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Philippine Posts in Canada Spotlights Filipino-Canadian Healthcare Professionals

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The Philippine Posts in Canada (PPC) launched “Filipinos in the Field,” a social media project in honor of the countless Filipino-Canadians working in healthcare across the country.

It is estimated that more than 10 million Filipinos are currently living and working outside of the Philippines, many of whom have joined the healthcare profession. This situation is no different in Canada where the migration of Filipinos is recorded to have begun in the 1950s.

Philippine Ambassador to Canada Rodolfo D. Robles notes that “many Filipino-Canadians have played a silent but critical role in healthcare, safeguarding the well-being of their communities, not only during this pandemic but throughout the decades.”

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