Portuguese-Canadian History & Portuguese Communities in Canada
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Lusocanada is a research and media platform dedicated to Portuguese-Canadian history, communities, and cultural heritage across Canada.
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Jornal Flash Launched 20 Years Ago
Jornal Flash was launched in June of 2004 at the hands of Paulo Pereira and David Silva. The newspaper’s mission was to highlight the efforts of our community organizations with a major focus on soccer.
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Casa do Minho of Winnipeg – 50 Years of Excellence
When the founders of Casa do Minho Portuguese Centre, in Winnipeg, registered the organization with the Folk Arts Council, on May 4, 1974, they did it with the humble intention of preserving and promoting our heritage in a foreign land. That simple action triggered another fifty years of excellence in community service and representation of…
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Strathroy-Caradoc, a Community Built on Hard Work
The territory that is currently Strathroy-Caradoc was first settled in 1832. It was incorporated as a village in 1860 and later as a town in 1872. Recently, in 2001, it amalgamated into the present municipality. According to the latest Canada Census, the city has nearly 24,000 residents of whom just over two thousand consider their
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The Luso-Canadian Ice Hockey Team that Became Portugal’s Inaugural Opponent
The team had made history in 1990 when it became the first to represent Toronto’s Portuguese community in an official competition, but its most memorable event was still to come. It occurred a decade later, in the year 2000, when it was invited to face Portugal’s national ice hockey team in a three-game series played…
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Searching for Home: An Immigrant Within His Adopted Country
Moving to a new country can be an overwhelming experience, especially when you are still a child. I know this because I was one of those children. Decades ago, my family and I immigrated to Canada from Portugal, and we settled in Toronto, Ontario. It was a challenging transition, but with time, we adjusted and…
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Pioneers: Paying Tribute With A Book
By Devin Meireles My name is Devin Meireles and I am proud to embrace heritage and share this Portuguese thing of ours with my book! My story can resonate with readers to provide inspiration for them to discover the beautiful homeland. After researching my Portuguese family ancestry for nearly a decade I curated all that
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ACAPO’S GALA DINNER – Recognizing Excellence and Empowering Youth
The Merit Award & Scholarship Gala Dinner, promoted by the Alliance of Portuguese Clubs and Associations of Ontario (ACAPO), is an annual event that recognizes excellence in volunteer work and awards young Luso Canadians with scholarships.
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Our Pioneers – We Owe it to Them
The adventure undertaken by our pioneers did not start the moment they waved farewell to their families, neither the instant they boarded a boat filled with strangers nor the day they arrived at their destination. It is a blurred point that encompasses all those occurrences, for some took a while to simply arrive…even if they…
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Luso-Can Tuna: Academic Tradition and Pride in our Roots
Luso-Can Tuna is an organization that stems from a centuries-old academic tradition from the Iberian peninsula. Luso-Can Tuna is a continuation of that history in North America. As the only tuna in North America, Luso-Can Tuna is charged with keeping the academic and musical tradition of tunas alive.
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The three lives of Jornal da Aliança
Jornal da Aliança was given three lives but, unfortunately, survived none. The newspaper was published in spurts over three distinct decades, but each time succumbed to doom, leaving behind traces of great intentions and countless pieces of information that have become part of our collective history as a community.