Kalinga (Care)

Directed by KENT DONGUINES
PRODUCED BY Robin Macabulos

At the age of six, director Kent Donguines’ mother left him and his family in the Philippines to become a nanny overseas. Now, his film Kalinga (Care) shares the stories of several Filipina caregivers and nannies in Vancouver, bearing witness to their sacrifices as they struggle to reunite with their children and families and mapping out the emotional landscapes of migrant labour.

IMPACT GOALS

Encourage Filipino workers to honour their labour and sacrifice within their own communities; support community building.

Upskill emotional literacy in migrant workers and their families to prevent estrangement and to promote healthy communication between separated families.

Support the creation of/uplifting of a unified caregiver labour organization that advocates for caregiver rights, and improvement to employment conditions, and other caregiver issues that allow migrant workers to aggregate their voice and power.

CURRENT ATTENDEES

Annie Chua-Frith – President, Philippine Bayanihan Association in Alberta

Archierose Natividad – Host, Filipino Fridays

Avril Orloff - Outside the Lines

Deanna Okun-Nachoff – Partner, McCrea Immigration Law

Diana Da Silva – Organizer, The Caregivers’ Action Centre

Erie Maestro – Founding Member, Migrante BC

Evelyn Mondonedo Calugay – Pinay Quebec

Dr. Geraldine Pratt – Canada Research Chair in Transnationalism and Precarious Labour, University of British Columbia

Ida Beltran-Lucila – Founder & Executive Director, Philippine Arts Council

Imogene Lim – Chair of Human Rights and International Solidarity Committee, Vancouver Island University

Iona Fresnoza – Co-Founder, Kapé Philippine Coffee

Jane Ordinario – Finance Officer, Migrante Canada

Jenny Kwan – Vancouver East NDP MP

Jonathon Braun – Executive Director (Acting) / Staff Lawyer, Migrant Workers Centre

Kathleen Zaragosa – Co-founder, Sliced Mango Collective

Laura Dueñas – Communications and Membership Coordinator, Documentary Organization of Canada

Louroz Mercader – Co-founder, Rise Tribe

Nicholas Keung – Immigration Reporter, Toronto Star

Paul Jonathan Saguil

Phil De Luna

Philip Kelly – Professor, York University

Tony Burke – Vice President, OMNI College

Trixie Ling – Flavours of Hope

Valentine Ostaszewski – Marketing & Communications Chair, Vancouver Asian Heritage Month Society

PROGRAM FUNDERS

SMI TEAM

BOARD

Tinu Mathur - President
Tracey Friesen - Vice President & Acting Secretary
Mark Busse - Treasurer
Annette Frymer
John Dippong
Leonard Schein
Loc Dao
Laura Plant
Liz Shorten

SMI Team

Sue Biely, Executive Director
Anthony Truong Swan, Impact Director
Em Lubbers, Media & Programming Coordinator
Brianna Girdler, Technical Director
Olive Reed, Tech & Digital Coordinator Intern
Siobhan McCarthy, Research & Coordinator Assistant
Val Hoye, Bookkeeper
Giacomo Nudi
Josli Rockafella
Nikita Takkar
Tamo Campos