Commentary

More questions spring from that headline question above: 1) what ranks as the Filipinos’ choicest job?

Education then, beyond all other devices of human origin, is the great equalizer of the conditions of men, the balance-wheel of the social machinery. Horace Mann

Education is more than a luxury; it is a responsibility that society owes to itself: Robin Cook

This question segues to the more intricate nature of education as a leveler for Filipinos in Canada, and leads to a number of proofs as to how Philippine-earned credentials proffer a level-playing-field.

Reflecting on the Philippines from abroad, I’ve had the chance to work with amazing communities in our islands’ global diasporas.

Since the 1960s when Filipinos started arriving in Canada in large numbers, they had managed to become seamlessly integrated in Canadian mainstream society.

The Philippines can really be amazing to “foreigners” like us who come home to visit our uber-ly hospitable friends and relatives.

Editor: In February of this year, a possible strike and walk-out by custodial staff was averted when a tentative deal was struck between union and management at the Capilano University.

I came across an article on your website by Linda Torio.

When I asked my children what they wanted for dinner one evening, they said, “We want Filipino food.” That gave me pause, because at their age, it never occurred to me to qualify what I eat. Everything I ate was Filipino food.

Editor’s note: We are pleased to feature this essay by our newest contributor Carissa Duenas based in Toronto, Ontario.

Among Filipinos in Canada today, there are two distinct groups that will eventually become the face of Canadian Filipinos of the future:

Last year, I had an opportunity to facilitate classes to supplement students’ Socials Studies curriculum at a Vancouver school.

Schools across Surrey and the Lower Mainland of British Columbia have been struggling to find ways to solve overcrowding in classrooms.

Juan Alim, 78, a former Filipino citizen who was naturalized as a Canadian citizen in 1998, arrived in Manila last year to celebrate Christmas with relatives.

Eleanor Guerrero Campbell: By the time this issue of Canadian Filipino Net appears online, the Trudeau government would have been in office for a little over a year,