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Filipino filmmaker, writer receives Toronto Newcomer Artist Award

Arts & Culture, Canada News, immigration

Toronto, Canada Jim Libiran moves to Canada to pursue filmmaking and art education The Toronto Arts Foundation presented the Toronto Newcomer Artist Award to Filipino filmmaker and writer Jim Libiran. The Newcomer Artist Award recognizes immigrant and refugee artists who are building their creative careers in Canada. Libiran is an internationally awarded filmmaker and writer […]

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Domestic helpers working for diplomats are prone to abuse as the officials are covered by diplomatic immunity. (Photo from Pixabay)

Pay Filipina domestic worker £260,000 – British high court to UAE

immigration, International News, OFWs

By Charmaine Y. Rodriguez Landmark decision involves diplomat’s country in trafficking case   The high court of the United Kingdom ordered the United Arab Emirates (UAE) to pay more than £260,000 to a Filipino domestic worker who was exploited by one of the latter’s diplomats stationed in London. Salem Mohammed Sultan Aljaberi, who was a

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Nootka Sound in the 1700s was a rugged remote international port – a major source of sea otter pelts valued as fur in China and Japan. Hence, Russian, American, and English ships called upon there with some frequency.

First Filipino Canadians: seamen but not settlers (Part 2 of 4)

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

By Joseph Lopez Nootka Sound in the 1700s was a rugged remote international port – a major source of sea otter pelts valued as fur in China and Japan.  Hence, Russian, American, and English ships called upon there with some frequency. A review of the exploration history of the Pacific Northwest relates the return of

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Randy Boissonnault, Minister of Employment, Workforce Development and Official Languages. and Marc Miller, Minister of Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC), announce government policies to reduce the influx of new immigrants to Canada. (photo from X)

Canada to cut on number of foreign workers starting May

Canada News, Foreign Temporary Workers, immigration, International News

This is another blow to those who plan to immigrate to Canada By Charmaine Y. Rodriguez Citing Canada’s recovery from post-pandemic labour shortages and current lower unemployment rates, the government announced measures to reduce the number of Temporary Foreign Workers (TFW). However, the TFW Program will continue but will be used only in cases where

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Painting by Reva Diana.

Sino ang kauna-unahang Pinoy? Finding the first Filipino to settle in Canada

Arts & Culture, Canada News, immigration, International News, Philippine News, Politics

First Filipino Canadians: The Search Begins (part 1 of 4) By  Joseph Lopez If you look at history books and online sources as recent as 2019, all of them will say that the first Filipino immigrants in Canada arrived in the 1930s, mostly settling in Winnipeg, Manitoba. So I left it at that. Until…. Serendipity

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Undated image of Benson Flores, the first Filipino to have settled in Canada in Bowen Island, B.C. in 1861. ( Image from the book 'Bowen Island - 1872-1972' by Historian Irene Howard )

Film on 1st Filipino settler in Canada to be released soon

Arts & Culture, Canada News, immigration

Updated: February 27, 2024, 12:35 PM Vancouver, B.C. History buffs on social media share fund drive for Ben Flores’ tombstone By Charmaine Y. Rodriguez The excitement level is high as the documentary on Benson Flores, the first Filipino on record to have settled in Canada, is set to be released in March or April this

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Immigration Minister Marc Miller announces a two-year cap on international students entering Canada in a press conference. (Photo from The Canadian Press)

Canada to cut student permits by 35% this year

Canada News, Education, immigration, International News

Immigration Minister announces more changes in student visa program By Charmaine Y. Rodriguez Saying that the rapid increases in the number of international students arriving in Canada put pressure on housing, health care and other services, the Government of Canada announced a reduction of student visas by 35 percent for 2024. In a press conference

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International students in Canada now at 1 million

Canada News, immigration, International News

Statistics Canada shows Filipino students comprise third biggest group By Charmaine Y. Rodriguez Canada is now a temporary home to one million foreign students with over half of them in Ontario, the Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC) reported. According to a Globe and Mail report, Canada has 1,028,850 study permit holders as of the

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Canada records highest population growth since 1957

Canada News, immigration

StatCan reports over 1 million new immigrants from July 2022 to July 2023 By Charmaine Y. Rodriguez After its celebration for hitting the 40-million mark on June 16, Canada’s population was estimated at 40,097,761 on July 1, 2023, an increase of 1,158,705 from a year before. According to Statistics Canada, this was a growth of 2.9% from July 1, 2022 and was

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3 Filipino-Canadians in top immigrants list of 2023

Arts & Culture, Canada News, immigration, International News

A Crown Counsel, an actor, and nurse-educator are among those with inspiring stories By Charmaine Y. Rodriguez Three outstanding Filipino-Canadians made it to this year’s Top 25 Immigrants in Canada. Multi-awarded retired B.C. Trial Crown Counsel Winston Sayson, comedian and actor Ann Pornel and Registered Nurse, academic and researcher Edward Cruz were among the immigrants

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