2026 BOD CANDIDATE - Marieta Pangan

Marieta Pangan
Alberta (AB)

Leader/Mentor

  • President/Founder,  Filipino Arts & Culture Society of Alberta & 1st Filipino Cultural and Recreational Association of Alberta,
  • Community Advisors Chair, Canadian Horizons Magazine and the RISEC Community Foundation
  • Mentor at the Calgary Region Employment & Immigrant Council
  • Former  Executive Director – Diaryo Alberta Society,   Secretary-Asia Media Federation of Canada

Arts and Culture Ambassador

  • 2016- Present, Coordinator for the Philippines Cultural Performances at the Calgary Stampede and Globalfest.
  • Promoting  Philippine Cuisines Globalfest Flavours Season 2 & 3, Philippine Cuisine, The Philippine Cuisine Festival Gala,1st Pearl of the Orient Cuisines Gala, Balik Kultura & Longest Boodle Fight-Banff  
  • Helped raise a substantial $167K in aid for Typhoon Haiyan,TFW of the Year Awards , Petitioning to designate ‘JUNE’ as Philippine Heritage Month in Alberta, Pandemic Heroes Awards

 

Media

  • Asia Media Federation of Canada
  • Canadian Horizons Magazine
  • FCM Magazine
  • Diaryo Alberta Newspaper

 

2018- 2024  

  • Top 75 Canada Immigrant Awards, Excellence in Community Engagement and Volunteerism Award
  • Queen Elizabeth II’s Platinum Medal Award (Alberta)
  • Benevolent Communautes Gala de Reconnaissance award
  • Formidable Women of Alberta Award, Calgary Region Immigrant Employment Council (CRIEC)
  • Best Cultural Pavilion, Best Ethnic Food , Globalfest
  • Excellence in Multicultural Media and Community Building, TFCC of the Year Award

Answers to Questions:
1. What skills will you contribute to the FCNC Board?

  • Community Leadership, Mentorship and Collaboration
  • Promotion of the heritage and culture of the Philippines and Filipino Canadians through the five art forms: visual arts, performance, cooking, spoken word, and music in Alberta.
  • Events planning, organization and execution
  • Project Management
  • Education and Information Dissemination
  • Research & Authorship
  • Scientific & Scholastic Writing, News /Featured Writing, Blogs/ Content Writing, Menu/ Recipe Writing
  • Editing/Proofreading
  • Managing digital and social media
  • Everything else in between

2. What are the most important functions of FCNC for its members?

Represent the strong Filipino presence in Canada before the people and Government of Canada. We all know that FCNC coordinates and represents the concerns and interests of nearly 1M voices within the Filipino Canadian communities, and advocates to doing our active share in shaping Canada’s social, economic, environmental and political perspectives.

3. Why do you want to be a FCNC director?

  • To help raise FCNC’s profile and support Filipino Canadians visibility and representation in Canada.
  • To help  boost engagement, and celebrate the arts, culture, traditions and heritage of Filipino Canadians in Canada’s multicultural community. 
  • To help bring Filipino Canadians together and strengthen FCNC’s  visible impact in the  mainstream Canadian community.