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Breaking: Winnipeg launches first Filipino bilingual curriculum

Arts & Culture, Canada News, Education

Ivy Lopez Sarmiento’s twin daughters will now have the opportunity to attend a Filipino bilingual kindergarten program next fall with the recent announcement of its approval. (CBC) Winnipeg, Manitoba/Toronto, Ontario First in Canada but Toronto has a Filipino-centered curriculum By Ted Alcuitas The first Filipino bilingual program in Canada will launch this fall in Winnipeg’s […]

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The Class of 2018

Canada News, Education

Phebe Ferrer smiles back at graduation ceremonies at UBC on May. 2018. (Photo: FB) Updated: January 21, 2019, 1:30 PM The Class of 2018 By Ted Alcuitas It is that time of year again when we honour and celebrate the graduates who have made the grade – whether in elementary, undergrad or post-graduate. Graduation is

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Young Pinays receive Citizenship awards

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Burnaby Mayor Derrick Corrigan presents certificate to Maya Lorena Arradaza at presentation ceremonies at council chambers, May 7. (PCN.com  photo) Burnaby, B.C. Arradaza, Sugue honoured  by Burnaby City Council By Ted Alcuitas Maya Lorena Arradaza, a Grade 11 student from Byrne Creek Community School and  Andrea Sugue of Burnaby South Secondary were among 15 youths

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Breaking: York University appoints Dr. Ethel Tungohan Canada Research Chair

Canada News, Education

Toronto, Ontario Tungohan will look into government policies on temporary foreign workers By Ted Alcuitas   Dr. Ethel Tungohan, Ph. D. , has been appointed one of four new Canada Research Chairs (CRC), York University announced today. Tungohan will be Chair in Canadian Migration Policy, Impacts and Activism. She will study topics ranging from the

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Hanna May Ramis wins B.C. spelling bee

Canada News, Education

Lumby Grade 5 student Hannah May Ramis won the 2018 Spelling Bee of Canada B.C. Junior Division title in Surrey. She now advances to the National Spelling Bee in Toronto. (Photo submitted-Summerland Review) OkANAGAN, British Columbia ‘Deplorable’ did not stump student By Ted Alcuitas Hannah Ramis correctly spelled ‘deplorable’ to win the 2018 Spelling Bee

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From bullet holes to a work of art

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Burnaby, B.C. Bullet holes inspire art at Burnaby high school Cornelia Naylor / Burnaby Now DECEMBER 19, 2017 09:37 AM Byrne Creek Community School Grade 11 student Maya Arradaza and Grade 12 student Lily Whitford hold up a happy collage they made out of a sheet of plywood that had been used to cover a

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The Class of 2017

Canada News, Education

Dr. Farrales waves a fist as she is called to receive her diploma. (Facebook) Vancouver,B.C. Two women graduates By Ted Alcuitas   Dr. May Farrales, Ph.D. in Geography Her PhD dissertation  takes the research she conducted for her Masters’ thesis, which explored the geographies of Filipino-Canadian youths’ educational experiences, in a new direction.  “This new

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Congrats Dr. May Farrales, PhD

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Updated: 10:00 PM, July 26, 2020 Updated: 12:53 PM, July 22, 2017 Vancouver, B. C. ‘Basketball, Beauty Pageants and the Sexualities of Filipinos in Canada’ By Ted Alcuitas May Farrales successfully defended her dissertation in a gruelling two-hour oral examination yesterday (July 19) at the University of British Columbia. Her dissertation, ’Basketball, Beauty Pageants and

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The Class of 2017 : Call for submissions

Canada News, Education

Editor’s note: Please send us photos and bios of graduates – from elementary to college. Send awards info  even if they haven’t graduated yet. We want to honour and encourage our youth to pursue higher learning and celebrate their scholastic achievements. Salamat!  Send to: email: tedalcuitas@shaw.ca Post mail:Ted Alcuitas 708-1723 Alberni St. Vancouver, B.C. V6G

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Cover of Silangan,July 2009 issue.( Files)

The Class of 2009 – Where are they now?

Education, Features

Pursuing higher education By Ted Alcuitas Eight years ago in 2009 we featured four young graduates in the short-live Silangan newspaper. Titled ‘Bucking the Trend’ it was our attempt to encourage our youth to pursue higher education because of the troubling statistics that more Filipino youths  were dropping out of school. Today we followed those four

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