 2009. Indo Canadian Child Protection Issues: A consultative study. Abbotsford: BC Ministry of Children and Family Development.

Bains, S. 2009. Indo Canadian Seniors: Recreation and Services to Combat Isolation. Abbotsford: City of Abbotsford.http://www.ubcm.ca/assets/Funding~Programs/LGPS/Current~LGPS~Programs/SHSI/RecipientReports/shsi-abbotsford-report.pdf  

Jarvis, P., Koehn, S., Bains, S., Cheema, J., Goudiraan, D., & Addison, M. (2011). "Just scratching the surface": Mental health promotion for Punjabi seniors (forums)--final report. Vancouver, BC: Centre for Healthy Aging at Providence Health Care (CHAP). Available at:http://www.centreforhealthyaging.ca/documents/Just_scratching_the_surface-FINAL_000.pdf [10/12, 2011].

Bains, S. Evaluation Abbotsford Building Connections Project. Abbotsford BC. Dec 2013.

https://abbotsford.civicweb.net/Documents/DocumentList.aspx?Id=42048&Search=1&Result=3

Bains, S. (2014). A national Historic Site of Canada – The Gur Sikh Temple, Abbotsford. In 1914-2014 Komagatamaru Centennial Souvenir. Vancouver BC: Komagata Maru Foundation.

Bains, S. (June 2014). Indo Canadians: No need to be hyphenated. www.TheIndianDiaspora.com http://theindiandiaspora.com/news-details/conversations/primary_news/indo-canadians-no-need-to-be-hyphenated.htm

Bains, S. (Aug 2014). (Co-Contributor) Abbotsford Building Connections Report: https://abbotsford.civicweb.net/Documents/DocumentList.aspx?Id=42048&Search=1&Result=3

Bains, S. (May, 2014). Komagata Maru 100 years later. The Indian Diaspora.com

http://theindiandiaspora.com/news-details/my-voice/primary_news/komagata-maru-100-years-later.htm#.U4X61Kr-yyY.gmail 

Bains, S. (May, 2015). Review of the Punjabi Program, Dasmesh Punjabi School, Abbotsford, BC.

Bains, S. Sandhra, S. (2017). Race, racism and anti-racism conversations at UFV. UFV: Race and Anti-Racism Network.