Tag: make the youth count

“Laying Tracks Against Cutbacks” in this year’s Roots, Rhymes and Resistance

For immediate release July 9, 2012   Toronto, ON—To top off this year’s Balik Ugat Balik Komunidad workshop series, Filipino Canadian youth, women and workers will celebrate their community’s resilience and capacity to nurture a culture of resistance through this year’s Roots Rhymes and Resistance concert to be held this summer on July 28. The… Read More “Laying Tracks Against Cutbacks” in this year’s Roots, Rhymes and Resistance

FCYA/UKPC Ontario

Stop the tuition hikes: Filipino Canadian youth stand in solidarity with Quebec student strike

National statement May 24, 2012 Toronto, ON—With the Quebec student strike now into its third month, Ugnayan ng Kabataang Pilipino Sa Canada/Filipino Canadian Youth Alliance—National (UKPC/FCYA) stand in solidarity with the student movement in Quebec and beyond by calling for an end to the ongoing assault against our access to education and to reject the… Read More Stop the tuition hikes: Filipino Canadian youth stand in solidarity with Quebec student strike

FCYA/UKPC 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