In honour of Buwan ng Wikang Filipino which is celebrated in August, we post this poem by UBC Professor Leonora Angeles which appeared in Ethnographic Poetry and Social Research: Problematizing the Poetics/Poethics of Empathy in Transnational Cross-Cultural Collaborations Author’s note: The poem Tagisan ng Talino above was originally dedicated to Professor Ma. Cynthia Rose […]
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Updated: August 18, 2017, 5:45 PM Her school also gets $10,000 technology award By Ted Alcuitas A Grade 11 student at Toronto’s Madonna Catholic Secondary School in Toronto, Ontario has won the $10,000 university scholarship Doodle 4 Google award for 2017. Jana Sofia Panem’s ‘doodle’ will now be Google’s website image since last June. In
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Philippines Editor’s note: August is celebrated as Language Month in the Philippines. This article by Thinking Machines is instructive in light of the debate as which is the correct way to call the Filipino language. Recently Statistics Canada released new findings on languages spoken and ‘Tagalog’, as has been commonly called, is again
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Toronto, Ontario The Ethics of Honouring Other Lives The Philippine Reporter Community Opinion & Analysis Aug 15, 2017 at 8:42 pm Dr. Robert Diaz By Dr. Robert Diaz Assistant Professor University of Toronto I moved to Canada six years ago and, for the most part, I’ve lived a life that seems unimaginable for an immigrant
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Toronto, Ontario Ed’s note: The on-going controversy between Senator Tobias Enverga, Jr., members of the Filipino community and Balita newspaper and its publisher Tess Cusipag, have forced a former lawyer and blogger to come out of retirement. In this piece he wrote for The Philippine Reporter, Joe Rivera makes a plea to Cusipag to let go
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Edmonton, Alberta CULTURAL DIVERSITY By Mila Bongco-Philipzig “ “Mom, are we moving to another country again?” my then 7-yr old son asked me after we had been in Canada for about 6 months. We had just come after a 2-year stay in Malaysia. Before that, we were in Germany. “I don’t like being the
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Edmonton, Alberta Paralyzed worker granted permanent residency By Ted Alcuitas She was left paralyzed and could not walk after she was hit by a car biking to work five years ago. Vicky Venancio was working for McDonald’s when she arrived in Edmonton in 2011 as a foreign temporary worker and had high hopes of obtaining
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Winnipeg, Manitoba Filipina student receives prestigious award By Ted Alcuitas A second year health science student from the University of Calgary has won one of 20 awards for the prestigious Terry Fox Humanitarian Award. Winnica Beltrano almost missed the call informing her of the award, she told The Winnipeg Sun. “I woke up a little
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Vancouver, B.C. PCN supports Pride Parade By Ted Alcuitas Todays’ Pride Parade saw the participation of Pinoy Pride Vancouver. Philippine Canadian News.com (PCN) was there to cheer them on. Here are some pictures from the parade. http://philippi.mywhc.ca/canada/filipinos-join-pride-parade/
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Updated:August 5, 2017, 7:23 PM Vancouver, B.C. White and Wings: Pinoy Pride Vancouver Joins 39th Vancouver Pride Parade For Immediate Release – August 1, 2017 Vancouver, BC – A record number of spectators and participants are expected to attend the annual Vancouver Pride Parade on August 6th, Sunday at the West End district. The parade
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