Category: Statement

Toronto Sun nanny article recycles and reinforces anti-immigrant sentiments

Toronto Sun nanny article recycles and reinforces anti-immigrant sentiments National Alliance of Philippine Women in Canada (NAPWC) National Statement January 26, 2011 On January 19th, 2010, a Toronto Sun article titled “Nannies abusing sponsorship programs” promoted anti-immigrant and racist sentiments that inconsiderately fail to see the ongoing marginalization and underdevelopment of thousands of Filipino women… Read More Toronto Sun nanny article recycles and reinforces anti-immigrant sentiments

Philippine Women Centre of Ontario

Congress of Progressive Filipino Canadians (CPFC) denounces Conservative cutbacks on settlement services as cutting corners on immigration

Congress of Progressive Filipino Canadians (CPFC) denounces Conservative cutbacks on settlement services as cutting corners on immigration National Statement For immediate release January 24, 2011 Once again, Citizenship and Immigration Canada (CIC) Minister Jason Kenney proves he is no Santa Claus for struggling newcomer immigrant communities with his announcement to cut funding towards settlement services.… Read More Congress of Progressive Filipino Canadians (CPFC) denounces Conservative cutbacks on settlement services as cutting corners on immigration

Philippine Women Centre of Ontario

Racism Between the Lines: Exposing and Opposing Racism Behind Toronto Star and Macleans Articles

Ugnayan ng Kabataang Pilipino sa Canada/Filipino Canadian Youth Alliance-Ontario (UKPC/FCYA-ON) National Statement November 23, 2010 On November 10th, 2010, two articles were published by Macleans’ Magazine and the Toronto Star newspaper fuelled anti-immigrant sentiments and racism, titled as “‘Too Asian’?: Worries that efforts in the U.S. to limit enrolment of Asian students in top universities… Read More Racism Between the Lines: Exposing and Opposing Racism Behind Toronto Star and Macleans Articles

FCYA/UKPC Ontario

Congress of Progressive Filipino Canadians oppose the recently concluded G8/G20 summits

National Statement For immediate release June 30, 2010 The Congress of Progressive Filipino Canadians (CPFC) marches with the working class and racialized communities in Canada with courage and militancy as imperialist nations and the world elite meet in Ontario for the recently concluded G8/G20 summits this past weekend. In recognizing the summit as a desperate… Read More Congress of Progressive Filipino Canadians oppose the recently concluded G8/G20 summits

Magkaisa Centre

Recent achievements mark another testament to the will of UKPC-ON to make the Filipino youth count

Toronto, ON – May 26, 2010 – Burgeoning talent and creativity amongst Filipino-Canadian youth, fostered through community organizing and activism, mark the recent achievements of Gabriella Abis and Kenneth Santos, both members of UKPC/FCYA-ON. The Magkaisa Centre proudly congratulates and celebrates the achievements of Abis and Santos, whose actions serve as a glimpse into the… Read More Recent achievements mark another testament to the will of UKPC-ON to make the Filipino youth count

FCYA/UKPC Ontario

TOWARDS GENUINE WOMEN’S EQUALITY, DEVELOPMENT AND LIBERATION

The National Alliance of Philippine Women in Canada (NAPWC) greets International Women’s Day (IWD) with heightened militancy and salutes the legacy of resistance of thousands of women before us in putting women’s liberation at the forefront of women’s struggles. The NAPWC also calls on all progressive women in Canada and around the world to intensify… Read More TOWARDS GENUINE WOMEN’S EQUALITY, DEVELOPMENT AND LIBERATION

Philippine Women Centre of Ontario

No genuine national childcare until the Live-in Caregiver Program is scrapped, Magkaisa Centre organizations assert

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: No genuine national childcare until the Live-in Caregiver Program is scrapped, Magkaisa Centre organizations assert Toronto, ON – February 10, 2010 – Despite a recent proposal by the Liberal Party to create a national childcare program, progressive Filipino Canadian organizations under the Magkaisa Centre express that the the ongoing exploitation and violence… Read More No genuine national childcare until the Live-in Caregiver Program is scrapped, Magkaisa Centre organizations assert

Magkaisa Centre

Making Leaps and Bounds Towards a Just and Genuine Settlement and Integration of Filipino-Canadians in 2010

Making Leaps and Bounds Towards a Just and Genuine Settlement and Integration of Filipino-Canadians in 2010 January 30, 2010 Magkaisa Centre Statement The progressive Filipino-Canadian community organizations of the Magkaisa Centre greet this New Year with courage and determination as we advance the struggle for the just and genuine settlement and integration of Filipino-Canadians. Through… Read More Making Leaps and Bounds Towards a Just and Genuine Settlement and Integration of Filipino-Canadians in 2010

Magkaisa Centre

Message of Solidarity to the Courageous People of Haiti

Message of solidarity to the courageous people of Haiti National Statement January 20, 2010 January 20, 2010 – The mass and democratic organizations of Filipino Canadian workers, women and youth of Kapit-Bisig Centre, Magkaisa Centre and Kalayaan Centre extend our warmest feelings of solidarity and support to the Haitian people and their families who have… Read More Message of Solidarity to the Courageous People of Haiti

Philippine Women Centre of Ontario

Minister Jason Kenney is no Santa Claus to thousands of Filipino live-in caregivers [video]

National Alliance of Philippine Women in Canada (NAPWC) SIKLAB Canada (Advance and Uphold the Struggle of Filipino Workers) Ugnayan ng Kabataang Pilipino sa Canada/Filipino Canadian Youth Alliance–Canada (UKPC/FCYA) National Statement December 19, 2009 Progressive Filipino women, workers and youth representing the aggrieved Filipino community maintain that the changes made on the federal government’s live-in caregiver… Read More Minister Jason Kenney is no Santa Claus to thousands of Filipino live-in caregivers [video]

Philippine Women Centre of Ontario