Filipino Community & Lifestyle News
It’s hard to choose which award to mention first among Patrick Alcedo’s long list of exceptional achievements in the arts. Alcedo is not only a Filipino filmmaker, dance professor and department chair at York University—the first person of colour to hold the chair position in the Dance department’s 50-year history—but also one of Canada’s Top […]
As a pioneer female deejay in the Philippines, Nina Saputil-Salvo, or DJ Nina, once led a life as frantic as the fast BPM songs she plays on her mixer. “I had a residency in 2012 at top (Filipino) clubs Republiq and Opus. Mga bar na malalaki (huge bars)…from there, it didn’t take long for me […]
It was when a co-worker brought her ten-month-old baby to the office that something triggered inside Doris Butawan’s psyche. The sight of the baby–so similar in age to her own baby boy back in the Philippines–made Butawan, a Filipino nurse working abroad, sob uncontrollably for hours. Butawan had been in London, England, for all of […]
English version follows Kumusta po, mga kababayan? Medyo natagalan po akong nakabalik pero nandito na ako muli para makipagtsikahan tungkol po sa ating propesyon at mga posibilidad para sa ating mga nurses dito sa Ontario. Meron po aking nakilalang dalawang bagong dating dito na may student visa at nagtanong tungkol sa International English Language Testing […]
Our newest Filipina mentor, Rehanna Avellana, is a mortgage advisor and has been in the banking business for 12 years. Like many Filipino immigrants, she had her share of struggles, but with patience and persistence, she finally achieved her dream of becoming a mortgage advisor. Avellana will answer your mortgage questions such as whether or […]
When newcomers arrive in Canada looking for their first job, they are often asked the question, “have you had Canadian work experience?” Since they’ve just arrived, they haven’t worked in the country yet, so the challenge becomes how to entice an employer to take a chance on them and give them their first Canadian work […]
Ask a Mentor Series: Pinoy Nurse Trelly English version follows Merong nangyari sa akin noong unang-una kong shift assignment dito sa Canada. Kinailangan kong kumuha ng vital signs ng pasyente ko. Tinanong ko ang Charge Nurse kung nasaan ang thermometer. Sabi nandoon daw sa utility room. Pumunta ako kaagad doon, pero wala, hindi ko mahanap […]
Estrella Mercurio studied nursing at Silliman University in the Philippines. She immigrated to Canada in 1993 and practiced nursing for many years. Photo by Yona M. Harvey, Mabuhay Canada Media ASK A MENTOR SERIES: Nurse Trelly Question: So you want to come to Canada and work as a nurse? Answer: You’ve made a great decision! […]
Kristian Santos is a Filipino Rexdalian running for council in the Ward 1 Etobicoke North riding. Submitted photo Kristian Santos, 37, had been praying for two years, searching for something meaningful to do when he said the answer came to him loud and clear: to serve his community first. That’s when he decided to run […]