News & Events

The PCC and the Ottawa Valley Filipino-Canadian Senior Citizens’ Association (OVFCSCA) entered into a partnership in December 2020 to implement the Seniors’ Centre Without Walls (SCWW) project, which was made…

The 2019 Annual General Meeting (AGM) originally scheduled to be held on April 4, 2020, was moved to a much later date because of the COVID-19 pandemic. Complying with Corporations…

The Philippine Centre Canada launched the Young Filipino-Canadian Resilience Project in November 2020 to help reduce the impacts of the pandemic on young Filipino-Canadians’ (18 to 40 years old) physical,…

Frontliners and seniors in the Kanata area received Salamat box food packages and hand hygiene kits from the Philippine Centre Canada (PCC) through the Canadian Red Cross and Employment and…

The Filipino-Canadian community can make a difference! Our heartfelt gratitude to the Government of Canada through the Canadian Red Cross and Employment and Social Development Canada for trusting Philippine Centre Canada in…

Angelica is one of our frontliners who works in a nursing home in Ottawa. Angelica is a single mother whose two children are studying in university. An outbreak in her…

Carol has been a personal support worker for five years and currently works for a home care agency. She worked three to four part-time jobs before the pandemic. A challenge…

Melba is a dietary aid in a retirement home. According to her, it is a big challenge for Personal Support Workers (PSW) like her during the pandemic as there is…

P.M. and her family recently moved to Ottawa from Newfoundland in August 2020. Her husband is set to undergo preparations for stem cell therapy as a treatment option for blood…

To all our “Kababayans”: Thank you for your interest in receiving Philippine Centre Canada’s (PCC) SALAMAT Box food package and hand hygiene kit. We have reached the maximum number of…

The Canadian Red Cross, the Employment and Social Development Canada through the Emergency Community Support Fund awarded the PCC with grants to implement two projects to provide support in direct…

The Board had planned to have a face-to-face retreat in the summer of 2020, but due to the COVID-19 pandemic restrictions, only a two-and-a-half hour virtual session was held in…

Since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic in March 2020, and the ever-changing restrictions, the PCC Board of Directors quickly adapted to the challenges and shifted to hold its monthly and executive…

Pinoys on Parliament (POP) hosted its second annual national youth leadership conference from February 21-23, 2020. The conference was held in several locations- the Horticulture Building, Ottawa Art Gallery, and…