Category: Event Announcement

Filipino Youth Lead a Workshop Series to Educate, Organize and Mobilize for the Rights and Welfare of Filipinos in Canada

Press Release August 5, 2008 TORONTO, ON – While summertime in Toronto is full of festivals celebrating the diversity of cultures that depict the city’s population, Filipino youth are gathering to identify and explore their Filipino heritage in a month-long workshop series: “Balik Ugat, Balik Komunidad” (Back to the Roots, Back to the Community). Young… Read More Filipino Youth Lead a Workshop Series to Educate, Organize and Mobilize for the Rights and Welfare of Filipinos in Canada

FCYA/UKPC Ontario

Progressive Filipino youth express empowerment and activism through Pinoy Poetiks Cultural Night

Press Release Toronto, ON – Ugnayan ng Kabataang Pilipino sa Canada/Filipino Canadian Youth Alliance-ON (UKPC/FCYA-ON) will be hosting its very first “Pinoy Poetiks” on August 7, 2008, 7:30 p.m. at Hart House, Arbor Room, University of Toronto (7 Hart House Circle, Toronto). This night will showcase the rich talent of young Filipinos and express the… Read More Progressive Filipino youth express empowerment and activism through Pinoy Poetiks Cultural Night

FCYA/UKPC Ontario

National Research Conference to Showcase Three-Years of Continuing Work towards Full Participation of Filipinos in a Multicultural Canada

First Announcement July 8, 2008 On November 6-9, 2008, the National Alliance of Philippine Women in Canada (NAPWC) will hold a Canada-wide research conference on Filipinos and the Filipino community at the University of Toronto, Toronto Ontario. It will showcase the accomplishments of its three-year project in partnership with Canadian Heritage and Multiculturalism called “Filipino… Read More National Research Conference to Showcase Three-Years of Continuing Work towards Full Participation of Filipinos in a Multicultural Canada

Philippine Women Centre of Ontario

Community forum on the Philippine health and medical mission

On June 28, 2008, Dr. Lynn Farrales, a Filipino-Canadian physician based in Vancouver led a community forum on the Philippine health and medical mission at the University of Toronto’s Bahen Centre. The Philippine health and medical mission provides the opportunity for community organizers and Canadian health professionals to work together as Dr. Farrales plans a… Read More Community forum on the Philippine health and medical mission

FCYA/UKPC Ontario

Filipino Youth across Canada commemorate Deeward, call for scrapping the LCP

Filipino youth in three major cities across Canada will hold vigils, masses and marches over the next two days to commemorate the recent death of 15-year old Deeward Ponte and to call for the “scrapping of the Live-in Caregiver Program (LCP) and towards genuine social justice for Filipno youth and their families.” Local Filipino youth… Read More Filipino Youth across Canada commemorate Deeward, call for scrapping the LCP

FCYA/UKPC Ontario

Film Series and Discussion: “Filipina Transnational Domesticity and Feminist Activism”

Toronto, ON – The Philippine Women Centre of Ontario (PWC-ON) and the Women and Gender Studies Institute of the University of Toronto will launch a documentary film series on “Filipina Transnational Domesticity and Feminist Activism.” The series will explore the experiences of Filipino women on the areas of migration and domestic work; U.S. militarization and… Read More Film Series and Discussion: “Filipina Transnational Domesticity and Feminist Activism”

Philippine Women Centre of Ontario

Province Wide Filipino Youth “PALAKASIN” Conference in Toronto: PALAKASIN! Ang Tunay na Ugnayan/Strengthen our Youth, Unite for Freedom

Ugnayan ng Kabataang Pilipino Sa Canada/Filipino Canadian Youth Alliance-Ontario in partnership with The Philippine Women Centre of Ontario (PWC-ON) and SIKLAB-Ontario is conducting a two-day province-wide consultation and conference entitled: “PALAKASIN! Ang Tunay na Ugnayan/Strengthen our Youth, Unite for Freedom” on November 30 – December 1, 2007 (Venue to be announced). Significantly, we have chosen… Read More Province Wide Filipino Youth “PALAKASIN” Conference in Toronto: PALAKASIN! Ang Tunay na Ugnayan/Strengthen our Youth, Unite for Freedom

FCYA/UKPC Ontario