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
January 27, 2009 Today marks the one-year death anniversary of Deeward Ponte, the 15-year old Filipino youth who was stabbed at Gray’s Park in Vancouver, and later died in the hospital. As Ugnayan ng Kabataang Pilipino sa Canada/Filipino-Canadian Youth Alliance (FCYA), we extend our sympathy to the Ponte family and pay tribute to the memory… Read More One year after the death of 15-year old Deeward Ponte, the struggle against systemic racism continues!
November 28, 2008 marks 5 years since the untimely passing of 17-year old Mao Jomar Lanot, a Filipino student whose life was tragically taken after being beaten outside of Sir Charles Tupper Secondary School in Vancouver, British Colombia. The impacts of the tragic event not only affected his family but was felt by the entire… Read More Honor the Memory of Fallen Youth, Unite Against Racism and Youth Violence
Filipino youth in three major cities across Canada will hold vigils, masses and marches over the next two days to commemorate the recent death of 15-year old Deeward Ponte and to call for the “scrapping of the Live-in Caregiver Program (LCP) and towards genuine social justice for Filipno youth and their families.” Local Filipino youth… Read More Filipino Youth across Canada commemorate Deeward, call for scrapping the LCP