Canadian Ethnic Media Association

Once again, we call on journalists in the broadcast, print and Internet media to toss their hat into the ring for CEMA’s annual awards. If you feel any of your work has made a difference in any way to ethnic Canada and reflects on the ethnic aspect of this country, consider downloading our form and deciding which category suits you best.

To download, CLICK HERE

Here are some rules… read the rest on the form itself and follow the instructions closely. Thank you and best of luck.

• Competition is open to all legitimate news and information media published or broadcast in Canada.
• Content of the work submitted should clearly relate to and reflect Canada’s multicultural diversity and/or ethnocultural communities in Canada.
• All work must be original, and listings of coming events or other like information submitted by others will not be accepted.
• A contestant may submit his/her own entry or be nominated by a third party.
• Entries must have been published or broadcast between the dates of January 1, 2009, and December 31, 2009. Date of publication or broadcast must be clearly marked on the submission.
• Entries can be in any language, but all entries in languages other than English or French must be accompanied by a brief synopsis in either English or French. If needed, CEMA will arrange for the translation of the work submitted.

Peter Kent M.P.Thornhill, Minister of State for Foreign Affairs
(Americas) will be next to address our members in the CEMA Speakers Series.

Date:
Thursday, April 8th, 2010
Time:
7:00 p.m. Sharp
Location:
Majestic Boardroom, OMNI Television, 545 Lake Shore Blvd. W
(Bathurst & Lake Shore)

Parking is available in the OMNI parking lot, off Lake Shore, east of Bathurst. Please press the white button at the parking gate to gain entrance.

Prior to his election, Mr Kent was an award-winning broadcast journalist having spent more than 40 years working as a writer, reporter,
producer, anchor and senior executive in Canada, the United States and
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We regret to inform members of the passing of Dr. Wasyl Veryha, who joined the Canadian Ethnic Journalists’ and Writers’ Club (now CEMA) not long after its founding.

Wasyl, who immigrated from his native Ukraine in 1950, enrolled with the University of Toronto’s Faculty of Arts and earned his BA in Library Sciences, gaining employment at the University’s library and eventually an appointment as head of the Slavic languages section.

A member of a number of learned societies, he authored several important papers as well as furnishing material to Ukrainian media in Canada.

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CEMA’s March 5th Speaker Series meeting featuring Forte Gerardo heard the story of the harmonious growth of relationships between Canadians and newcomers from the Philippines who are now Canadas fourth largest immigrant group.

Gerardo, a member of the advisory board of The International Import & Export Institute is the author of a recently published book titled in Tagalog Ka-intindi han which translates into English as Mutual Understanding.  The text of the book is, however  in English.

Gerardo , a UNESCO scholarship recipient,  is backed  by a full generation of international trade experience. Hes been Philippine  trade representative in Denmark, Sweden and Norway and was the first trade commissioner and manager of Philippine House in Toronto. He heads an Aurora-based guidance counsel service to doing business with Asian countries.

Using a number of compelling historical facts on how, since the 1950s,  sound relationships  have  developed between Canadians and both transplanted Filipinos and those who reside in that island nation, Gerardo believed that these defined a role model for relationships between diverse communities.

He said the mainstays of this relationship have been a mutual understanding of each others core values and economic s success.  For instance, in 1996 there were 157,872 working Canadians of Filipino origin and ten years later, 300,000 of the estimated 400,000 now residing in Canada. In 1970, imports to Canada from the Philippines amounted to $4 million but in 1996  with a population growing from 30,000 to 400,000 these imports amounted to $990 million. A corresponding  rise in Canadian exports to the Philippines to nearly $590 million has also resulted.

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Please Note: Our next Speaker Series meeting will be held Thursday, April 2nd. Speaker: to be announced.

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Click here to download the entry form, rules and regulation in PDF format.

1. Award plaques will be given to winning entrants in print, radio, television and internet in each of two categories as outlined in the enclosed sheet. Competition is open to all legitimate news and information media published or broadcast in Canada.
2. Content of the work submitted should clearly relate to and reflect Canada’s multicultural diversity and/or ethnocultural communities in Canada. Awards will be juried and made on the basis of excellence and Canadian content of entries.
3. Entries must have been published or broadcast between the dates of January 1, 2008 and December 31, 2008 and date of publication or broadcast clearly marked on the submission.
4. Entries can be in any language, but all entries in languages other than English or French must be accompanied by a brief synopsis in either English or French.
5. All entries remain the property of Canadian Ethnic Media Association and cannot be returned, and the entrant agrees that the Club may publish the winning entries, or excerpts therefrom.
6. Entries must contain three copies of each piece of work submitted. That is to say, three copies of any article, or oral tape or videotape or printout from a web site published or broadcast between January 1, 2008 and December 31, 2008.
7. Entries must be postmarked no later than April 30, 2009.
8. The winning entries will be announced at the CEMA Awards Ceremony on June 26, 2009.

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Some members have not yet mailed their fees for 2009. May we respectfully remind you that the ANNUAL dues of $25.00 per annum are roughly the cost of two seats at a first run movie or parking at a downtown Toronto lot for a day. Your fee includes an identity card, free attendance at our speakers series meetings and special invitations from outside sources.
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By Ben Viccari

Our first speakers series guest of the year,  Manjeet Dhiman, director of services for Acces Employment Services, told CEMA members on Feb. 5 of the organization’s success in helping qualified new Canadians.connect with potential employers.  With five locations in the GTA, Acces helps some 15,000 job seekers make contact annually.

With Acces financed by both the federal Ministry of Citizenship and Immigration and the Ontario Ministry of Citizenship,  job-seeking clients and potential employers receive the agency’s services free of charge. Other organizations such as CIBC,  Scotiabank, the United Way and the City of Toronto sponsor special activities. For instance, Tim Horton’s sponsors evening Talk English Cafe sessions at the Acces locations providing facilities for newcomers to get together to discuss their experiences as they improve their English skills.

Manjeet named such success stories as that of Hong Yu Hah, who came to Canada four years ago with an expectation of finding employment in the  engineering field.  She became discouraged until a friend told her about Acces , which connected her to the Toronto Transit Commission, where she is now  a design draft engineer.

And then there’s Edgar Manukyan, who came here with a PhD and strong marketing skills and through connections made by Acces is now distribution manager of  Terre Verra.

“One of the first things we recognize is that newcomers are generally faced with considerable culture shock,” said Manjeet. “Newcomers should learn the importance of eye contact and the handshake as quickly as possible: as well as the value of a properly presented resume.”

Check out the Acces website

We are trying to streamline the membership renewal process.

Please click the link below to download our membership renewal form in Acrobat PDF format, fill it in, sign it and mail it to the address on the form with your cheque.

This will ensure that you continue to receive our notifications, attend our Speaker Series and other events, and continue to be invited for special media events organized by different public and private organizations.

MEMBERSHIP RENEWAL FORM DOWNLOAD

In the spirit of the season, and … because it is our 30^th anniversary, your Board of Directors has decided to move our Season’s Dinner this year to an exciting new venue. Particulars are as follows:

6:30 PM, Friday, November 28, 2008

Golden Lion Banquet Hall 15 Canmotor Avenue,
Etobicoke, Ontario

- Free Parking -

CLICK URL BELOW TO DOWNLOAD THE TICKET ORDER FORM.
ticket-order-form-seasons-dinner-2008

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