News - Canadian Filipino Net

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Philippine Embassy in Ottawa gears up for 2019 national election

The Philippine Embassy in Ottawa has published a list of overseas Filipino citizens qualified to vote in the Philippine national elections this year. Dual Filipino and Canadian citizens can cast ...

Alberta developing new K-12 Filipino curriculum

The Province of Alberta will expand learning opportunities for students by developing a Filipino language and culture curriculum, Premier Rachel Notley announced on February 7 in a meeting with ...

Toronto’s Rachelle Cruz brings ‘Filipinas Speak Out’ campaign to Vancouver

She’s following in the footsteps of Tarana Burke, the New York activist who coined the phrase ‘me too’ in 2006 to empower women who have experienced sexual harassment and ...

Canadian Filipino lawyers meet B.C.’s Attorney General

Hopefully, lawyers born in the Philippines and licensed to practice in British Columbia will be more represented in the province’s judicial system in the ...

Canadian government launches new process for parents, grandparents sponsorship, fails on first try

The federal government launched a new online intake process for the sponsorship of parents and grandparents (PGP) at noon Eastern time on January 28th. In less than 11 minutes of being online and ...

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