Making the Filipino Community Count in Ontario
Toronto, Ontario, October 6, 2006
REGISTER NOW!
The Philippine Women Centre of Ontario (PWC-ON) and the National Alliance of Philippine Women In Canada (NAPWC) call for participants in its upcoming conference called “Making the Filipino Community Count in Ontario,” to be held on November 10-12, 2006 at the United Steelworkers Hall at 25 Cecil St., Toronto.
This historic gathering marks the recognition of the continuing effort of the Filipino community to successfully settle, integrate and participate in a multicultural and multi-ethnic Canada. Filipinos comprise the fourth largest immigrant group in Canada located mainly in major cities and suburbs of Montreal, Ottawa, Toronto, Winnipeg, Edmonton, Calgary and Vancouver. They are among the highest and most educated of immigrants, but also among those at the bottom of the economic hierarchy. Most are women (around 65% of all Filipinos in Canada) many of who have come and continue to come under the Live-In Caregiver Program (LCP) which suggests an increasing feminization of migration among Filipinos. The combined status as immigrants and people of colour has been a major factor in their consignment to occupationally segregated and low wage sectors of the economy.
This conference is also in collaboration with NAPWC's three-year project that addresses the program of Multiculturalism Canada to "assist in the development of strategies that facilitate full and active participation of ethnic and cultural communities and improve the ability of public institutions to respond to ethnic and cultural diversity by assisting in the identification and removal of barriers to equitable access and by supporting the involvement of these communities in public decision-making processes."*
"As the fourth largest immigrant group in Canada, this gathering is a realization of our community's need for genuine equality and development towards our full participation in a multicultural Canada," states Cynthia Palmaria, Vice Chairperson PWC of Ontario. She further asserts that "while our community continues to grow, more and more highly skilled and highly educated Filipinos are segregated in low paying service-sector jobs, such as childcare and janitorial jobs that trap them in a cycle of poverty."
The conference will touch on four major areas of concern to the community – economic marginalization, systemic racism and social exclusion, women’s equality and human rights, and youth issues. Panel speakers and resource persons include those who have done research and organizing work in the Filipino community.
The PWC-ON and the NAPWC look forward to your participation at this important event.
For more information or to register, contact:
Joy C. Sioson
Philippine Women Centre of Ontario
416-878-8772 / 416-656-2660
pwcontario@yahoo.ca
Cecilia Diocson
National Alliance of Philippine Women in Canada
604-215-1103
yusonoyas@shaw.ca
*UKPC/FCYA-TO is a participant in the NAPWC project supported by Multiculturalism Canada.
REGISTER NOW!
The Philippine Women Centre of Ontario (PWC-ON) and the National Alliance of Philippine Women In Canada (NAPWC) call for participants in its upcoming conference called “Making the Filipino Community Count in Ontario,” to be held on November 10-12, 2006 at the United Steelworkers Hall at 25 Cecil St., Toronto.
This historic gathering marks the recognition of the continuing effort of the Filipino community to successfully settle, integrate and participate in a multicultural and multi-ethnic Canada. Filipinos comprise the fourth largest immigrant group in Canada located mainly in major cities and suburbs of Montreal, Ottawa, Toronto, Winnipeg, Edmonton, Calgary and Vancouver. They are among the highest and most educated of immigrants, but also among those at the bottom of the economic hierarchy. Most are women (around 65% of all Filipinos in Canada) many of who have come and continue to come under the Live-In Caregiver Program (LCP) which suggests an increasing feminization of migration among Filipinos. The combined status as immigrants and people of colour has been a major factor in their consignment to occupationally segregated and low wage sectors of the economy.
This conference is also in collaboration with NAPWC's three-year project that addresses the program of Multiculturalism Canada to "assist in the development of strategies that facilitate full and active participation of ethnic and cultural communities and improve the ability of public institutions to respond to ethnic and cultural diversity by assisting in the identification and removal of barriers to equitable access and by supporting the involvement of these communities in public decision-making processes."*
"As the fourth largest immigrant group in Canada, this gathering is a realization of our community's need for genuine equality and development towards our full participation in a multicultural Canada," states Cynthia Palmaria, Vice Chairperson PWC of Ontario. She further asserts that "while our community continues to grow, more and more highly skilled and highly educated Filipinos are segregated in low paying service-sector jobs, such as childcare and janitorial jobs that trap them in a cycle of poverty."
The conference will touch on four major areas of concern to the community – economic marginalization, systemic racism and social exclusion, women’s equality and human rights, and youth issues. Panel speakers and resource persons include those who have done research and organizing work in the Filipino community.
The PWC-ON and the NAPWC look forward to your participation at this important event.
For more information or to register, contact:
Joy C. Sioson
Philippine Women Centre of Ontario
416-878-8772 / 416-656-2660
pwcontario@yahoo.ca
Cecilia Diocson
National Alliance of Philippine Women in Canada
604-215-1103
yusonoyas@shaw.ca
*UKPC/FCYA-TO is a participant in the NAPWC project supported by Multiculturalism Canada.
posted by ukpc-toronto @ 6:41 p.m.
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