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Pinoys on Parliament: Fostering leadership among Can-Fil youth

February 16, 2020 - Pinoys on Parliament (PoP) holds its second annual national youth leadership conference on February 22 and 23 in the Ottawa Art Gallery and University of Ottawa. The theme for ...

Editorial
Anti-Asian hate is racism reaching its boiling point
April 2021 - News and the impacts of Atlanta spa shootings in the US on March 16 reverberated quickly on Canadian shores with protest rallies happening in major cities like Toronto, Edmonton, Winnipeg, Montreal and Vancouver.
Beware of the infodemic: like a virus, it could fan out, spreading fake news
March 2021 – We’re not going to rehash the minute details, as many of you have probably heard of stories about Bill Gates and the COVID-19 pandemic.

Canadian Embassy in the Philippines awards Canada Fund to 11 local groups

January 16, 2020 - The Embassy of Canada in the Philippines recently awarded the Canada Fund for Local Initiatives (CFLI) to 11 local groups to implement projects that further inclusivity and ...

2019 – the year of the Canadian Filipino: A Yearend Review

December 16, 2019 - In June 2019, Canada celebrated for the first time its Filipino Heritage Month following the passage of the motion M-155 by the House of Commons the previous ...

Bonifest in Toronto to celebrate Philippine hero Andres Bonifacio

An event in Toronto will honour a Filipino hero who waged the first revolution in Asia against Western ...

Canadian Filipinos in Winnipeg neighbourhood turn grief into ‘barangay’ community action

The word “barangay” is deeply rooted in Filipino ...

Filipinos want to unfurl own flag at Ontario’s Saulte Ste. Marie Civic Centre

December 16, 2019 - It’s like a mini-United Nations at Sault Ste. Marie Civic Centre in ...

Philippine Consulate General in Vancouver ends 2019 with early Christmas

The Philippine Consulate General in Vancouver will hold a year-end event, called “MaligayangPasko, Vancouver!”,to be held at St. Mary’s Ukrainian Catholic Centre at 550 West 14th Avenue in ...

Wooing the Canadian voter: Promises by political parties

As in many election campaigns, it is easy for voters to get lost in the midst of the mudslinging and scandals prevalent during campaign ...

Measuring our ecological footprint

How much of the earth does each of us use? Of the 51 billion hectares of the earth’s surface, only 12 billion of it are “biologically productive”, meaning that less than a quarter at 23% of the ...

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