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Alec Regino

Alec Regino is a freelance journalist based in Vancouver, BC. He was a Reporting Fellow for the Pulitzer Center on Crisis Reporting in 2021.

refugee businesses
January 12, 2023
Economy/Immigration/Local Journalism Initiative

Refugee entrepreneurs building businesses to create work in Canada

Despite the challenges newcomer entrepreneurs may face, 14.4 per cent of refugees in Canada are self-employed or business owners.

Immigrant and refugee families finding work in Canada
December 12, 2022
Economy/Immigration

Refugees are valuable additions to Canada’s labour market

Organizations help refugees and immigrants find work

November 29, 2022
British Columbia/COVID-19/Economy/Immigration/Local Journalism Initiative/News

Immigrants are ready to support Canada amid labour shortages

Conference sheds light on market bias - calls for much-needed shift in Canada’s immigrant hiring strategies

Canadian Arielle Ladouceur and her spouse who was denied immigration spousal sponsorship
July 5, 2022
Immigration/Local Journalism Initiative

Immigration Canada forces mother-to-be to raise child on her own

Canada decided that this couple's marriage was "not genuine." Now, a Canadian woman is forced to raise a child without a father

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
British Columbia/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
British Columbia/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

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