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Canadian Filipino Informing, Engaging and Connecting Community

COVID-19 Pandemic: Human Security of Foreign Farm Workers Left Vulnerable To COVID

(This is Part 39 of Dr. Pagtakhan’s column Medisina at Politika in Pilipino Express.)
Modern day Heroes for National Heroes Day

The fourth Monday of August has been designated National Heroes Day in the Philippines to pay homage to the national heroes of the country.
Foreign Domestic Workers and Caregivers: Able and Available to Meet Canada’s Labour Force Needs

To celebrate International Women’s Day this year, thousands of women took to the streets in major urban centers including Toronto and Vancouver demanding gender equality and proclaiming women’s rights.
Why are better educated Filipinos among the lowest paid workers in Canada?

More questions spring from that headline question above: 1) what ranks as the Filipinos’ choicest job?
On Canada Day a look at People-to-People Connections in Canada-Philippine Relations

Since the 1960s when Filipinos started arriving in Canada in large numbers, they had managed to become seamlessly integrated in Canadian mainstream society.
Dual citizenship: all pros and no cons

Juan Alim, 78, a former Filipino citizen who was naturalized as a Canadian citizen in 1998, arrived in Manila last year to celebrate Christmas with relatives.
Canada’s Immigration Policy: Promise and Performance (Part 4 and Last of Series)

Eleanor Guerrero Campbell: By the time this issue of Canadian Filipino Net appears online, the Trudeau government would have been in office for a little over a year,
Needed but not wanted: Temporary foreign workers

Temporary foreign worker programs (TFWP) or “guest worker” schemes are an example of contradictions in liberal democratic states