Rizwaan Abbas, BA, PSc, MSc.
Semiahmoo First Nation Archaeologist, Director; Indo-Fijian Cultural Society of Canada, Author, Researcher & Cultural Historian
Visit my Virtual Exhibit
"The Indo-Fijians: Surrey's Pocket of Paradise" - Museum of Surrey
"The Indo-Fijians: Surrey's Pocket of Paradise" - Museum of Surrey
Videos & Podcasts
Shaw TV Commercial featuring Rizwaan's exhibit
Shaw TV Commercial featuring Rizwaan's exhibit
Rizwaan discuses Girmitiya Day 2023 (Shaw Multicultural)
Rizwaan discuses Girmitiya Day 2023 (Shaw Multicultural)
An excellent interview on the "No Ties 1879" Podcast
Podcast
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Podcast
An excellent interview on the "No Ties 1879" Podcast
Viti Vibes Interview - Ep. 44 - Apr 14, 2022
Viti Vibes Interview - Ep. 44 - Apr 14, 2022
w/ Sheetal Naicker - Viti Vibes Interview - Ep. 24 - Oct 28, 2021
w/ Sheetal Naicker - Viti Vibes Interview - Ep. 24 - Oct 28, 2021
Articles, Blogs & Publications
Purchase a copy of my magazine at the BC Historical Federation Online store
Purchase a copy of my magazine at the BC Historical Federation Online store
Chapter 9 "Indo-Fijians: Our Long Journey Home" - The Social History of South Asians in BC (University of the Fraser Valley)
Chapter 9 "Indo-Fijians: Our Long Journey Home" - The Social History of South Asians in BC (University of the Fraser Valley)
History of south asian canadians in British comombia, Canada.
BEHIND THE SCENES - BC's Fossil Bounty TV Show
BEHIND THE SCENES - BC's Fossil Bounty TV Show
Top Paleontology Blogs 2025 ARCHEA Best Science Podcasts 2025 Fossil Huntress The Next David Attenborough Palaeontology Dead Sexy Science / Ansnaq
Cloverdale Reporter newspaper article about Rizwaan's exhibit
Cloverdale Reporter newspaper article about Rizwaan's exhibit
Community Treasurers exhibit to tell story of Indo-Fijians and their culture
Indo-Canadian Voice Newspaper Article
Indo-Canadian Voice Newspaper Article
BY RIZWAN ABBAS THE Museum of Surrey is hosting a new Community Treasures Exhibit titled, “The Indo-Fijians: Surrey’s Pocket of Paradise.” The exhibit is open until December 19 and discusses the history of the Indo-Fijian people, how and why they left India, life in Fiji under “girmit,” and how the “Girmityas,” (our ancestors) overcame
MSc. Thesis Article - Royal Society of Open Science
MSc. Thesis Article - Royal Society of Open Science
Abstract. In 1912, palaeontologist Arthur Smith Woodward and amateur antiquarian and solicitor Charles Dawson announced the discovery of a fossil that supp
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