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Canada to welcome more than 1 million new permanent residents from 2019 to 2021

Canada expects to receive 330,800 new permanent residents in 2019. According to the 2018 annual report to Parliament by Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC), the number of new arrivals ...

No Canadian Filipino appointed by Trudeau to Senate

On December 12, 2018, Liberal Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced the appointment of four new Canadian senators. The selection has filled all 105 seats in the Senate, and brought to 49 the number ...

Migrant workers across Canada continue advocacy for rights

A coalition of non-profit and advocacy groups across Canada continues to advocate for migrant workers’rights, including caregivers, a year ahead of the expiration of the foreign care workers ...

Kababayang Pilipino celebrates 25 years of sharing Philippine culture through dance

“Dance is the hidden language of the soul.” —Martha ...

New B.C. legislation increases protection for temporary foreign workers

The B.C. legislative assembly has passed a new measure aimed at providing better protection for temporary foreign workers in the ...

Canada declares June as Filipino Heritage Month

Canada’s House of Commons on October 30 unanimously passed M-155, a motion officially designating the month of June as Filipino Heritage Month across the ...

Canadian Race Relations Foundation honours Dr. Rey Pagtakhan

The Canadian Race Relations Foundation (CRRF) celebrated its 10th biennial awards of excellence gala dinner at the Delta Marriott Hotel in Winnipeg on September 27 this ...

Canadian Filipina Professor Nora Angeles receives Vancouver’s Civic Merit Award

Community leader and Canadian Filipina professor Dr. Leonora (Nora) Angeles was recently honoured with a Civic Merit Award, one of Vancouver’s highest ...

Rowena Santos, Lisa Abarquez Bower elected to municipal councils in Ontario

They’re the first Canadians of Filipino ancestry in Ontario to be elected to council in their respective ...

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