Category: Event Announcement

Registration now open for “Counterspin: Building a Movement for Social Change”

Second Announcement Ontario’s growing Filipino Canadian community buzzes with excitement as the Magkaisa Centre prepares to host Toronto’s first ever Counterspin conference. Determined to carry on the successes of previous Counterspin conferences in Montreal and Vancouver, the progressive Filipino Canadian movement towards genuine integration and settlement in Canada will accelerate into high gear on November… Read More Registration now open for “Counterspin: Building a Movement for Social Change”

Philippine Women Centre of Ontario

Ontario-wide conference to advance the movement towards genuine settlement and integration

Conference Announcement Toronto, ON – The growing Filipino Canadian community from across Ontario and beyond will teem eagerly with life as they take great strides towards transforming history and settling and integrating into Canadian society as the Ontario-wide “Counterspin: Building a Movement for Social Change” conference takes place this November 19th and 20th (venue TBA).… Read More Ontario-wide conference to advance the movement towards genuine settlement and integration

Philippine Women Centre of Ontario

The Maleta arrives, yet again, at the internationally-renowned Nuit Blanche art exhibit

Toronto, ON – Enthusiasm and excitement within the Filipino Canadian community elevates as their own “Maleta (Suitcase) Stories” resonate freely on October 1st, from sunset-to-sunrise, at the internationally-renowned Nuit Blanche, an annual contemporary art event in Toronto. As the first-ever Filipino Canadian community-based art project to be included in such a prestigious event, “Maleta Stories”… Read More The Maleta arrives, yet again, at the internationally-renowned Nuit Blanche art exhibit

FCYA/UKPC Ontario

NAPWC Executive Director to present at globalization and migration conference

Globalization and Migrant Labour Conference Focus on South Asia November 25-November 27 SFU Harbour Centre, 515 West Hastings Street, Vancouver, BC Coast Salish Territory Globalization is a complex phenomenon grounded in the flow of capital, mainly from the North to the South, and the flow of labour, mainly in the counter direction. Within the global… Read More NAPWC Executive Director to present at globalization and migration conference

Philippine Women Centre of Ontario

Progressive Filipino Canadians break ground at Toronto’s Nuit Blanche

Toronto, ON – On October 1, 2011, witness the Filipino Canadian community’s histories unfold as the “Maleta” (Suitcase) Art Exhibit arrives at the internationally-renowned Nuit Blanche, a contemporary art event that will “transform the City of Toronto from, sunset-to-sunrise” into a night-long ephemera of artistic expression. In partnership with distinguished community artist, educator and PhD… Read More Progressive Filipino Canadians break ground at Toronto’s Nuit Blanche

FCYA/UKPC Ontario

MKC is looking for volunteers for “Maleta Stories, an Independent Project for Scotiabank Nuit Blanche”

Time: Saturday, October 1 at 7:00pm – October 2 at 7:00am Location: The Centre for International Experience, University of Toronto 33 St. George St. (and College) Toronto, ON A collaboration between Marissa Largo and the Magkaisa Centre for Nuit Blanche 2011. With the Centre for International Experience as its backdrop, a projected stop-motion animation of… Read More MKC is looking for volunteers for “Maleta Stories, an Independent Project for Scotiabank Nuit Blanche”

Magkaisa Centre

Taking root and building a home: Filipino Canadians gathered in Vancouver for the 2nd Counterspin conference

Taking root and building a home: Filipino Canadians gathered in Vancouver for the 2nd Counterspin conference Conference Communique July 20, 2011 The weekend of June 18th to 19th marked a monumental point in the history of Filipino Canadian community, as over 60 Filipino Canadians asserted their right to take root and build a home here… Read More Taking root and building a home: Filipino Canadians gathered in Vancouver for the 2nd Counterspin conference

Philippine Women Centre of Ontario

Internationally-acclaimed novelist and feminist revolutionary Ninotchka Rosca to speak at a national conference hosted by progressive Filipino Canadians

Vancouver, BC – Progressive Filipino Canadians from all over Canada resolutely await an upcoming national conference titled “Counterspin: Taking root and building a home, deepening our understanding of genuine settlement and integration.” To be held at the Liu Institute for Global Issues at the University of British Columbia from June 18th – 19th, this conference… Read More Internationally-acclaimed novelist and feminist revolutionary Ninotchka Rosca to speak at a national conference hosted by progressive Filipino Canadians

Philippine Women Centre of Ontario

National conference to strengthen Filipino Canadians towards firmly taking root and fully participating in Canadian society

Vancouver, BC – June 6, 2011 – The anticipation fervently grows within the progressive and militant Filipino Canadian community as the 2-day conference titled “Counterspin: Taking roots, building a home, deepening our understanding of genuine settlement and integration” draws much attention from workers, women, youth and academics across Canada as it will lead the new… Read More National conference to strengthen Filipino Canadians towards firmly taking root and fully participating in Canadian society

Philippine Women Centre of Ontario