Second Announcement

Montreal, QC – Excitement and anticipation builds as progressive Filipino Canadians prepare for “Counterspin towards a just and genuine settlement and integration” – a national conference that signifies the continuing struggle of the Filipino Canadian community for full participation and entitlement in Canadian society.

To be held on April 30, May 1 & 2, 2010 at the Jewish General Hospital Amphitheatre Institute of Community and Family Psychiatry (4333 Cote Sainte Catherine, Montreal), this landmark conference will be a monumental event in the history of the Filipino Canadian community, as we pave the way to cultivate and nurture the new path for genuine settlement and integration.

Building on the years of educating, organizing and mobilizing work of the Kapit Bisig Centre in Montreal, the Magkaisa Centre in Toronto and the Kalayaan Centre in Vancouver, progressive Filipino Canadians embrace this new era in our struggle with an affirmation to strengthen its unity towards the Filipino Canadian community’s advancement and development.

As we march forward in reclaiming our rightful place in a multicultural and multi-ethnic Canada, we call on all progressive Filipino Canadians to link arms and raise fists with progressive members of the community at this historic event. “Counterspin” conference aims to deepen understanding of our history and current situation as Filipino Canadians; to deepen understanding of the Canadian state and society and their role in helping shape our community’s reality; and to develop action plans toward just and genuine settlement and integration and to achieve full participation and entitlement.

To register or for more information about the conference, visit www.kapitbisigcentre.org or contact the conference secretariat.

In Montreal:
Kapit Bisig Centre
pwcofquebec@gmail.com; 514-678-3901
In Toronto:
Magkaisa Centre
pwcontario@yahoo.ca; 416-519-2553
In Vancouver:
Kalayaan Centre
pwc@kalayaancentre.net; 604-215-1103