Join SIKLAB Ontario and the member organizations of the Magkaisa Centre in celebrating International Workers Day 2013 with a film screening of “My Folks: Building a Home in Canada” (a photovoice video project). Guided by the advocacy work of the Magkaisa Centre, the My Folks film sets focus on portraying the Filipino Canadian community’s experiences… Read More Film Screening: “My Folks: Building a Home in Canada”
The Philippine Women Centre of Ontario Hosts: A FILM SCREENING OF “STATUS QUO?: THE UNFINISHED BUSINESS OF FEMINISM IN CANADA” An International Women’s Day Celebration Dinner is available for $5 Celebration includes dinner, screening, open discussion, & desert Friday, March 8th, 2013, 6:00 – 8:00 PM Doors open at 5:30 PM OISE Room 5280 Ontario… Read More Event Announcement: Celebratory Film Screening of “STATUS QUO?: THE UNFINISHED BUSINESS OF FEMINISM IN CANADA”
March 6, 2013 For immediate release Toronto, ON–To celebrate this year’s International Women’s Day, The Philippine Women Centre of Ontario (PWC-ON) is hosting a film screening, dinner and discussion on the ongoing and historical struggles of women in Canadian society. Featuring Karen Cho’s “Status Quo?: The Unfinished Business of Feminism in Canada” (2013), the event… Read More Film Screening to Open Critical Discussion on Revolutionary Women’s Struggle in Canada
February 14, 2013 For immediate release Toronto, ON–In celebration of International Women’s Day , the Philippine Women Centre of Ontario invites all to a screening of Canadian director Karen Cho’s latest documentary “Status Quo: The Unfinished Business of Feminism in Canada.” The documentary screening will take place on March 8 at the Ontario Institute for… Read More Philippine Women Centre to celebrate International Women’s Day with a screening of Karen Cho’s Status Quo: The Unfinished Business of Feminism in Canada
Join us for the special screening of STATUS QUO? THE UNFINISHED BUSINESS OF FEMINISM IN CANADA, with director Karen Cho and subjects from the film present for a Q&A. This screening is co-presented with the National Film Board of Canada, the Childcare Resource and Research Unit, the Abortion Rights Coalition of Canada & the Philippine… Read More Film Screening: “Status Quo? The Unfinished Business of Feminism in Canada”
Screening tomorrow at 313 Student Centre, York University from 2:30 – 4:30 PM. See you there!
Dont miss tonights screening of “THE NANNY BUSINESS” documentary on Global TV’s ‘Currents’ at 10pm (est)! The Nanny Business follows Edelyn Pineda who waits to be picked up at Toronto’s Pearson International Airport on a freezing cold night in February. The 27 year old, university educated mother of 3 has spent a grueling three days… Read More THE NANNY BUSINESS: The plight of Canada’s imported caregivers on Global TV’s ‘Currents’
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”