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Catherine Hernandez launch second book of fiction

Catherine Hernandez Virtual Launch of “Crosshairs” Online Event About Catherine Hernandez Virtual Launch “Crosshairs” Tuesday, September 1, 2020 at 8 PM – 9 PM EDT Public · Hosted by Another Story Bookshop and Catherine Hernandez Online Event Join HarperCollins Canada and Another Story Bookshop to celebrate the launch of Crosshairs by Catherine Hernandez Virtual Launch: […]

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Vancouver Queer Film Festival: Filipina trans’ movie is centrepiece gala

Vancouver, B.C. Isabel Sandoval’s  ‘Lingua Franca’ Lingua Franca refers to a common language between two people whose first languages are different. Communication and understanding are key themes in this subtle and understated film, the third feature from award winning writer/director Isabel Sandoval, who also stars as the protagonist Olivia, an undocumented Filipina trans woman living

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Edmonton Filipinos call for stories

Edmonton, Alberta PAGLALAYAG: THE PHILIPPINES TO CANADA JOURNEY Our voices. Our stories. Inform, inspire and transform. February 20, 2021 Paglalayag is the Tagalog word for voyage or journey. Paglalayag: the Philippines to Canada Journey, is a theatrical production that narrates the stories of migration of Filipinos to Canada. It chronicles the waves of migration, and the

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Agosto: Buwan ng Wikang Filipino

Ang mga Katutubong Wika sa Maka-Filipinong Bayanihan Kontra Pandemya Ang akdang ito ay maaaring gamitin nang libre para sa online learning o anumang kaugnay na gawain. Sabayang bigkas online Wika ng Kasaysayan, Kasaysayan ng Wika, Ang mga Katutubong Wika sa Maka-Filipinong Bayanihan Kontra Pandemya” Hiligaynon, Sebwano, Bikol, at Pampanggo, Mga wikang dapat ipinagmamalaki mo Pangasinan,

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Rani Rivera: Honouring a young poet and daughter

4th update: August 14, 2020, 4:41 PM 3rd update: August 8,2020, 8:10 AM 2nd Upate: August 8, 2020, 8 AM First update: August 8, 2020, 7 AM Toronto, Ontario The recent visit to The Hub brought back memories of how Rani Rivera came to start the project. Here’s what her parents posted on Facebook. Children

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Mental illness: How Francis Arevalo turned to music for healing

Vancouver, B.C.     Originally released in 2017, The Lion documentary invites you into the story that I tell on The Sound of Healing project, that of living with bipolar disorder and my journey of healing through music. Watch The Lion Documentary: https://youtu.be/kD1Qa2c4Kow Listen to The Sound of Healing: Further reading: https://philippinecanadiannews.com/canada/mental-illness-francis-arevalo-lost-found-music/

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Beginning a new series: Our stories – I was the ingenious bootblack…

Updated: December 25, 2021, 6:45 A.M. Updated: July 29, 2020, 7:15 PM   Beginning a new series… Nanawagan kami sa lahat na magpadala ng inyong kuwento… Mga kuwento sa lipunan My story, your story – our stories. I was the Ingenious Bootblack   By Teodoro Alcuitas Editor, Philippine Canadian News.com It was one of our

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Rivera couple exihibit works

‘Life in the time of Covid’ Joe & Patty Rivera Toronto, Ontario The works of Toronto couple Joe & Patty Rivera will be on view at a livestream performance on Saturday, August 1, 2020. ‘Life in the time of Covid’ is a poetry performance by Toronto poet Patria Rivera who will read her Haiku poetry.

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Breaking:May Farrales, Ph.D., first Filipino to get professiorial appointment to Simon Fraser University(SFU)

3rd Update: July 27, 2020, 4:14 PM 2nd Update: July 27, 2020, 2:30 PM First Update: July 27, 2020, 1:42 PM Importance of research with Filipinx communities including LGBTQ Burnaby, B.C. Opinion Teodoro ‘Ted’ Alcuitas Editor, Philippine Canadian News.com May Farrales, PhD joins the faculty of the Simon Fraser University (SFU) as an Assistant Professor

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Canada Day: Glisha dela Cruz sings for 12th time

https://www.facebook.com/narimadc/videos/10216512678065767 2nd Update: July 3, 2020, 6:45 AM Updated: July 2, 2020, 9:53 PM Surrey, B.C. Surrey’s Glisha Dela Cruz holds record for singing Oh Canada for 12 consecutive years in a Canada Day celebration Teodoro Alcuitas Editor philippinecanadiannews.com A 19-year old songstress has literally grown up on the stage of the Fort Langley Canada Day

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