100 influential Indo-Canadians in B.C.

British Columbia is unique in the world for the vibrancy and diversity of its people. When the results of the latest census are released next week, it is anticipated that four in 10 Metro Vancouver residents will be counted as visible minorities. Today The Vancouver Sun is looking at one important community that has more than a century of history in British Columbia. South Asians with roots in India, Pakistan, Fiji, Sri Lanka, Uganda, Tanzania and Bangladesh number in the hundreds of thousands in B.C. and have exerted a positive and energetic influence on business, community, the arts, media and political life. Those on the list are diverse and vibrant as the province itself.

The Vancouver Sun undertook to identify 100 leading citizens from a truly global mosaic of communities hailing from South Asia. Diversity and inclusiveness are the dual tracks of this list. From hundreds of names taken from the panoply of South Asian leaders, academics, community workers, artists, journalists, thinkers, speakers and doers, we have crafted a list of influential men and women in British Columbia.

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