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Green is the colour of artists’ muse

Beginning November 16, 12 Canadian Filipino artists pay homage to nature through a multi-media art exhibit at the Surrey Art Gallery at 13750 88 Avenue in Surrey. The exhibit How Green is Your ...

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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Monica Ogden: slaying trolls, racism and misogyny through theatre

Theater actor and feminist Monica Ogden took hateful comments from trolls and her personal experience with intergenerational trauma together to come up with a one-woman show dubbed Monica vs. ...

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For Emmanuelle Chateauneuf, graphic arts imitate life

Comics creator and storyteller Emmanuelle Chateauneuf did not need to look too far from home to find love and inspiration. She already found it in her mom, a Filipina immigrant who had to find her ...

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Toronto film festival closes with Becoming Labrador docu about Canadian Filipino migrants

Many Canadian Filipinos, especially in big cities, probably have never heard of a place called Happy Valley-Goose ...

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Ally Gonzalo’s Bakla! photo essay focuses on Filipino gay community in Winnipeg

Depending on the tone and who is talking to whom and in what circumstance, the Tagalog utterance of ‘bakla!’ among Filipinos could mean different ...

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GK Limcangco finds healing through poetry

For Canadian Filipino writer GK Limcangco, writing has always been a huge part of her healing ...

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Philippine films highlight 2019 Vancouver Asian Film Festival

Three films on the Filipino diaspora are featured in this year’s Vancouver Asian Film Festival (VAFF) to be held at the Cineplex Odeon International Village Cinemas in Vancouver’shistoric ...

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Vancouver dance artist Alvin Erasga Tolentino presents Passages of Rhythms

Alvin Erasga Tolentino has gathered diverse artists for a new dance presentation in ...

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Toronto Film School signs creative partnership with Film Development Council of the Philippines

The Toronto Film School (TFS) and the Film Development Council of the Philippines (FDCP) have entered into a creative ...

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