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Research


My research sits at the intersection of migration, disability/debility, and care, primarily through my doctoral work on Panjabi families navigating care for kin with cognitive and developmental differences across Panjab and British Columbia.

Read about the dissertation


Alongside that, my research has moved across several connected areas: substance use and mental health in Panjabi communities, aging and technology among South Asian older adults, and community history and cultural memory. Running through all of it is a commitment to community-engaged, arts-based, and multilingual methods, developed first through the Panjabi-Centred Design framework.

Read about Panjabi-Centred Design

Research Interests:

  • Disability/debility, migration, and transnational care
  • Substance use and mental health in diaspora communities
  • Language translation/transcreation
  • Community history and cultural memory
  • Knowledge translation and multilingual, community-based & art-based methods

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    A family travelling on a motorbike. Tarn-Taran, Panjab, India. 2026.

    Previous Research:


    • Graduate Research Assistant, CoRE Lab, UBC (2023–Present) — early years social-emotional supports for immigrant families, under Dr. Brenda Poon

    • Research Coordinator, Roshni Clinic, Fraser Health Authority (2023–2025) — developing a substance-use disorder intervention for Panjabi men in British Columbia

    • Researcher, iCON Project, DigEM UBC (2022–2024) — technology experiences among South Asian older adults

    • Research Assistant, OCAD University (2021) — urban design and communication guidelines for infection control in public space

    • Researcher, South Asian Studies Institute, UFV (2014, 2020) — We Are Hockey and Komagata Maru: Continuing the Journey

    Selected Publications:


    • Gill, M., Dhaliwal, K., Goindval, I. S., Sandhu, S., & Puri, N. (2026) — Considerations for Culturally Inclusive Diagnosis and Treatment for Panjabi Men Who Use Substances — Addiction Research & Theory – Read Here

    • Sandhu, S., & Goindval, I. S. (2025) — Emerging from the Shadows — Journal of Ethnicity in Substance Abuse  – Read Here
    Index 1–6

    Dissertation

    Against Debility

    1

    Research

    Intersections & Assemblages

    2

    Panjabi-Centred Design

    Framework & Accessibility

    3

    Teaching

    Teaching to Transgress

    4

    Kosh Health

    Public Health Communication

    5

    Fieldnotes

    Coming soon



    – Vancouver, Canada
    – Goindval, East Panjab

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