Investigating post-secondary attendance among the Filipino community

Abstract

The Filipinas of HamOnt is a decolonial feminist community group based in Hamilton that aims to build a community of femme-identifying Filipinas through anti-racist, equity-seeking programming in Hamilton, Ontario (Filipinas of HamOnt, n.d.). Based on observations, Filipinos are an underrepresented demographic in post-secondary education. To support this demographic, the Filipinas of HamOnt want to explore ways to better align programming to support youth in achieving their post-secondary educational goals. In recognition of this issue, the Filipinas of HamOnt partnered with the McMaster Research Shop to investigate post- secondary attendance among the Filipino community in Canada and provide secondary research to better understand this issue.