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They d drive hours in a storm to meet every new arrival: Stories from Alberta s first Filipino immigrants
Aurora Dacanay remembers driving hours, even in blizzards, to greet every new arrival to Alberta from her home country, the Philippines. Amanda Toledo shocked people watching her choir when they realized she was singing in Ukrainian. These are just two of the memories from some of the first Filipino immigrants to Alberta in the 1960s.
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First wave of people from Philippines arrived in 1960s and 1970s to work as nurses, teachers and engineers
Posted: Mar 06, 2021 5:00 AM MT | Last Updated: March 7
Calgarian Aurora Dacanay moved to Alberta in 1965 to work as a teacher in Taber.(Submitted by Aurora Dacanay)