WHO WE ARE
We are a group of Canadian Filipinos passionate about raising the profile of Filipinos in Canada by providing news and views about Canadian Filipino communities across the country.
WHY CANADIAN FILIPINO NET
The number of Canadians of Filipino ancestry is approaching a million. The Philippines has become the top source country for recent immigrants to Canada. Since the first wave of Filipino migrants came in the mid-1960s, the community has grown to include a second generation of young adults, who were born in the Philippines and raised in Canada, and a fast growing third generation, born and raised in Canada. Canadian Filipino communities are found not only in big cities but also in small towns. Through this website, we want to share stories and engage in a dialogue among Canadian Filipinos all over the country and across generations. With this information sharing, we hope to start a buzz amongst and about Canadian Filipinos, inspiring our community to take its rightful place in Canadian society.
Why Canadian Filipino, not Filipino Canadian? Our goal is to promote Canadian engagement by Filipinos, and for Filipinos to make an impact in Canada.
OUR VISION
A self-aware and connected Filipino community fully engaged in Canadian society.
OUR MISSION
To inform, engage and facilitate inter-actions among Canadian Filipinos coast to coast, and Canadians in general.
OUR MANDATE
To provide a platform for the different voices in a nationwide dialogue about Canadian Filipino issues, needs, views, activities and contributions to Canadian progress and prosperity. In addition, to share this information with other Canadians in order to promote understanding and collaboration among Canada’s diverse population.
HOW WE OPERATE
Canadian Filipino Net is owned, managed, and operated by the Maple Bamboo Network Society, a non-profit society with the purpose of fully engaging Canadian Filipinos in Canadian society. We are all volunteers.
Canadian Filipino Net
Code of Ethics
Preamble
Canadian Filipino Net believes that an informed citizenry is essential to democracy. Journalists play a crucial role in keeping citizens informed by providing a fair and accurate account of events and issues.
Article 19 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights of the United Nations states that everyone has the right to freedom of opinion and expression, and to seek and impart ideas through any media.
The Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms in Section 2 (b) provides that everyone has fundamental freedoms, including freedom of thought, belief, opinion and expression, and freedom of the press and other media of communication.
Journalists should serve the public with honesty and professional integrity.
Accuracy
We shall strive to report truthfully and accurately. We shall verify information and refrain from publishing material that misleads the public. We shall document sources as a basis for our stories.
Independence
Our primary responsibility is to serve the public. We shall avoid conflicts of interest and disclose unavoidable conflicts. We shall not give favoured treatment to special interests.
Fairness
We shall give everyone the right to be heard and report all sides of the story. We shall report all sides of a story with equal interest and strength. We respect everyone’s right to privacy. We shall avoid reinforcing stereotypes.
Accountability
We take full responsibility for our reporting. We shall correct factual inaccuracies as soon as they are found. We shall use transparent means in gathering information.
Canadian Filipino Net subscribes to and hereby adopts this code of ethical behaviour.
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