Since first arriving in Canada, the Filipino community has contributed invaluably — and too often invisibly — to the fabric of Canadian society. In this anthology of Filipino-Canadian writing, Magdaragat explores the diverse intricacies of these growing yet underrepresented peoples, continuing the vital work of recognizing and celebrating their cultural contributions.


The forty-three contributors to this anthology hail from across Turtle Island. They provide their singular yet universally resonating insights through stories of new homes and old homelands, of untangling internalized racism and championing solidarity, of the chasms within intergenerational households and the work of repairing them, and more. Poems, essays, short fiction, plays, and speeches — their works collected here showcase a wide breadth of Filipino-Canadian experience.


Through stories of sacrifice, violence, and discrimination interspersed with stories of success, recovery, and solidarity, Magdaragat delves into Filipino-Canadian history, the joys and struggles of its present, and the hopes and aspirations for the future.

Contributions by: Teodoro Alcuitas, C. E. Gatchalian, Patria Rivera, Jim Agapito, Hari Alluri, Christine Añonuevo, Kaia M. Arrow, Isabel Palanca Aureus, Leon B. Aureus, Jennilee Austria-Bonifacio, Jellyn Ayudan, Hannah Balba, Monica Anne Batac, Alexa Batitis, Mila Bongco-Philipzig, Isabel Carlin, Rachel Evangeline Chiong, Kay Costales, Gemma Dalayoan, Ariel Dela Cruz, Nathalie De Los Santos, Sol Diana, Erica Dionora, Carolyn Fe, Renato Gandia, Kawika Guillermo, Primrose Madayag Knazan, José Romelo Lagman, Yves Lamson, Grace Sanchez MacCall, Lorina Mapa, Deann Louise C. Nardo, Rafael Palma, Remilyn Felix Lydia Aiden Fau Policarpio, Leah Ranada, Alma Salazar Retuta, Rani Rivera, Aileen Santiago, Angelo Santos, Carlo Sayo, Maribeth Manalaysay Tabanera, Steffi Tad-y, Vincent Ternida