VIFF 2026: Hybrid storytelling as a Filipino mode of collective healing
Staff
October 8, 2026
The opening scene of First Comes Love: Nakabingwit, with a signature rom-com flavour, immediately hooked the audience.
Tag: Filipino Canadians
菲裔加拿大人再度被排除在加拿大勋章之外
Mei-Chen Chen
June 30, 2025
今天，一位备受尊敬的菲裔加拿大人指出，加拿大勋章顾问委员会再度出现可耻的遗漏。《TheCommentary.ca》创办编辑暨节目《Planta: On the Line》主持人 Joseph Planta，在 Bluesky 上以一句话点出这段令人羞愧的纪录：
菲裔加拿大人再度被排除在加拿大勳章之外
Mei-Chen Chen
June 30, 2025
今天，一位備受尊敬的菲裔加拿大人指出，加拿大勳章顧問委員會再度出現可恥的遺漏。《TheCommentary.ca》創辦編輯暨節目《Planta: On the Line》主持人 Joseph Planta，在 Bluesky 上以一句話點出這段令人羞愧的紀錄：
Filipino Canadians excluded from the Order of Canada once again
Charlie Smith
June 30, 2025
Joseph Planta, founding editor of TheCommentary.ca,, has posted about this Order of Canada omission on Bluesky.
Jonathan Quinit shares insights on coaching, mentorship, and building community based on lessons from his boxing career
Jorelle Almeda
August 24, 2024
The owner of Quinit Boxing speaks about the contrast between Filipino Canadians’ fighting spirit and their reputation for kindness.
Artist Karen Zalamea celebrates Filipino culture with Ensemble at Capture Photography Festival
Charlie Smith
April 10, 2024
Zalamea hopes that her installation on the Anvil Centre raises awareness about diversity within Filipino culture.
Un-Named Sketch Show member Jorelle Almeda integrates history of Philippines into comedic performances and screenplays
Charlie Smith
December 12, 2023
Almeda, a UBC history grad with a minor in international relations, weaves observations of Filipino culture into funny scenes on-stage.
Admired and influential Filipino Canadian academic and author Aprodicio Laquian dies
Charlie Smith
October 9, 2023
Laquian was a UBC scholar, international urban-planning expert, and author, as well as the founding editor of Canadian Filipino Net.
“Accidental journalist” Teodoro Alcuitas co-edits Filipino Canadian anthology Magdaragat
Carlito Pablo
October 8, 2023
Alcuitas shares experiences from his 46 years in journalism in Magdaragat, which he co-edited with C.E. Gatchalian and Patricia Rivera.
VIFF 2026: Hybrid storytelling as a Filipino mode of collective healing
Staff
October 8, 2026
菲裔加拿大人再度被排除在加拿大勋章之外
Mei-Chen Chen
June 30, 2025
菲裔加拿大人再度被排除在加拿大勳章之外
Mei-Chen Chen
June 30, 2025
Filipino Canadians excluded from the Order of Canada once again
Charlie Smith
June 30, 2025
Jonathan Quinit shares insights on coaching, mentorship, and building community based on lessons from his boxing career
Jorelle Almeda
August 24, 2024
Artist Karen Zalamea celebrates Filipino culture with Ensemble at Capture Photography Festival
Charlie Smith
April 10, 2024
Un-Named Sketch Show member Jorelle Almeda integrates history of Philippines into comedic performances and screenplays
Charlie Smith
December 12, 2023
Admired and influential Filipino Canadian academic and author Aprodicio Laquian dies
Charlie Smith
October 9, 2023
“Accidental journalist” Teodoro Alcuitas co-edits Filipino Canadian anthology Magdaragat
Carlito Pablo
October 8, 2023
The Society of We Are Canadians Too created Pancouver to foster greater appreciation for underrepresented artistic communities. A rising tide of understanding lifts all of us.
This project is funded in part by the Government of Canada.
We would like to acknowledge that we are gathered on the traditional and unceded territories of the Coast Salish peoples of the xʷməθkwəy̓əm (Musqueam Indian Band), Skwxwú7mesh (Squamish Nation), and Səl̓ílwətaɬ (Tsleil-Waututh Nation). With this acknowledgement, we thank the Indigenous peoples who still live on and care for this land.
This project is funded in part by the Government of Canada.
The Society of We Are Canadians Too created Pancouver to foster greater appreciation for underrepresented artistic communities. A rising tide of understanding lifts all of us.
We would like to acknowledge that we are gathered on the traditional and unceded territories of the Coast Salish peoples of the xʷməθkwəy̓əm (Musqueam), Skwxwú7mesh (Squamish), and Səl̓ílwətaɬ (Tsleil-Waututh) Nations. With this acknowledgement, we thank the Indigenous peoples who still live on and care for this land.