Canadian Filipino
Informing, Engaging and Connecting Community
June 16, 2024 – On June 3, 2024 the Honorable Marc Miller, Minister of Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship, announced new, enhanced caregiver pilot programs that give migrant caregivers landed status on arrival. In past years, caregivers had been arriving under Canada’s temporary foreign workers program.
June 1, 2024 — Canadian Minister of Foreign Affairs Mélanie Joly hosted her Philippine counterpart, Foreign Affairs Secretary Enrique Manalo, in Ottawa on May 8, 2024.
June 1, 2024 — The Philippines and Canada have affirmed their commitment to ensure peace and stability in the Indo-Pacific region, home to more than half of the world’s population.
May 16, 2024 - Not-for-profit group Filipino BC recently announced a partnership with Hungerford Properties in the pre-development and feasibility study of a future Filipino community centre to be based in Vancouver, BC.
May 16, 2024 — Filipinos have been arriving in Canada as early as the 1800s and are now almost a million strong.
May 1, 2024 — The federal government of Canada has committed to help in the establishment of a Filipino cultural centre in British Columbia.
May 1, 2024 — The provincial government of British Columbia and the City of Vancouver have issued proclamations declaring April 27, 2024 as Lapu-Lapu Day.
May 1, 2024 — The Philippines and United States are holding their biggest military exercise from April 22 to May 10, 2024 amid tensions in the contested South China Sea.
May 1, 2024 — Filipinos abroad are known to be hardworking and reliable.
April 16, 2024 – On March 27, the Lt. Governor of Ontario, Edith Dumont, honored Canadian Filipino lawyer Alicia Natividad as one of the “ Femmes remarquables Ottawa Distinguished Women Lifetime Contribution Award in Ottawa.
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.
