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[RCMP records and personal correspondence]

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2020_01_002
Date
1990 to 2006
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This file contains records collected or created by Baltej Singh Dhillon during his early career as a RCMP officer. Includes personal correspondence from organizations and individuals in response to the RCMP turban ban and resulting legal challenge. Also includes personnel records detailing Dhillon's activities as an RCMP officer.
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[RCMP records and personal correspondence]
[RCMP records and personal correspondence]
Correspondence written by R. Prevost that were sent, or copied, to Baltej Singh Dhillon, the Calgary Sun, the Council of Sikh Organizations, and Harvey Andre, M.P. for Calgary Centre. Content of correspondence includes Prevost's prejudiced belief against Sikhs and the impact of the overturn of the R.C.M.P. turban ban. more
[RCMP records and personal correspondence]
[RCMP records and personal correspondence]
This document contains a Community policing report written by Administrator/Clerk Robert Grivel in correspondence to Staff Sgt. Carl W. Busson and was copied to Constable Baltej Singh Dhillion. Content of correspondence includes Grivel's acknowledgement of the Busson's team work to promote a "crime prevention" attitude at the Quesnel detachment. more
[RCMP records and personal correspondence]
[RCMP records and personal correspondence]
The first page of this document contains handwritten notes, some of which are written in English. The second page contains a typed thank you note from Director Gurinder Singh.
[RCMP records and personal correspondence]
[RCMP records and personal correspondence]
This document contains newspaper articles and letters to the editor from the Windsor Star. The letters to the editor are written between November 11-25 in response to an article written by Jacqueline Smrke about Baltej Singh Dhillon's efforts to overturn the R.C.M.P. turban ban. The document also contains a copy of a letter from Les Dickirsen, a Chairperson with a Human Rights Committee to… more
[RCMP records and personal correspondence]
[RCMP records and personal correspondence]
Correspondence from Sikh Education & Research Centre of Windsor sent to Baltej Singh Dhillon in Quesnel. Content of correspondence relays well wishes, confirmation upon receiving filmed seminars featuring Dhillon, and data about favourability of letters to the editor in response to an article about Dhillon in the Windsor Star.
[RCMP records and personal correspondence]
[RCMP records and personal correspondence]
This document contains a 2006 newspaper article about Baltej Singh Dhillon. Content recounts Dhillon's struggle to combat the turban ban in the R.C.M.P. in 1991 and the prejudice displayed in response. more
[RCMP records and personal correspondence]
[RCMP records and personal correspondence]
Correspondence written by Elise Motta from North Vancouver to Baltej Singh Dhillon, congratulating Dhillon on becoming a Constable.
[RCMP records and personal correspondence]
[RCMP records and personal correspondence]
This document contains a newspaper clipping from The Globe and Mail, featuring an image of Baltej Singh Dhillon after graduating from the Royal Canadian Mounted Police.
[RCMP records and personal correspondence]
[RCMP records and personal correspondence]
This document contains correspondence from Peter J.M. Pallesen to Baltej Singh Dhillon in 1994 about a litigation case arguing against allowing R.C.M.P. uniform variations for religious and traditional reasons. What follows are 10 pages of court documents from March, 1992, a partial newspaper article from the Calgary Herald about the court decision and a policy memo from the Canadian Reform Party… more
[RCMP records and personal correspondence]
[RCMP records and personal correspondence]
Memo sent from the Prince George Subdivision to the Quesnel Detachment, and was copied to Constable Baltej Singh Dhillon, approving annual entitlement of leave for 1995.
[RCMP records and personal correspondence]
Correspondence written by Secretary Wendy Hanrahan to Baltej Singh Dhillon. The content is Wendy thanking him for speaking with their Parent Advisory Council at the Dragon Lake Elementary School in Quesnel, 1995 on behalf of the Quesnel detachment about safety.
[RCMP records and personal correspondence]
[RCMP records and personal correspondence]
This document contains an envelope and postcard addressed from Peter J.M. Pallesen to Baltej Singh Dhillon at the Quesnel Detachment. The post card wishes Season's Greetings to Baltej and his family from Pallesen in December of 1994. more
[RCMP records and personal correspondence]
[RCMP records and personal correspondence]
This certificate was awarded from B.C. Ministry of Health to Baltej Singh Dhillon in 1994. Regional Director of Alcohol and Drug Services Peter Cunningham recognized Dhillon for his commitment and support for Drug Awareness Week.
[RCMP records and personal correspondence]
[RCMP records and personal correspondence]
This document contains an official request for leave from Baltej Singh Dhillon to his Staff Sgt. Carl W. Busson. Sent in December of 1994, the document contains a correspondence where Dhillon requests 10 days off from the middle of January to early February 1995 for his sister's wedding in Malaysia. more
[RCMP records and personal correspondence]
[RCMP records and personal correspondence]
This document from Carl W. Busson to the Prince George Subdivision approves Baltej Singh Dhillon's request for leave from the department. The content is Busson supporting Dhillon's request to attend his sister's wedding in Malaysia in 1995. more