The cover, showing Canadian Filipinos with values and traditions they bring to Canada as symbolized by a white sampaguita on a red maple leaf, was designed by artist Leo Cunanan Jr, president and publisher of Dahong Pilipino, a community and business directory.

The book features over 100 articles chosen from over 1,000 published from 2016 to 2022 by CFNet, the online nationwide newsmagazine for, about, and by Filipinos in Canada. It traces the passage of over a million Filipinos into global citizenship. The book has over 150 photos in full color and stories about Canadian Filipinos who have made their marks in Canada and in the world for the last two decades. This is the first book written, published, and distributed in Canada about the Filipino community in its entirety that is national in scope.

Yet this is not a mere collection of published articles. It is an ongoing narrative, linking chapters from Introduction to Conclusion, by academicians, researchers, professional journalists and seasoned essayists who provide the necessary in-depth theorizing and analyzing of the 70-year history of Filipino immigration to Canada. Their bios in Appendix A are quite impressive.

The Introduction on the importance of this book to Filipinos and Canadians alike is by the Hon. Dr. Rey D. Pagtakhan, the first Filipino Member of Parliament (1988-2004). The Concluding Chapter by University of British Columbia Professor Leonora C.Angeles envisions the future of this third largest Asian immigrant group in Canada and how this fast-growing Filipino community will shape the future as national, transnational and global citizens.

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