MIGRANTE BC March 8, 2016 As the world celebrates International Women’s Day, Migrante BC, a community-based organization committed to the protection and promotion of the rights and welfare of Filipino immigrants and migrant workers in British Columbia, stands in solidarity with the women in the Philippines and around the globe in their struggle against labour […]
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For the Love of Pageants: Gender, Sex, Colonialism By May Farrales, PhD Candidate, University of British Columbia (http://philippi.mywhc.ca/canada/colonialism-endures-in-basketball-and-beauty-pageants-says-researcher/) Why do Filipinos love pageants? I did not watch beauty pageants when I was growing up. I did not even watch the Miss Universe Pageant this year and only started following it to see how the news
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Winnipeg, Manitoba First Filipino-Canadian MLA Conrad Santos dies at 81 By Ted Alcuitas The man who put Filipinos on the political map of this country has died in Winnipeg, his home for more than five decades. Conrad Santos, the first Filipino-Canadian to be elected to a provincial legislative assembly died at Winnipeg’s Victoria General Hospital
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Vancouver, B.C. The man who was previously convicted of trafficking a Filipina caregiver from Hong Kong three years ago but won an appeal, is to appear in court on March 9 to set a date for his sentencing. The identity of the Filipina cannot be revealed due to a court publication ban. Franco Orr, whose
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Reposting… Editor’s note: As we approach the end of September and memories of Martial Law in the Philippines forty eight years ago fades, we do well to keep re-telling history as it happened. For even as September ends, sinister voices in the motherland are hard at work to revise or even erase that history. These
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ATOM rally,city hall Today, the 30th anniversary of the EDSA Revolution, we take a look back at how Filipinos in Canada reacted to the Marcos dictatorship. While the tentacles of the dictatorship reached across the ocean to terrorize and intimidate overseas Filipinos, a few stood against it. ATOM (August Twenty One Movement) was formed in
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Surrey, B.C. Do you know this woman? RCMP say she was found wandering around Surrey without any shoes on. (RCMP) RCMP are seeking the public’s assistance identifying an elderly woman found wandering the streets of Surrey, Monday at 4 p.m. PT, without any shoes on. According to a CBC report, police say the woman was
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Homecoming: A Talk by Patrick Cruz February 29, 6:30-8:30 PM Multipurpose Room Liu Institute for Global Issues University of British Columbia Open to all The UBC Philippine Studies Series and Centre A is pleased to present a talk by Filipino-Canadian artist Patrick Cruz, winner of the 2015 Annual RBC Painting Competition. Cruz will present
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Vancouver Patrick Cruz mounts exhibit Vancouver, B.C. – The prize-winning artist Patrick Cruz, last year’s Royal Bank of Canada winner, will show Bulaklak ng Paraiso (Flower of Paradise) at Centre A from March 4 to May 7, 2016. Curated by Makiko Hara, the show will include a video screening of the works of the late
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Toronto 17 years and still waiting – a caregiver’s elusive dream By Ted Alcuitas She will be 61 next month – 17 years after she arrived in Canada as a caregiver but she is still not reunited with her family, a problem caused by a bungling immigration bureaucracy, according to a Toronto Star story. She
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