Role
Member
Title
Retired Punjabi Language Instructor, University of British Columbia
Region
Burnaby, BC, Canada
Sadhu Binning, a retired UBC language instructor, has authored and co-authored more than nineteen books of poetry, fiction, plays, translations, and research. His works have been included in more than fifty anthologies both in Punjabi and English. He edited a literary monthly Watno Dur and co-edits a quarterly, Watan. He is a founding member of Vancouver Sath, a theatre collective and Ankur. He served on the BC Arts Board from 1993 to 1995. He has been an active member of several literary and cultural organizations including the Punjabi Writers’ Forum and the Writers Union of Canada.
He was named one of the prominent 100 South Asians making a difference in British Columbia. Sadhu has received several awards that include Sharomani Sahitkar (Videshi) for the year 2015 and honorary degree, Doctor of Letters (D. Litt) from the University of British Columbia in 2019. As the Vice President of Punjabi Language Education Association, for decades he has been promoting Punjabi in the public education institutions in British Columbia, Canada.
