NEWS:

Filipino Advisory Committee: The next meeting is on May 14, 2024 from 4:30 to 6 PM. Please contact jodelyn.huang@tcdsb.org if you are interested in participating.

Filipino Canadian Heritage Celebrations: 

Registration is now open for Filipino Canadian Heritage Mass and Cultural Exposé on May 29, 2024 from 10 am-2 pm at Madonna CHS. Register HERE. 

Kapwa Rising - Anti-Asian Racism Community Conference

May 3 to 5, Toronto Metropolitan University

ACTIONS

What do you need as a Filipino/a/x TCDSB Educator? Please fill out this form to help us create more relevant spaces in our board (5 minute survey). https://forms.gle/L8eHUKoUvGU3SAfQA

Literature Circle & Discussion (Reading Article): 

Are you interested in joining? Send me an email santiaa@tcdsb.org to let me know!

Spread the word about the Proudly Pinoy Scholarship (and other Angel Foundation scholarships), due April 21st! Check it out here.

Save the Date for Adobofest 2024! 

June 11 from 3:30 to 8 PM at St. Margaret’s, 50 Ameer Campus. More details to come!

JOB OPENINGS AT THE TCDSB

External (see full list)

Construction Technology

Computer Technology

Occasional Teachers

French Teachers

International Language Instructors

Internal (see full list)

K-3 Reading Facilitator 

Teach for Canada: Gakinaamaage (Teach on Secondment in a First Nation)

Community Relations Officer

FOR FUN: 

Morobeats Music

Loving Kahit Gaano Kainit - Flackos feat. JMara Prod by DJ Medmessiah

Article about DJ Mesmessiah and the Morobeats record label https://hiphopdx.com/en_asia/news/id.71090/title.how-morobeats-is-putting-pinoy-and-mindanao-hip-hop-on-the-map-diy-style 

About FCEN:

This is a network for those looking to engage in critical discussions around our collective journey as Filipino/a/x making a home on the lands colonially known as Canada. As a network, we grow as a community of skilled, talented, and intelligent people to shape our story and support one another. To learn more, check out the following resources and email me for more if you are interested:

• Breaking the Tabo - Filipinos in Canada

• Cambio Market Blog - Filipino Stories

• Filipino Talks - Jennilee Austria

• The Passoc Project

• Promoting Post-Secondary Pathways Among Filipino Youth in Ontario

• Towards a Racialized Settler Pedagogy for Philippine Communities in Canada (course paper)

1- Join the 2023 Proudly Pinoy TCDSB Staff Salu-Salo on Wed, June 14, 2023 5 to 8 PM

This event is open to all TCDSB Filipino/a/x who are in education. Please fill out the registration form to express your interest. This is a great opportunity to come together and be in a space that centres our identities, our questions, and futures at the TCDSB.

2 - Filipino/a/x Student Associations at the Filipino Mass & Cultural Exposé

Do you have a FSA at your school or you are looking to start one? Come and connect with others on June 8, 2023 after the Filipino Canadian Mass and Cultural Exposé at St. Maria Goretti. There will be an opportunity to connect with other FSAs and hear about possibilities of the Filipino/a/x-centred space for our community. Register here for the exposé. 

3 - Kapwa Pedagogy Literature Circle

Tonight's scheduled literature circle discussing "Promoting Post-Secondary Pathways Among Filipino Youth in Ontario" has been postponed. We will discuss it at the next scheduled meeting, scheduled for July 29 at 7 pm. Who wants to meet at Jollibee (Warden/Eglinton)? You can come for the discussion, or just for the chicken! A bucket is more fun with others :) 

4 - Are you a TCDSB teacher and want to do more for your Philippine students?

Invite me to your class so we can co-plan a culturally responsive lesson that speaks to your Filipino/a/x students and their non-Fil peers. Email aileen.santiago@tcdsb.org.  Check out www.passocproject.com for more ideas!

