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Filipinos in Alberta can expect Filipino language and culture to be taught in schools if Alberta NDP Leader Rachel Notley is elected this May. (Photo from PostMedia)

Filipino language, culture curriculum now election promises to Albertans

Arts & Culture, Canada News, immigration

Calgary, Alberta  Strong ties to culture makes newcomers feel welcome, NDP candidate Valencia also says By Charmaine Y. Rodriguez Alberta NDP Leader Rachel Notley committed to restarting the development of a Filipino language and culture curriculum if voted into government in the general elections in May.  The curriculum will be for schools who want to […]

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Community leader and advocate Roxanne Singlot is helping newcomers in Canada deal with mental health and employment equity issues. (Photo from Calgary Herald)

Community builder, youth leader makes it to 20 compelling Calgarians list

Arts & Culture, Canada News, culture, immigration

Calgary, Alberta Roxanne Singlot advocates for mental health support for immigrants By Charmaine Y. Rodriguez With her deep understanding of the challenges faced by any other immigrant to Canada, community builder and advocate Roxanne Singlot started the Youth Empowerment Program six years ago to help newcomers handle the barriers that came their way.  Her advocacy

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Mable Elmore, MLA, Parliamentary Secretary on Anti-Racism Initiatives.  (Facebook photo)

Filipino cultural centre soon to rise in BC

Arts & Culture, Canada News, Philippine News, Politics

Vancouver, B.C. Premier Eby signs letter mandating initiatives against racism, promotion of culture By Charmaine Y. Rodriguez The Government of British Columbia has officially mandated to advance proposals for the creation of a provincial Filipino cultural centre in the Lower Mainland.  “British Columbians continue to recover from and respond to the upheaval caused by the

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Award-winning entrepreneur and food-security activist Lourdes Juan continues to search for innovative concepts that get “food to people, with dignity.” (photo from tedxcalgary.ca)

Filipina entrepreneur is part of 20 Compelling Calgarians of 2023 list

Arts & Culture, Canada News, culture, International News, Philippine News

Updated:January 9, 2023, 7:35 P.M. Calgary, Alberta Lourdes Juan wears many hats—one of them is of a food security activist  By Charmaine Y. Rodriguez Shocked at how much unsold pieces of bread a bakery in Calgary had before it closed for the day, Lourdes Juan founded Leftovers Foundation in 2012.  Today, the organization works with

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My mother, Petra Abes-Cabatuando, with my father, the late Judge Jose Reyes Cabatuando Sr., in Lucena City, Quezon province, mid-1930s. (Photo from the Abes-Cabatuando Archives)

Writer remembers her mother as a “hardheaded woman”

Arts & Culture, Canada News, Philippine News

Toronto, Ontario Hardheaded Woman Patria Cabatuando-Rivera My mother, in her prime, was a straightshooter; she wouldn’t mince words if she felt that it was needed. So, when Joe R and I decided to get married in the early seventies and asked for my parents’ permission and blessing, she told Joe R right off the bat

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Johann Derecho recently graduated from the Glenn Gould School’s Artist Diploma Program. (Photo provided)

Music: Johann Derecho delivers

Arts & Culture, Canada News, Philippine News

Toronto, Ontario YOUNG FILIPINO-CANADIAN ARTIST DELIVERS AWESOME PIANO PERFORMANCE AT RECITAL Oswald Magno In the first of two recitals required in the first year of Glenn Gould School’s Artist Diploma Program, Johann Derecho, a young Filipino-Canadian, delivered what many in the audience described as a masterful and stunning piano performance, with his repertoire of classical

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Kathleen Jayme was only six when the Vancouver Grizzlies was established. She fell in love with basketball because of them. (photo from CBC News)

Fil-Canadian director’s film to be shown all over Canada

Arts & Culture, Canada News, Events, Features, Sports

Vancouver, B.C. Her love for basketball, filmmaking takes her places By Charmaine Y. Rodriguez Multi-awarded Filipino Canadian filmmaker Kathleen Jayme will be seeing her work again in wide screens all over Canada this winter with the nationwide screening of her feature film “The Grizzlie Truth.” A documentary that uncovers the reason why Vancouver lost its

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Aleia Aielle M. Aguilar with her mother and older brothers, after winning gold in the Abu Dhabi World Jiu-Jitsu Festival. (photo from ABS-CBN News)

5-year-old Filipina wins gold medal in Jiu-Jitsu World Championship

Arts & Culture, International News, Sports

Aleia Aielle, who has Philippine martial arts pillars as parents, is one of youngest winners in the sport By Charmaine Y. Rodriguez A five-year-old Filipina has won a gold medal in the Jiu-Jitsu World Championship in Abu Dhabi. She beat other competitors who were older than her.  Aleia Aielle M. Aguilar ruled the Kids 1

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Filipino playwright, director, present play in Winnipeg premier

Arts & Culture, Canada News, Philippine News, Politics

Winnipeg, Manitoba Alunsina’s Love by Christopher Gozum premieres on November 29 and runs through December 3, 2023 Teodoro ‘Ted’ Alcuitas Editor, philippinecanadiannews.com Two Filipino theatre artists teamed up to create and share their heritage in an exploration of ‘race and inequities’. Philippine-based playwright and filmmaker Christopher Gozum was commissioned by the University of Winnipeg’s Department

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Filipino-Canadian filmmakers rejoice and hold a Philippine flag during the awarding ceremonies of the SNG Indie Short Film Festival in Vancouver. (screen grab from TFC News)

3 Filipino short films win in Indie film festival in Vancouver

Arts & Culture, Canada News, Events

Vancouver, B.C. Filipino-Canadian filmmaker believes ‘it can only get better from here’ By Charmaine Y. Rodriguez A drama film with animation about the loss of a childhood friend won first place in the recently concluded SNG Indie Short Film Festival in Vancouver.  “One More Game,” which as written and directed by Kevin Ang, bested all

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