Eduardo da Costa Resende was born in the village of Fajã de Baixo, district of Ponta Delgada, in São Miguel, Azores, on May 4, 1942. In 1959, he applied to become a volunteer for Portugal’s Air Force. The first commission to be sent to the Portuguese overseas mission in Africa took off from Portugal on March […]
Maria de Lourdes Faria Câmara was born on February 21, 1947 in the small town of Capelas on the island of São Miguel. Displaying a musical talent from a young age, Maria began singing Fado at 14. She arrived in Canada in June of 1970, to live with her friend, António, whom she knew from a […]
Today, Canada is one of the most culturally diverse nations in the world, and the Portuguese can be considered important contributors to this diversity. In this piece, I will be focusing on Canada’s contribution to Portuguese immigration. Prior to the first major wave of Portuguese immigration in 1953, Canada uncovered the need to develop three major industries to benefit its economy;...
At one point in time, Portugal was the largest empire in the world, as well as one of the wealthiest countries. Its influence can be seen in many places across the globe, including Canada . The spread of influence is most often done by people — immigrants, to be exact. A good example of this is […]