Author: Philippine Women Centre of Ontario

The Philippine Women Centre of Ontario is a community-based, registered non-profit organization that is instrumental in the struggle to build an empowered Filipino Canadian community through the advancement of the community’s genuine settlement and integration in Canadian society. PWC-ON’s program of educating, organizing, mobilizing and capacity-building of Filipino Canadian women, alongside the broader community, is fundamental in addressing barriers against the community’s full participation, which includes combating systemic racism, overcoming economic marginalization, making the Filipino youth count in Canada’s future, and enhancing Filipino women’s genuine equality, development and human rights.

NAPWC Executive Director to present at globalization and migration conference

Globalization and Migrant Labour Conference Focus on South Asia November 25-November 27 SFU Harbour Centre, 515 West Hastings Street, Vancouver, BC Coast Salish Territory Globalization is a complex phenomenon grounded in the flow of capital, mainly from the North to the South, and the flow of labour, mainly in the counter direction. Within the global… Read More NAPWC Executive Director to present at globalization and migration conference

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Taking root and building a home: Filipino Canadians gathered in Vancouver for the 2nd Counterspin conference

Taking root and building a home: Filipino Canadians gathered in Vancouver for the 2nd Counterspin conference Conference Communique July 20, 2011 The weekend of June 18th to 19th marked a monumental point in the history of Filipino Canadian community, as over 60 Filipino Canadians asserted their right to take root and build a home here… Read More Taking root and building a home: Filipino Canadians gathered in Vancouver for the 2nd Counterspin conference

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Internationally-acclaimed novelist and feminist revolutionary Ninotchka Rosca to speak at a national conference hosted by progressive Filipino Canadians

Vancouver, BC – Progressive Filipino Canadians from all over Canada resolutely await an upcoming national conference titled “Counterspin: Taking root and building a home, deepening our understanding of genuine settlement and integration.” To be held at the Liu Institute for Global Issues at the University of British Columbia from June 18th – 19th, this conference… Read More Internationally-acclaimed novelist and feminist revolutionary Ninotchka Rosca to speak at a national conference hosted by progressive Filipino Canadians

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National conference to strengthen Filipino Canadians towards firmly taking root and fully participating in Canadian society

Vancouver, BC – June 6, 2011 – The anticipation fervently grows within the progressive and militant Filipino Canadian community as the 2-day conference titled “Counterspin: Taking roots, building a home, deepening our understanding of genuine settlement and integration” draws much attention from workers, women, youth and academics across Canada as it will lead the new… Read More National conference to strengthen Filipino Canadians towards firmly taking root and fully participating in Canadian society

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Progressive Filipino Canadians in Vancouver to host national conference

“Counterspin: Taking root and building a home: Deepening our understanding of genuine settlement and integration” For immediate release June 3, 2011 Vancouver, B.C. – June 18th and 19th will mark a momentous occasion for the Filipino Canadian community in Vancouver as it hosts “Counterspin: Taking root and building a home. Deepening our understanding of genuine… Read More Progressive Filipino Canadians in Vancouver to host national conference

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Progressive Filipino Canadian women once again denounce the Live-in Caregiver Program

Progressive Filipino Canadian women once again denounce the Live-in Caregiver Program PWC-ON supports caregivers’ wage theft campaign Toronto, ON – June 2, 2011 – The Philippine Women Centre of Ontario (PWC-ON) offers its support to Vivian de Jesus and Lilliane Namukasa’s struggles as overworked and underpaid workers under the modern-day slavery Live-in Caregiver Program (LCP).… Read More Progressive Filipino Canadian women once again denounce the Live-in Caregiver Program

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Taking root and building a home: Progressive Filipino Canadians boldly continue to pave and lead the path to genuine settlement and integration at a national conference

May 24, 2011 Conference Announcement The National Alliance of Philippine Women in Canada (NAPWC) welcomes and encourages all to partake in “Counterspin: Deepening our understanding of genuine settlement and integration” – a nation-wide conference taking place from June 18th to 19th, 2011 in the Liu Institute for Global Issues at the University of British Columbia.… Read More Taking root and building a home: Progressive Filipino Canadians boldly continue to pave and lead the path to genuine settlement and integration at a national conference

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Progressive Filipino Canadians call on all Canadians to make their vote count towards genuine democracy

Progressive Filipino Canadians call on all Canadians to make their vote count towards genuine democracy Congress of Progressive Filipino Canadians National Statement April 28, 2011 The Congress of Progressive Filipino Canadians (CPFC) encourages all working class Canadians, before stepping into the voting booth on May 2nd, to cast aside the talking heads on television and… Read More Progressive Filipino Canadians call on all Canadians to make their vote count towards genuine democracy

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