Coquitlam, BC Visual Arts START THE HEALING Artwork At Place Des Arts Organized by the Coquitlam Heritage Society, the exhibition Extractions: Resources Through an Artistic Lens will be available for viewing from April 1st to May 19th, 2022. Mildred German Coquitlam, BC – Various art mediums fill the Atrium of Place Des Arts located at […]
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Philippines 2022 UNESCO World Engineering Day Hackathon Beats UBC Okanagan The WONDERPETS all-girl student team of Batangas State University (BatStateU) has bagged first place with its water pollution reduction solution in the 2022 World Engineering Day Hackathon supported by the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO). The Filipina-led team composed of Chemical Engineering
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Updated: January 13, 2022, 10:11 A.M. Ottawa Historic appointment Breaking glass ceilings in her career Opinion Teodoro ‘Ted’ Alcuitas An outspoken and fierce advocate for diversity in theatre has been appointed to head Canada’s national theatre organization – the first Filipina-Canadian and first woman of colour to assume the position. Acclaimed theatre maker Nina Lee
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Philippines Equivalent to Summa Cum Laude A Filipina graduated with highest honours (equivalent to Summa Cum Laude) at the prestigious Oxford University in the United Kingdom. A native of Tuguegarao City, Cagayan, Ellaine Joy Calapao Sanidad graduated on December 2, 2021 with a Master of Studies in Diplomatic Program. Graduation ceremonies is set for March
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Winnipeg, Manitoba Congratulations, Grace Amanda on graduating from the University of Manitoba with a Master of Education in Counselling Psychology. She works with Aulneau Renewal Centre, Women’s Health Clinic and Thrive Counselling. A counsellor at Women’s Health Clinic (WHC), Pagtakhan obtained a Post Baccalaureate Diploma in Education,University of Manitoba in 2019. She is the daughter of
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Nova Scotia Photographic Guild of Nova Scotia picks Solis Teodoro Alcuitas Editor, PhilippineCanadianNews.Com (PCN.Com) The Photographic Guild of Nova Scotia has awarded the 2020-21 Photographer of the Year’ (POY) to Engineer Antonio Solis. A professional industrial engineer, Solis teaches at the Nova Scotia Community College in the Industrial Engineering Technology program. He specializes in
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3rd update: October 18, 2021, 7:47 A.M. 2nd update: October 18, 2021, 7:33 A.M. Updated: October 18, 2021, 7:25 A.M. Ontario Jim Wong-Chu Emerging Writers Award for 2020 Charmaine Rodriguez Kara Filipina Canadian writer Jennilee Austria emerged as second runner-up in the prestigious Jim Wong-Chu Emerging Writers Award for 2020 and is set to become a
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First Filipino to win award “A thousand cuts” doesn’t scare this fearless journalist Editorial Teodoro Alcuitas Editor, PhilippineCanadianNews.Com (PCN.Com) Maria Ressa, founder and CEO of Rappler, Inc. has been awarded the prestigious Nobel Peace Prize in Journalism, the first Filipino to be ever win the $1.1 cash award. Ressa shares the prize with Russian journalist
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Vancouver Art Gallery Commemorates National Day of Truth and Reconciliation and Orange Shirt Day with special performances at šxʷƛ̓ənəq Xwtl’e7énḵ Square and the Elder in Residence Program September 29, 2021, VANCOUVER, BC // Traditional Coast Salish Lands including the Musqueam (xʷməθkʷəy̓əm), Squamish (Sḵwx̱wú7mesh Úxwumixw) and Tsleil-Waututh (səl̓ilw̓ətaʔɬ) Nations The Vancouver Art Gallery invites
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