Vancouver, B.C. Using history, arts and culture The University of British Columbia and NPC3 ( National Pilipino Canadian Cultural Centre) are joining forces to launch a heritage language course beginning next month. The program will use history, culture and the arts to learn about the heritage language according to organizers Professor Leonora Angeles , Erie […]
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Updated: October 9, 2024, 9:07 A.M. Vancouver, B.C. FilBookFest is the largest festival of its kind Teodoro Alcuitas For the first time in its seven year history, Filipino Canadian writers will be participating in the Filipino American International Book Festival (FilBookFest 2024) in San Francisco on October 12-13. Organized by the Philippine American Writers and
Vancouver “Revolutionary space to celebrate…” Award winning author Catherine Hernandez will address the first Filipino Canadian Book Festival on July 12-14 where she will also be awarded the first-ever CanDila Award. The award is “to honor someone who is a voice in Canadian literature and is leading the way for our community, someone who creates
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On Mother’s Day (and most days), with three children of my own, my mother always returns to my thoughts. By Rizalina Guilatco Carr Vancouver, B.C. While I am jealous of the love and time my younger siblings afforded our mother, they didn’t know her the way I used to – before I had so many
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Vancouver, B.C. Filipino chieftain’s legacy celebrated Teodoro ‘Ted Alcuitas Renowned Filipino-Canadian artists Manila Grey and Filipino-American rapper Ruby Ibarra are among top performers in the first Lapu-Lapu Day Block Party on April 27. The star-studded event from 41st to 48th in Vancouver will feature other performers including 2x Grammy-nominated John Concepcion, Jeremy Passion, Gabe Bondoc,
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By Joseph Lopez Nootka Sound in the 1700s was a rugged remote international port – a major source of sea otter pelts valued as fur in China and Japan. Hence, Russian, American, and English ships called upon there with some frequency. A review of the exploration history of the Pacific Northwest relates the return of
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“And these “perpetual departures” have made our ancestors wanderers beyond our shores. “Filipino Canadians have to navigate between two opposite poles as they cross the national boundary into a foreign land. And once again, this involves a deep longing for one’s roots, even as they get uprooted and needed to adjust to a new
Updated: March 22, 2024, 4:09 PM Toronto, Ontario Landmark book ‘Magdaragat: An Anthology of Filipino Canadian Writing’ well received in Toronto Ricardo J. Salise Caluen After a four-year wait since the project’s inception in 2020, Magdaragat – An Anthology of Filipino-Canadian Writing was formally launched in Toronto on Wednesday (March 20) at Ben McNally’s Books,
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First Filipino Canadians: The Search Begins (part 1 of 4) By Joseph Lopez If you look at history books and online sources as recent as 2019, all of them will say that the first Filipino immigrants in Canada arrived in the 1930s, mostly settling in Winnipeg, Manitoba. So I left it at that. Until…. Serendipity
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Updated: February 27, 2024, 12:35 PM Vancouver, B.C. History buffs on social media share fund drive for Ben Flores’ tombstone By Charmaine Y. Rodriguez The excitement level is high as the documentary on Benson Flores, the first Filipino on record to have settled in Canada, is set to be released in March or April this
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