People

My Filipino identity

In an event organized by the Asian Canadian and Asian Migration studies Dialogues at UBC, one speaker’s words resonated with me ...

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.

Making the Next Day Better In Vancouver

My parents were born in the Philippines and immigrated to Canada in the 1970s. My sisters and I were born in Winnipeg, Manitoba and were raised in Vancouver, BC. We were lucky enough to ...

How Volunteering Became My Purpose

“Not all of us can do great things. But we can do small things with great love.” - Mother ...

Amado Mercado’s passion for mentoring carries on to retirement

Like many other skilled immigrants, he did survival jobs like dishwashing and warehouse work. He moved on to house renovation estimating and sales, and later, estimator in a structural steel ...

Lorie Corcuera

Location: Vancouver, B.C.When I was six years old, I experienced what it felt to be left out and excluded. That experience has fueled me to ensure everyone I meet feels seen, heard and ...

Pinoy fighting art gets Hollywood boost

A little-known fact is that Hollywood actor Matt Damon underwent three months of extensive training in Filipino Martial Arts (FMA) for role as amnesiac spy “Bourne Identity” movies. His new skill ...

Mel Tobias a maven of the arts, music and theatre

Journalist and film buff Mel Tobias feels blessed to be living his senior life in ...

Bert Quibuyen enjoys life and 'smelling the roses' as an early retiree

"Retirement to me is the reward for working all those years...Traveling, volunteering, and just smelling the roses and enjoying life are the things I'm doing now and loving it," he ...

Crispin Duenas

Drawn to archery at the age of 13, Crispin Duenas has a favourite motto: “Practice does not make perfect; perfect practice makes ...

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