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From Pangasinan to Canada to Australia: A Canadian Filipina’s Journey to the Invictus Games

For those competing, the goal may the same for everyone but the journey will be unique to each ...

Arcie Lim first Canadian Filipino elected to international council of Knights of Columbus

A Canadian Filipino has been elected to the Supreme Board of Directors of the Knights of ...

UBC academic Leonora Angeles in an evening with changemakers

In recognition of this year’s International Women’s Day and the International Day for the Elimination of Racism, the University of British Columbia’s Equity and Inclusion office, together with ...

Breaking Glass Ceilings with Philippine Ambassador Petronila Garcia

Despite the glamour and privileges attached to a career in diplomacy, it is perhaps one that constantly requires a good deal of soul-searching, having to wade through tidal changes in national ...

Flor Marcelino: A decade and counting of a storied career in Manitoba politics

After heading the New Democratic Party (NDP) of Manitoba for more than a year, Flor Marcelino recently passed on the baton to a new leader. It marked the culmination of yet another chapter in the ...

Jon Callegher: An Italipino in Toronto

One word changed the course of a boy’s life. Jon Callegher was a fifth grader at the St. Gabriel Catholic School in Ontario when, during a shouting match with a classmate, the “N” word was ...

Vancouver artist Jun Cunanan brings Filipino perspective to Asian Heritage Month

In January 2018, Leo Cunanan Jr. joined the board of the Vancouver Asian Heritage Month Society ...

Mike Fuentespina: A Canadian Filipino’s Road to the Invictus Games

It is one thing to have a war hero in your family and another to be one yourself. Mike Fuentespina is both that as well as a Team Canada member in this year’s Invictus Games held in Toronto from ...

Small Town Memories from the Philippines Bring Ground-breaking Ideas to Canada’s Aquaculture Industry

The coastal town of Ragay in the province of Camarines Sur in the Philippines is one of those places you pass by on the way to a major city like Naga in Bicol. However small and unheard of, Ragay ...

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