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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Equity vs Equality: In the Classroom and Beyond

Arts & Culture, Canada News, Education, Features

By Gabrielle Abad Educator explains need for “systemic change” to achieve goals   What is my philosophy in teaching? That was the question asked as I was sitting in one of my third-year education classes. It’s such a broad question that it was hard to put into words what matters most to me and how

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Filipino-Canadian broadcaster to publish memoir this Fall

Arts & Culture, Canada News, culture, Events

By Charmaine Y. Rodriguez Blue Jays sportscaster Hazel Mae writes about her childhood in the Philippines, career life in the US, Canada   Toronto Blue Jays sportscaster Hazel Mae will publish her memoir, Before I Let You Go: My Life in Broadcasting, Baseball, and Beyond, on Nov. 10, HarperCollins Canada announced Tuesday. “We are thrilled to share

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First woman cinematographer to win an Oscar is a Filipina

Arts & Culture, International News, Philippine News

By Charmaine Y. Rodriguez Autumn Durald Arkapaw is also first woman of colour to bag the award   It was a night like no other for Filipino-American Autumn Durald Arkapaw who became the first woman to win an Oscar for Best Cinematography at the 98th Academy Awards at the Dolby Theatre on Sunday, March 15.

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Filipina-Canadian leader joins Mike Starchuk’s municipal council slate for Surrey

Canada News

Surrey, B.C. By Charmaine Y. Rodriguez Diverse group vows to transform Surrey into a “City of Champions” Surrey mayoral candidate Mike Starchuk and the Imagine Surrey team announced their first four candidates for the 2026 municipal slate. They are William Li, Kevin Wilkie, Narima Dela Cruz and Yousef Aldabainah-Barakat, who represent diverse neighborhood roots, united

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9 dead, including suspect, in mass shooting in Tumbler Ridge School

Canada News

Tumbler Ridge, B.C. By Charmaine Y. Rodriguez Canadian PM Carney addresses ‘emotional’ Parliament as he orders federal response for BC town   A lone shooter open fired inside Tumbler Ridge Secondary School killing a teacher, 5 students and was later found deceased on what appeared to be a self-inflicted injury at around 1:20 p.m. Tuesday,

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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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The Blue Jays sportscaster is Filipina Canadian Hazel Mae

Canada News

Toronto, Canada By Charmaine Y. Rodriguez Bohol-born daughter of a sports fan rose to fame as a baseball on-field reporter In what is described as one of the most exciting times for sports fans and for Canadian baseball fans specifically, a familiar voice has been adding to the excitement during every game. To her fans,

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PCN Editor honoured

Canada News

Toronto Ricardo Jorge Caluen Congratulations to my Editor! For so many years, the reckoning of the arrival of the first Filipinos in Canada usually starts in the year 1947. But even this immigration info is not accurate because Filipino immigrants were lumped with others falling under the general category of “Southeast Asians”. Fast forward to

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Renato Gandia reflects on ‘Magdaragat’

Canada News

Reprinted with permission. This article first appeared in https://salingpusa.com/– Calgary’s Literary Magazine As the keel meets the water: a contributor’s journey into Magdaragat By Renato Gandia When the acceptance email arrived, I was already standing at the edge of a different shore, imagining the day I would leave the familiar tides of corporate communications for

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