Grant Recipients

Grants from the Dr. Hari Sharma Foundation (HSF) are intended to support graduate studies, research and publication, cultural activities, and community events related to South Asia or the South Asian Diaspora. Grants are adjudicated by the HSF Board. Amounts typically range from $1,000 – $5,000, with a maximum of $10,000.
  • Community Grant: BC Labour Heritage Centre
  • Research & Publication: JAMHOOR
  • Social and Community: South Asian Network for Secularism and Democracy (SANSAD)
  • Cultural Grant: Sher Vancouver LGBTQ Friends Society
  • Cultural Grant: Sarah Singh
  • Cultural Grant: Mohamed Assani
  • Cultural Grant: Vancouver Art Gallery
  • Cultural Grant: Indian Summer Arts Society
  • Research and Publication Grant: Indranil Chakraborty
  • Cultural Grant: Vancouver Art Gallery, Exhibition: “Moving Still: Performative Photography from India”
  • Cultural Grant: Indian Summer Festival: several events, including “Conjuring the Future”, talk by Pico Iyer, and concert with Amjad Ali, “Strings for Peace”
  • Cultural Grant: Rungh Magazine, for special issue on music
  • Cultural Grant: Mohamed Assani for intercultural musical composition
  • Cultural and Social Grant: Habiba Zaman (SFU) for Canadian South Asian Youth conference
  • Research and Publication Grant: Courtney Tzto for publication of book on South Asians in Canadian hockey
  • Research and Publication Grant: University of Fraser Valley, South Asian Studies for oral history project recording memory of South Asian elders
  • Cultural and Social Grant: Anne Murphy, Centre for India and South Asia Research, UBC for event on the politics of violence in India in commemoration of 1984 Sikh massacre
  • Cultural and Social Grant: Simon Fraser University for talk by Amitav Ghosh
  • Cultural and Social Grant: SANSAD for recording event, “What is at Stake in India’s Elections: Hypernationalism and its Victims”
  • Research and Publication Grant: SANSAD for organizing book launch of “Culture and Resistance” by Edward Said and David Barsamian
  • Community Grant: SANSAD for recording dinner celebrating Pervez Hoodbhoy, Sadhu Binning, and Ali Kazimi, recipients of honorary degrees at UBC
  • Cultural and Social Grant: Simon Fraser University for talk by Amitav Ghosh on The Great Derangement
  • Cultural and Social Grant: Lower Mainland Bengali Cultural Society for musical program with Indian musician
  • Community Grant: Independent Jewish Voices for talk on Palestine by David Sheen
  • Research and Publication: SANSAD for book launch of “Witness Kashmir” by Sanjay Kak