Check out more happenings at the TCDSB: https://www.tcdsb.org/o/communityrelations/page/filipino-canadian-heritage

JUST FOR FUN - 

Two links to share with you this month!

• Have you heard of Pinoy reggae? Check out this Spotify playlist

• Check out the Cherie Mercado Podcast, where Cherie interviews interesting Fil-Cans to understand the Filipino/a/x-Canadian experience.

GENERAL NEWS

• FCEN has been invited to support a research project on Anti-Asian Racism recently approved for its SSHRC grant! The project will include paid opportunities for educators to contribute. More information forthcoming.

1 - Next Meeting Filipino Advisory Committee (TCDSB Community)

The next meeting is on May 9 from 4:30 to 6:30 PM. Please email jodelyn.huang@tcdsb.org for the Zoom link.  

2 - Filipino Heritage Month Committee #1 (TCDSB and beyond)

This one is happening April 19 from 3:45 to 4:45 PM. Please email jodelyn.huang@tcdsb.org to express interest.

3 - Kapwa Pedagogy Literature Circle (open to non-TCDSB)

In this circle, we'll discuss "The Filipino, Diaspora and a Continuing Quest for Identity" by Almond N. Aguila on Sat April 29 from 3:00 pm to 4:30 pm. Hopefully this will give you a chance to participate if the usual evenings on weekdays have not worked as well for you! 

The Zoom link is here: https://tcdsb.zoom.us/j/96717999501 

Subsequent meeting dates - please bookmark!

May 24 at 7 pm, reading "Promoting Post-Secondary Pathways Among Filipino Youth in Ontario"

July 26 at 7 pm, reading "Critiquing Empire Through Desirability: A Review of 40 Years of Filipinx Americans in Education Research, 1980 to 2020 

4 - Community Opportunities for Growth and Connection

Kabangka Leadership & Learning: https://www.kabangka.org/leadership-and-learning - check out opportunities for learning!

Living Hyphen.ca - Paid writing opportunity for racialized youth (18 to 25 in the GTA)

New Members

Welcome to our new members! Joelle, Sarah, Jerald, Gula, Stephanie, Phil, Jason, Bea, Charles, Aileen, Czarina, and Josel! 

Thank you for registering and signing up for sub-committees. As we grow our network, the hope is to have improved structure so we can achieve more of our collective goals.

1 - Connections & Directions Meeting Update

Our discussion provided us with some directions focusing on connecting Filipino/a/x Clubs, language education, and the promotion of education among our youth.  See full notes here.

2 - PTAC Virtual Teachers' Conference on November 19 

Reminder to sign up for the conference this coming Saturday from 9 AM to 12:30 PM!  Register at this link: PTAC Annual Conference

3 - Hiring Updates

Lots of new job postings, including Child and Youth Worker, Equity Officer, and Educational Assistant.  Check job postings here.

4 - Kapwa Pedagogy Literature Circle

We will start this year with Roland Sintos Coloma's (2012) paper, "Abject Beings: Filipina/os in Canadian Historical Narrations".  Coloma analyzes twelve Canadian history texts and discusses how Filipina/os are represented.  The article is 20 pages long, including Works Cited, so give it a read as a whole or in part.  Bring what jumps out at you!

Date: November 30, 2022

Time: 7 PM EST

Location: Zoom (link will be provided upon registration)

Register here: https://forms.gle/XYuykJQHgjq7JBN49 

5 - Upcoming Dates

• November 19 at 9:00 to 12:30 PM - PTAC Teachers Conference (Zoom)

• November 30 at 7 PM - Kapwa Literature Pedagogy Circle (Zoom) 

• December 11 at 12 PM - Christmas Party (Earl Bales Centre)

• January 17, 2023 at 4:30 PM - Fil Advisory Committee Meeting (Zoom), email jodelyn.huang@tcdsb.org for details

6 - Just for Fun

Sharing this Spotify playlist if you're into Filipino Jazz. 

