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
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
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
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
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]
Toronto, ON – November 9, 2009 – Members of Ugnayan ng Kabataan ng Pilipino sa Canada/Filipino Canadian Youth Alliance–Ontario (UKPC/FCYA-ON) are mourning the loss of Christian Derro, a young member of our community who was recently lost to gun violence. Christian, who was only 19 years of age, sadly passed away on Thanksgiving weekend at… Read More Our youth mourn the loss of Christian Derro
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Filipino-Canadian youth voice the community’s need for a Poverty-Free Ontario Toronto, ON – November 5, 2009 – On this national Day of Action, Ugnayan ng Kabataang Pilipino sa Canada/Filipino Canadian Youth Alliance–Ontario stands in solidarity with student and community groups as we struggle for accessible education and a Poverty-Free Ontario. We are… Read More The youth voice the community’s need for a Poverty-Free Ontario
Kabataang Montreal Over the past three weeks, incidents of street violence involving Filipino adolescents, and alleged members of the South Asian community have increased in the Côte-des-Neiges area. According to reports received by Kabataang Montreal (Filipino youth of Montreal), several Filipino youth have been involved in fights and were hospitalized as a result. In response… Read More The youth urgently call to stop street violence in Côte-des-Neiges
National Alliance of Philippine Women in Canada (NAPWC) SIKLAB-Ontario (Advance the rights and welfare of overseas Filipinos) Media release As the violence continues, the Live-in Caregiver Program still remains unquestioned May 9, 2009 Toronto, ON – Filipino advocacy groups strengthen their call to abolish the Live-in Caregiver Program (LCP) as the experiences of Filipina domestic… Read More As the violence continues, the Live-in Caregiver Program still remains unquestioned
Ugnayan ng Kabataang Pilipino sa Canada/Filipino Canadian Youth Alliance – Ontario March 11, 2009 Press Release UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO TURNS TO UNJUST SOLUTION TO SATISFY CHILD-CARE DEMANDS Filipino student group appalled by the hypocrisy of Uof T’s Family Care Office in endorsing modern-day slavery Toronto, ON – The Filipino Canadian Youth Alliance – Ontario (FCYA-ON),… Read More UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO TURNS TO UNJUST SOLUTION TO SATISFY CHILD-CARE DEMANDS