I'm Filipino-Canadian and Canada Is Celebrating My Filipino Heritage
www.filipinosmakingwaves.com FEBRUARY 2019 VOL. 8, NO. 02 TORONTO, CANADA DRINK A TOAST TO US ON JUNE 1st I'm Filipino-Canadian and Canada Is Celebrating My Filipino Heritage On Oct 30, 2018, the month of June was declared Filipino Heritage Month across Canada. Photo courtesy of Gary Anandasangaree By Riley Mendoza bringing is here in Canada. I I am a blend of East and thinking. That is not to say I because my forebears here am to this continent born West, and even as I look lost the values of my Filipi- and there communicated in This year, specifically the yet my whole being is teth- Filipino, my outlook is Ca- no culture, no, they're here languages as ancient as the month of June, is replete ered to a country separated nadian, meaning, shaped by deep in my heart. land we now call The Phil- with meaning, especially for by an ocean more than western attitudes and influ- ippines and Canada. I am a me in whose veins run Fili- 13,000 kilometers away. enced by contemporary My tongue sounds accented pino blood but whose up- (Continued on page3 ) A month after announcing a record-breaking 7.1 million int’l visitors in 2018 Grand Homecoming DOT Sec. Bernadette Romulo-Puyat Reception for Miss unveils refresh DOT slogan Universe Catriona Gray Story on Page 4 Catriona Gray reacts during her interview with ABS-CBN on Wednes- day. Mark Demayo, ABS-CBN News The Philippine Department of Tourism unveiled the new logo of its tourism campaign “It’s More Fun in the Philippines MANILA-- The Philippines crowdsourced from social Boracay closure, it's al- is repurposing the word media users, both Filipinos ready redefined.
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