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explorASIAN festival celebrates Canada’s rich cultural heritage

The annual explorASIAN festival, launched on April 27 at SFU’s Djavad Mowafaghian World Art Centre in downtown Vancouver, kicks off a May month-long ...

November 1 - 15, 2019

Editorial: Saint Andres Bonifacio (November 2019)
November not only commemorates All Saints and All Souls days but celebrates the birth of Philippine national hero Andres Bonifacio on November 30. To most Filipinos, he may not personify the idea of a conventional saint (he was a freemason married to a Catholic Gregoria de Jesus) but looking back at his life, Andres Bonifacio truly deserves a place in heaven and worthy of emulation by so many of us Filipinos who struggle to make ends meet while aspiring to serve a purpose much bigger than our own. Read more

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Canadian Filipinos invited to partner for change and development in the Philippines

In recognition of the role of overseas Filipinos in nation-building, the Philippine government established the Commission on Filipinos Overseas (CFO) in 1980 in order to engage Filipinos abroad and ...

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Applicants under Interim Pathway for Caregivers eligible for open work permits: Government of Canada

Caregivers applying for permanent residency in Canada under an interim program are entitled to open work ...

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Filipino woman who harboured whistleblower Edward Snowden granted asylum in Canada

Vanessa Rodel is no stranger to adversity. The 42-year-old woman fled her home in the Philippines to seek asylum in Hong Kong, claiming she was a victim of human ...

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Philippine bobsled team bags bronze in Alberta Cup

With the goal of competing in the 2022 Winter Olympics, the Philippines’ first bobsled team just proved that the goal isn’t lofty for a team born and raised in the ...

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Living Hyphen: Untangling the Knots of Our Identity

Where are you from? It’s a question that I’ve always struggled to answer because, well, it’s ...

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Canadian Filipino Net receives Canadian Heritage grant for social media campaign

The Department of Canadian Heritage awarded CanadianFilipino.Net a grant to launch CFNet's first social media ...

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Federal government launches new pathways to permanent residence for caregivers

The federal government recently launched the new Interim Pathway for Caregivers designed to provide an opportunity to stay in the country permanently for those caregivers already in Canada. This ...

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MP Jenny Kwan discusses domestic workers’ issues at CDWCR workshop

Jenny Kwan, Member of the Canadian House of Commons, Member of Parliament for Vancouver East and NDP Critic for Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship, was the resource speaker at the Vancouver ...

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