Too many youth are unaware of the Filipino culture, history and language. This is the message from youth who gathered in Slocan Park on Philippine Independence Day. It was a hot afternoon on June 6…
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Modi, Aquino Visits Emphasize Canada’s Commitment to Asia
After a hesitant start, Canada has picked up its game and appears committed to play a larger role in Asia, the world’s fastest growing economy and most dynamic region. This is clear from the recent…
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Vancouver has long attracted tens of thousands of overseas students each year from Asian countries like China, India, Japan, Korean, and Singapore. The Philippines now looks to be the next recruitment hotspot. The number of…
View More Student Recruitment by Canadian Schools Rises in the PhilippinesAquino Visit Foiled by Low Turnout, Protests, Poor Planning
After a whirlwind of quick stops that took him first to Chicago and then to Ottawa and Toronto, President Benigno Aquino III ended his first North American visit in Vancouver Saturday. But the small audiences…
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A Marketer’s Dilemma: To Translate or Not to Translate
Being the Operations Manager of an immigrant-serving agency, my portfolio includes a wide variety of disciplines, including marketing and communications. One of the most basic principles of marketing is to know your audience and to…
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NCM NewsBriefs: launch edition
Punjab teachers graduate from training program Fifty teachers from the Indian state of Punjab who came to Canada for a teaching development program at the Ontario Institute for Studies in Education (OISE) picked up their…
View More NCM NewsBriefs: launch editionIt’s time to take a look at race and racism in our community
I didn’t speak a word of English when I started kindergarten in Ontario. My dad, from Austria, and my mom, from Yugoslavia, met on the boat to Canada in the early 1950s. They were in…
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Why I Resigned as Editor
I would describe my own resignation as executive editor of a Filipino-Canadian magazine (Living Today) as nothing more than a tempest in a teapot. I had no financial dependency on a job that was more…
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