Sikhpoint Calendar
2012
Sikhs in Canada
The Singh Twins
The 2012 Sikhpoint Calendar is the first Going Global year: Sikhs in Canada, through a commission the Singh Twins made for Toronto's Royal Ontario Museum. Each month shows a detail from that painting, in their Past-Modern miniature style.
The painting draws on research including Jagpal Sarjeet Singh's Becoming Canadians: Pioneer Sikhs in Their Own Words (1994), plus community history sites the twins list in the calendar credits. It is a selective overview of Canadian Sikh history and achievements, not a full census.
In 2011 the twins each received an MBE. They are also writers and filmmakers. Their films Nineteen Eighty-Four and the Via Dolorosa Project and The Making of Liverpool both received Creative Media Awards at the Hollywood Sikh Art and Film Festival.
Months
Introduction
Going Global: Sikhs in Canada
January
The Earliest Sikhs to Settle in Canada
February
Mayo Lumber Company
March
India Hockey Club
April
Celebrating Freedom for India
May
Komagata Maru
June
Top 25 Canadian Immigrants
July
Splendor Sine Occasu
August
The Spirit Born People Exhibition
September
Sikh Foundation Canada
October
A Powerful Message
November
Les arts des royaumes sikhs
December
Sikhs in Canada
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