Canadian Filipino
Informing, Engaging and Connecting Community
April 16, 2024 – How rapidly a country’s population grows has important implications on its citizens well-being. Canada’s native population, for example, has stopped growing and is rapidly ageing, causing worries about the country’s future ability to take care of its non-working elderly.
April 16, 2024 — People in one-parent families (OPFs) in Canada that are headed by immigrant women tend to be poor.
April 16, 2024 — Filipinos are likely to experience or witness racism during community sports in Canada.
April 1, 2024 — Over 40 restaurants in eight provinces and 18 cities across Canada are participating in the third year of the Filipino Restaurant Month in Canada (FRMC). This year’s month-long event comes with at least 250 national and local prizes up for grabs.
April 1,2024 –This Dimasalang III International art exhibit dubbed “WALKING WITH SYM” is an unprecedented gathering of many artists under one roof. It will be at Anvil Centre Community Art Gallery, 3rd flr, 777 Columbia St, New Westminster, BC. from April 1 to May 31. It will showcase the artistic works ofa new generation ofartists, mentored and influenced by the late Maestro SYM Mendoza as well as veteran artists who learned art and techniques of art from him.
April 1, 2024 — Filipinos are saying they are happier these days.
April 1, 2024 — The Philippines held its first space cooperation conference on March 19, 2024, as the country seeks to explore opportunities presented by the heavens.
March 16, 2024 — When the federal government tables its budget on April 16 this year, Canadians can expect to hear measures to address housing.
March 1, 2024 – The Philippine Embassy in Ottawa and the Consulates General in Vancouver, Toronto, and Calgary will mark the 75th year anniversary of Phil-Canada Relations with special events throughout 2024.
March 1, 2024 — Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC) recently released data showing the Philippines as one of Canada’s top markets when it comes to study permits.
March 1, 2024 — Canada on February 21 formally opened in the Philippines its first agriculture office for the vast Indo-Pacific region.
February 16, 2024 — Transparency International, which defines corruption as the “abuse of entrusted power for private gain”, has released its latest Corruption Perception Index (CPI).
February 1, 2024 — The Philippines and Canada are boosting their defense partnership with a new memorandum of understanding (MOU) that could potentially see greater cooperation between their military forces.
February 1, 2024 – Established in 1997, the prestigious Marshall McLuhan Fellowship is awarded annually by the Canadian Embassy in the Philippines to a recipient “embodying outstanding qualities in the field of investigative journalism.” Launched in 1997, it is part of the embassy’s advocacy to encourage responsible journalism in the Philippines with the belief that a strong media is essential to a strong democratic society. Sun Life of Canada is a major sponsor of the program.
February 1, 2024 — Canada and the Philippines are marking in 2024 the 75th anniversary of diplomatic ties between the two countries.
February 1, 2024 – Following a recruitment blitz by the Province of Manitoba in 2023, 35 health care workers have arrived from the Philippines in January.
January 16, 2024 — The Philippine Consulate General in Vancouver holds its second conference for Filipino international students on Saturday, February 3, at the Creekside Community Center in False Creek, Vancouver, from 10 AM to 3 PM. It is to help Filipino students who are already in B.C. adjust to student life in Canada.The free conference is in partnership with the University of the Philippines Alumni Association in BC.
