The Magkaisa Centre welcomes all Filipino Canadians to take part in our upcoming creative writing and arts project this summer! Whether you are new to exploring your creative side or you are a self-professed creative, aspiring artist, or even a professional, we are here to provide a space to write, create, learn and express in… Read More Magkaisa Centre presents “This is Home”, a creative writing and arts program
September 26, 2015 Toronto, Ontario – With just a day away, the stage is finally set for the annual fundraising concert, Roots, Rhymes, and Resistance organized by Ugnayan ng Kabataang Pilipino sa Canada/Filipino Youth Alliance (UKPC/FCYA). The concert, titled “Celebrating Filipino Women’s Resistance,” will be held tomorrow, Saturday, September 26th at the United Steelworkers Hall… Read More Roots, Rhymes & Resistance is one day away!
Toronto, ON – As the struggle for genuine settlement and integration intensifies, so do the voices of the Filipino Canadian community. “Our Voices: A Portrait Series Project” exhibit, to be held at Beit Zatoun House on May 31st to June 1st, features the shared experiences, stories, and narratives of the Filipino Canadian community. From stories… Read More “Our Voices: A Portrait Series” draws closer
Toronto, Ontario – Let the voices of a community united in resistance be heard as the Maleta (Suitcase) Project continues its journey through a community-based art exhibit titled, ‘Our Voices: A Portrait Series’. This exhibit serves as a medium to express the progressive Filipino Canadian community’s collective will to help advance the working class struggle… Read More Gearing up for “Our Voices: A Portrait Series”, a Filipino Canadian Art Exhibit
Our Voices: A Portrait Series Toronto, Ontario – As part of the Maleta
Toronto, Ontario – This is a final reminder of the upcoming fundraising concert, “Roots, Rhymes, and Resistance” organized by Ugnayan ng Kabataang Pilipino sa Canada/Filipino Youth Alliance (UKPC/FCYA). The concert, titled Taking Back Our Future, will be held tomorrow, Saturday, July 13th at the Hart House Music Room, on University of Toronto’s downtown campus. The… Read More Filipino Canadian youth take the stage tomorrow at the 4th annual “Roots, Rhymes, and Resistance”
For immediate release June 26, 2013 Toronto, ON—The Ugnayan ng Kabataang Pilipino sa Canada/Filipino-Canadian Youth Alliance Organization (UKPC-ON) is celebrating their upcoming annual “Roots, Rhymes and Resistance” concert on the 13th day of July this year. The theme for this year is “Taking Back Our Future,” which will focus on the youth and their roles… Read More Youth take back their future as future leaders at annual “Roots, Rhymes and Resistance” concert
Join SIKLAB Ontario and the member organizations of the Magkaisa Centre in celebrating International Workers Day 2013 with a film screening of “My Folks: Building a Home in Canada” (a photovoice video project). Guided by the advocacy work of the Magkaisa Centre, the My Folks film sets focus on portraying the Filipino Canadian community’s experiences… Read More Film Screening: “My Folks: Building a Home in Canada”
For immediate release July 28, 2012 Toronto, ON—This year’s “Roots Rhymes and Resistance: Laying Tracks Against Cutbacks” cultural fundraising show will mark the final and most important phase of putting education into practice as this summer’s critical and popular education series “Balik Ugat Balik Komunidad (Back to the Roots, Back to the Community) (BUBK)” reaches… Read More “Roots, Rhymes and Resistance: Laying Tracks Against Cutbacks” fundraising concert hits the stage tonight