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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Federation of Portuguese Canadian Business and Professionals – fostering business and community development
The Federation of Portuguese Canadian Business and Professionals (FPCBP) was founded on December 7, 1981. Its initial focus was on the Greater Toronto Area but, since then, it has expanded its reach across Canada. A not-for-profit organization, the FPCBP has established itself as a relevant entity that nurtures the entrepreneurial spirit of Luso-Canadians, promotes our
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New Page Added – Academic Essays
lusocanada.com has just become richer with the addition of a page dedicated to academic essays and research papers. To start, we present you with a total of 26 essays and research documents that focus on several aspects of the Portuguese presence in Canada, its evolution, challenges, and integration.
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Working Towards a Culturally Sustainable Future
It is our responsibility to initiate, voluntarily, a new cycle before we are forced to implement reactive measures. As relevant members of our community in this country, our new home, we ALL have a crucial role in the process. It is imperative that we break regional barriers and old habits but, above all, that we…
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Portuguese Canadian Club of Sarnia Saved at the Last Minute
The Portuguese Canadian Club of Sarnia, although officially founded in 1982, began to spring into life during the 1970s when the inaugural Feast of St. Anthony was celebrated here. Four decades later, the community organization was saved at the last minute from becoming the latest casualty on a growing list of Portuguese associations across Canada.
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AC Minho – Looking to the Future
Associação Cultural do Minho de Toronto (ACMT) has experienced many stages in its nearly fifty years of existence, but none as exciting as in current times. Led by a Board of Directors composed of mostly youth, the organization is finding inventive ways to attract the newest generation of Luso-Canadians. This is mainly due to the
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Sol Português – The End of an Era!
Jornal Sol Português has arguably conquered the unofficial title of community leader in print media by publishing articles with high quality and essence. For the past 40 years, it has provided the Portuguese community of the Greater Toronto Area with rigorous coverage of local events and issues as well as vital editorial content from Portugal
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ACAPO organizes the largest Portugal Day Parade in Canada
Since 1987, the Alliance of Portuguese Clubs and Associations of Ontario (ACAPO) has organized the largest Portugal Day Parade in Canada, and even perhaps in North America. The event takes place along Dundas Street West, in Toronto, and attracts thousands of participants who line up on the sidewalks to watch an endless procession of floats
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Luso-Canadian Firsts – read, learn, contribute
The newest section in lusocanada.com is gaining fantastic traction and is currently the top visited page. Visit it here. The pioneers who arrived here in the mid to late fifties, paved the way for thousands of other Portuguese who chose Canada as their new home. Although they’re responsible for starting this great movement that changed
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Luso-Canada ‘First’: Mario Silva elected as Member of Parliament
In 2003, Mario Silva became the first Luso-Canadian to be elected to the Federal Parliament, representing the area of Davenport (Toronto). Mario Silva ran for the Liberal Party of Canada.
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The Glory of Terceira in Toronto
In the Azorean Island of Terceira, Sport Club Lusitânia is the pride of most local football (soccer) fans. They call it the Glory of Terceira. In Toronto, there is a counterpart that once witnessed glory of its own. Sport Club Lusitânia of Toronto was founded on April 19, 1976, by a group of friends who