Alec Regino, Author at New Canadian Media

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Alec Regino

Alec Regino is a Reporting Fellow for the Pulitzer Center and a freelance journalist based in Vancouver, BC. He got his MA in Sociology at McGill University.

Calgary, settlement sector, covid-19, health immigrants
April 16, 2022
Health/Immigration/Local Journalism Initiative

How Calgary’s settlement sector helped transform Canada’s No. 1 Covid hotspot into a vaccine success story

The Calgary East Zone Newcomers Collaborative proves successful in serving and aiding ethnocultural communities during the pandemic, effectively shifting the narrative of

Migrant Workers facing abuse
March 26, 2022
Economy/Health/Immigration/Local Journalism Initiative/News

Program to protect abused migrant workers retraumatizes many

Advocates have found that government officers in the program have lacked sensitivity and awareness when dealing with abused workers, saying there seems

March 26, 2022
Economy/Immigration/Local Journalism Initiative/News

To retain immigrants, decision-makers must address systemic failures

Even with a record-setting 405,000 new immigrants into the country in 2021, the pandemic has highlighted not only how crucial immigrants are

November 30, 2021
Diaspora Affairs/News/Politics

Philippine elections: Competing rallies for and against Duterte

Many Filipinos in the diaspora support change from Rodrigo Duterte's presidency, but some are supporting candidates that could arguably continue his legacy.

November 22, 2021
Arts & Culture/History/Local Journalism Initiative/News

Journalist-turned-historian traces roots of first Filipino-Canadian

By complete chance, Filipino-Canadian journalist Joseph Lopez discovered the first Filipino to arrive in Canada actually came 70 years before previously thought.

October 27, 2021
Immigration/Local Journalism Initiative/News

New immigration minister inherits backlogs, migrant worker issues

The new Immigration Minister Sean Fraser will have to act quickly to deal with thousands of backlogged immigration applications that worsened during

October 25, 2021
Immigration

Systemic barriers keeping foreign nurses from filling shortages

Systemic barriers rooted in Canada's immigration policy are pushing many foreign nurses to jobs outside of their profession and others to the

October 22, 2021
COVID-19/Health/News/Top Stories

Sick leave: What are we waiting for, advocates ask

The Liberal federal government promised to extend paid sick leave benefits to 10 days within the first 100 days of a new

June 29, 2021
COVID-19/Health/Top Stories

Manitoba Pushing its Nurses to the Brink

Nursing shortages in Manitoba have reached an unprecedented all-time high during the pandemic due to “deeply rooted” staffing issues in the province,

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