Nascimento: 1933 Naturalidade: Alcobaça — Capuchos Residência: África do Sul — Joanesburgo Vivendo na esperança de um reencontro… É com todo o prazer, e também alguma dor, que eu própria, Hermínia Jorge Pardau, oriunda da ilha da Madeira, uma linda ilha mais conhecida por Pérola do Atlântico, venho dar a conhecer um pouco da minha […]
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 […]
The Portuguese Canadian Walk of Fame is a community organization whose mission is to honour Portuguese-Canadian individuals who have made an impact within both the Portuguese community and Canadian society as a whole, and who have also contributed to the advancement of Portuguese culture in Canada. It is located at Camões Square, at the corner of College St. and […]
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;...