The Sikh Diaspora in Vancouver: Three Generations Amid Tradition, Modernity, and Multiculturalism is a 2004 book by Kamala Elizabeth Nayar published by the University of Toronto Press.
[10] The book emphasizes the present and often repeats key points; Patricia E. Roy of the University of Victoria stated that these traits are a "sometimes textbook-like style".
[12] The third generation interviewees are critical of aspects of Canadian Sikh culture,[6] and they argued that the multicultural policy isolates them into a "Punjabi Bubble".
[7] Connie Ellsberg of Northern Virginia Community College concluded that the book "provides an interesting view of three generations’ experience of the North American environment".
[15] Doris R. Jakobsh of Canadian Literature wrote that the book tries to inappropriately place members of the three generations of Sikhs "into the "blueprint" offered" without accounting for individuals who differ from the "blueprint," and she stated that "Nayar's framework delineating communication patterns of the three generations of Canadian Sikhs tends to be rather too rigidly established, to the point of prototyping".
"[16] Roy stated that the book is "a good, clear introduction to the Sikhs" and a "provocative commentary on multiculturalism" that "can profitably be read by historians today.
"[17] Todd stated that the author did not make her research role clear,[17] used methodologies that had some faults,[18] and had an "uncritical dependence upon the dichotomy between tradition and modernity".