Sadhu Binning Biography

Sadhu Binning, a retired UBC language instructor, has authored and co-authored more than eighteen books of poetry, fiction, plays, translations and research. His works have been included in more than fifty anthologies both in Punjabi and English. He edited a literary monthly Watno Dur and co-edits a quarterly, Watan. He is founding member of Vancouver Sath, a theatre collective and Ankur. He sat on the BC Arts Board from 1993 to 1995. He helped in organizing Punjabi Language Education Association (PLEA) in mid-90s and is the vice president since its inception.
He was named one of the top 100 South Asians making a difference in BC. Sadhu has received several awards for his contributions to Punjabi language and culture in Canada. As an active member of PLEA, he has been promoting Punjabi language in educational institutions in BC for the last two and a half decades.
Sadhu Binning received an honorary degree, Doctor of Letters from UBC in May 2019.