Keep in touch!  Hopefully I will see some of you at the end of this month!

Aileen

CONNECT

Website: https://bit.ly/filcanednetwork

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/groups/filcanednetwork

Newsletter: https://groups.google.com/g/fcen-kapwa

External candidates apply through applytoeducation.com 

See all job postings here

https://drive.google.com/.../1PoHwrbn4ogX6CfQZ2rgYmZB...

Currently hiring for Psychologist and Social Worker, Trustee Secretary and Assistant Recording Secretary. 

See folder here.

Please share widely!  There is a strong need for Fil practitioners in the board.

Hello Kapwa Educators,

We are a growing network (almost 50 of us now since 2021)! We welcome our newest members who joined since the last email update at the end of last school year. Looking forward to connecting with all of you!

Connections and Directions

To start the new school year, let's meet up to connect and talk about ongoing and new projects of interest. As we have more members, we have even greater capacity for action and more experience/knowledge to draw on!

Date: November 2nd, 2022 at 7 PM ET

Where: Kumospace (it allows for a more flexible space for networking and conversation than Zoom does)

REGISTER FOR NOVEMBER 2ND EVENT

Filipino Advisory Committee: TCDSB Happenings

If you are a member of the TCDSB community, check out the next meeting that is happening via Zoom on Wednesday, October 19 at 4:00 PM EST. This is open to all community members. Email jodelyn.huang@tcdsb.org for the link.

Kapwa Pedagogy Literature Circle

We're starting up again! Save the date for our next discussion on November 30, 2022 at 7 pm ET.

Our next article is Roland Sintos Coloma's (2012) paper "Abject Beings: Filipina/os in Canadian Historical Narrations". Coloma analyzes twelve Canadian history texts and discusses how Filipina/os are represented. The article is 20 pages long, including works cited so give it a read as a whole or in part only if you have limited time and bring what jumps out at you.  Article is available here.

Share and Stay Connected

Share the link to our website: http://bit.ly/filcanednetwork

Find us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/groups/filcanednetwork/

Join Google Groups: https://groups.google.com/g/fcen-kapwa

Check out the projects/committees and sign up: Committee Sign-Up

Please feel free to email me if you have any ideas, questions, concerns, and/or want to connect for other reasons! If you're looking for a place to contribute your energy, let me know so we can keep FCEN meaningful and active.

Talk to you all soon! 

Aileen Santiago (she/they)

Teacher at the TCDSB

Email: santiaa@tcdsb.org

The Art Gallery of Ontario has an amazing exhibit that is relevant to Filipinx in diaspora.  The exhibit asks these key questions: 

• By looking at the Spanish empire, how can we better understand the world we live in today?  How does this help us imagine more expansive and decolonizing futures?

• Can we look at an exhibition of works from a colonial empire without glorifying it?

The curators are of Portuguese and Philippine heritage.  The talk is very illuminating and can be a resource for exploring so many issues related to media (what is art? Politics of museum and art curation), history (trade routes, empire, politics), and religion (reflection on human dignity, personhood, relationship to Faith), and of course, art!

https://ago.ca/events/faith-and-fortune-curators-talk

1 hour talk with the curators sharing their perspective and highlighting some pieces from the exhibit

Hope you enjoy it and have a chance to check it out over the summer/plan for a 2022-23 excursion/feature!  

Aileen

For:  LTO/OT Teachers of TCDSB

IMPORTANT NEWS REGARDING HIRING

You are eligible to apply for LTO and Permanent positions.  There is no longer an LTO list.

For LTO positions, the most senior 5 candidates who apply will be considered.  No interview has to take place

For permanent positions, the most senior 3 will be considered.  An interview has to take place.

Teachers who have been doing an LTO long-term can apply for that open, permanent position if it becomes available. 

Visit https://tcdsbcec.sharepoint.com/sites/DirectorsBulletin/SitePages/JobPostings.aspx (Requires TCDSB Login) for open teaching positions!