Charan Gill | |
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Born | Charan Pal Singh Gill 17 June 1936 |
Died | 2 February 2021 Langley, British Columbia, Canada | (aged 84)
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Known for | Social activism and human rights advocacy |
Charan Pal Singh Gill OBC (17 June 1936 – 2 February 2021) was a Canadian social activist and South-Asian community leader in British Columbia. Through his work, he focused on improving the living conditions, wages, and working conditions of farmworkers across British Columbia and Canada. He was an inductee to the Order of British Columbia in 1999, a recipient of the Queen’s Golden Jubilee Medal in 2002, and the BC Achievement Foundation Community Award in 2010 for his contributions toward community service and social justice advocacy.