Panahon Na! It’s Time!

Research by, with, and for Filipinos in Manitoba

About event

Drawing on Filipino Canadian scholarship–past, present, and future–this gathering brings together Filipino scholars, students, and graduates engaged in research within our communities. This opportunity revives community building, institutional advocacy, and knowledge gathering-production from critical and interdisciplinary Philippine, Filipino Canadian, and ethnic studies perspectives. Inspired by Black and Indigenous scholars, we dream of a world whereby Filipino scholars proudly reclaim research on our own terms and strategically occupy the academic institution, grounded in our own ways of knowing, being, and doing. And that time is now. Panahon na!

Event partners

Event speakers

  • Dr. Fritz Pino
    Associate Professor
    University of Regina

  • Dr. Monica Batac
    Assistant Professor
    University of Manitoba

  • Darnel Forro
    Instructor, Red Deer Polytechnic
    PhD Candidate, Memorial University

  • Darlyne Bautista 
    PhD Candidate
    History and Gender Studies
    University of Toronto

  • Angela Ciceron
    Master’s student
    UM Faculty of Arts
    Department of Economics

  • Karlo Aguilar
    Master’s student
    UM Faculty of Education

  • Rafael Laureano
    Master’s student 
    UM Faculty of Social Work

  • Nicole Tongol
    PhD student
    Clinical Psychology, UM

  • Jaden Dela Rosa
    PhD student
    Social Psychology, UM

  • Amalia Santiago
    PhD student
    College of Community and Global Health
    UM Rady Faculty of Health Sciences

Agenda

10:00 a.m. - 10:30 a.m. - Tuloy po kayo / Welcome 

Welcome guests and opening remarks

10:30 a.m. - 12:00 Noon - Critical Kwentuhan / Decolonial Meditations on Theories, Epistemologies, Methodologies, and Praxes by, with, and for Filipinos in Canada 

Drawing on our ongoing research and practice within various Filipino communities in Canada, we offer reflections about what it means to do research as a Filipino scholar in Canada, responsive to our own community. We will share stories (critical kwentuhan) about the what, how, and why of our work. We invite students to share the questions, aspirations, and productive tensions driving their current scholarly work.

Speakers

  • Dr. Fritz Pino, Associate Professor at University of Regina
  • Dr. Monica Batac, Assistant Professor at University of Manitoba
  • Darnel Forro, Instructor at Red Deer Polytechnic and PhD Candidate at Memorial University 
  • Darlyne Bautista, PhD Candidate in History and Gender Studies at University of Toronto 

12:00 Noon - 1:00 p.m. - Lunch

Lunch is provided.

1:00 p.m. - 3:00 p.m. - Circle Conversation: Panahon Na! Knowledge sharing by Filipino students in Manitoba

Filipino scholars at different stages of their academic careers bring forward their recent, current, and emerging research with Filipinos and/or critically reflect on what it means to do research as a Filipino.

Invited speakers include:

  • Angela Ciceron, Master’s student in Economics at UM
  • Karlo Aguilar, Master’s student in Education at UM
  • Rafael Laureano, Master’s student in Social Work at UM
  • Nicole Tongol, PhD student in Clinical Psychology at UM
  • Jaden Dela Rosa, PhD student in Social Psychology at UM
  • Amalia Santiago, PhD student in the College of Community and Global Health, Rady Faculty of Health Sciences at UM
  • Darnel Forro, PhD Candidate in Social Work at Memorial University 
  • Darlyne Bautista, PhD Candidate in History and Gender Studies at University of Toronto

Responses offered by Dr. Fritz Pino and Dr. Monica Batac

3:00 p.m. - 5:00 p.m. - Kapihan Sessions: Dreaming about Philippine and Filipino Studies at University of Manitoba

Members of the University of Manitoba’s Filipino Student Association (UM-FSA), the Pagsama Project: Filipino Graduate Students and Scholars in Manitoba group, Anakbayan Manitoba, ANAK Inc., Filipino post-secondary educators, and alum bring forward their ideas for building Philippine and Filipino Studies at University of Manitoba. 

Merienda and coffee will be served.

5:00 p.m. - Onward - Ugnayan / Into The Night 

Participants are invited to head over to VW for informal conversations and socializing over food (pay-your-own-meal).