Canadian Filipino
Informing, Engaging and Connecting Community
June 16, 2026 — The morning after winning the 2026 RBC Bronwen Wallace Award for Emerging Writers in poetry, Renato Gandia found himself “still trying to find the words”.
May 16, 2026 — In the Canadian-Filipino art community, Dr. Melani Payumo Dy Tan’s trajectory stands out as a study in career transition and persistence.
April 16, 2026 - Vancouver-based dance company Co.ERASGA celebrates the month of May as Asian Heritage Month with Undivided Colours, featuring performances by Co.ERASGA, Victoria’s Bayanihan Creative Collective, Kasandra La China, Sujit Vaidya and Toronto’s Dream Walker Dance/Andrea Nann.
October 16, 2025 — Back home in the Philippines, Sundays meant one thing — ASAP. I remember tuning in at lunchtime to watch my favorite ABS-CBN artists perform Original Pilipino Music. It was my weekend ritual — a burst of joy, colour, and song before another busy week began.
October 1, 2025 - Canadian Filipino dance artist Alvin Erasga Tolentino leads Co.ERASGA’s production of Eternal Gestures, a trilogy of solo works by Indigenous Coast Salish-based choreographers Margaret Grenier, Starr Muranko and Michelle Olson on October 9 and 10 at the Scotiabank Dance Centre in Vancouver.
October 1, 2025 - Starting on October 9, Lasa ng Imperyo will be on stage at Presentation House Theatre. Presented by NPC3 in partnership with Rice and Beans, a Vancouver-based theatre company, this adaptation of Jovanni Sy’s A Taste of Empire, performed in Tagalog with English surtitles, was adapted, translated and performed by Carmela Sison. Surtitles use projection equipment and software (like Captitles) to display live text synced to a performance.
July 1, 2025 - The Filipino community in Victoria got a musical treat on June 16, 2025, with the performance of :MEn, the Male Ensemble Philippines, at The United Commons (formerly the Metropolitan United Church) on Quadra St. Filipino Canadians of all ages turned out to welcome the group and enjoy their musical renditions, several of which were sweet reminders of home.
July 1, 2025 — Vancouver opera singer Renee Fajardo has a “love letter” for Filipinos.
July 1, 2025 — In making the documentary Outsiderness, filmmaker Carlo Alcos found what it means to belong.
May 1, 2025 — Rod Pedralba, a prolific Filipino-Canadian artist known for his cubist style, is the subject of a much-anticipated retrospective titled Fragments of Time: A Retrospective of Rod Pedralba, presented at The Gallery at Queen's Park, Centennial Lodge in New Westminster. From April 30 to May 25, 2025, the exhibition explores Pedralba’s decades-long journey through art, memory, and cultural identity.
