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...
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...
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...
Poveiros Community Centre – Resilience and Optimism
The current president of Poveiros Community Centre has witnessed the best of times and the worst of times. Most of the latter have come recently,...
Kensington Market – the Genesis
My personal encounter mirrored, in a much smaller scale, many others throughout the first forty odd years of the Portuguese presence in Canada. The area...
Leslieville Was Notably Portuguese
However lesser known, was a decent representation of Luso-Canadians in the east end of Toronto. Leslieville was where this writer grew up and remembers a...
Newspaper With Longest Circulation in Canada
After becoming the pioneer in the area of community organizations when the Portuguese Association of Canada was formed in 1956, Montreal was also the cradle...
The FPCBP Needs To Concentrate – The Disputed Election Process
There’s been an inclination for me to write something since the fallout from the FPCBP (Federation of Portuguese Canadian Business & Professionals) General Membership Meeting...
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,...
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...