Tag: portuguese canadian

Birth by Soccer, a Usual Occurrence

Several Portuguese community associations in Canada were formed out of soccer teams. One such was Poveiros Community Centre, formerly known as Casa dos Poveiros –...

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...

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!...

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...