FPCBP Newsletter - October 2000 1

? Rob ert Fung’s Wa ter front Re de vel op ment Plan

On Wednes day June 14, 2000 FPCBP mem bers and guests hadthe great plea sure of hear ing Rob ert Fung speak about To ronto’swa ter front re de vel op ment plans height ened by the Olym pic Bidpro cess. The busi ness lunch was hosted at Lis bon by Night.

Rob ert Fung is a se nior part ner of Cap i tal West Group, a groupof se nior in vest ment bro kers pro vid ing cor po rate and fi nan cial ad -vice and strat egy in the area of merg ers, ac qui si tions and cap i talmar kets.

Mr. Fung’s re mark able back ground pre pares him well to be chairof the Wa ter front Revitalisation Task Force whose chal leng ing re -spon si bil i ties in clude de vel op ing a stra te gic busi ness plan for thede vel op ment and fi nanc ing of To ronto’s wa ter front that re quiresthe dif fi cult mar riage agree ment be tween all three lev els of gov ern -ment. Mr. Fung has made ma jor head lines in lo cal news pa persover the past year with his Task Force’s anal y sis of how the wa ter -front should be re vi tal ised. Reg u lar Town Hall meet ings havetaken place to bring the com mu nity on side with this plan. Thisplan also goes a long way to im prove chances of bring ing theOlym pics to To ronto in 2008.

Al though the revitalisation will likely go ahead re gard less of theout come of the Olym pic bid, there are many chal lenges and in ter -est ing con cepts that are be ing stud ied. Some of these in clude, re -mov ing the Gardner Ex press Way and re plac ing it with ma jor bou -le vards hav ing many ar te rial route con nec tions. The con struc tionof a new com mu nity down town that pro vides more pub lic ac cess to the wa ter front through walk ways and bi cy cle paths is long over due and most wel come!

Mr. Fung’s pro vided a peak into the fu ture of To ronto. Its all amat ter of money and pol i tics … lets hope we can make it worksooner than later.

Luis Sal va dor, Ex ec u tive Di rec tor

Rob ert Fung

? EUCOCIT’S 4th ANNUAL CHAIRMAN’S DINNER

On May 16 2000, the Fed er a tion of Por -tu guese Ca na dian Busi ness and Pro fes -sionals , to gether with the Eu ro pean Un ion Cham ber of Com merce in To ronto(EUCOCIT), and in part ner ship with thecham bers of com merce and equiv a lent or -gani sa tions in To ronto of mem ber states ofthe Eu ro pean Un ion, held The Fourth An -nual Chair man’s Din ner. The func tion took place at the Gov er nor Gen eral’s Suite of the To ronto Hilton Ho tel, and was chaired bythe EUCOCIT’s cur rent chair man, andFPCBP’s Past Pres i dent, Armindo Silva.

The hon our able guest speaker was HisEx cel lency Dr. José Manuel Duarte DeJe sus, Am bas sa dor for Por tu gal to Can adawho de liv ered a speech de scrib ing some ofthe chal lenges fac ing the Eu ro pean Un ionat the dawn of the 21st cen tury, and en ter -tained the ques tions of an at ten tive and in -ter ested au di ence.

FPCBP’s Pres i dent Charles Sousa pre -sented His Ex cel lency with a plaque pay ing trib ute to our na tive cul ture. It was a fan tas -tic eve ning hon our ing our her i tage from the his tor i cal past and of Por tu gal’s role in theEu ro pean Un ion in the mak ing of the fu -ture. We thank the am bas sa dor for shar inghis in sights on the chal lenges con frontedand on out comes at tained by the Por tu -guese Pres i dency of the Eu ro pean Un ion in2000.

FPCBP, a mem ber of the Eu ro peanCham ber, is pleased to be a par tic i pant infa cil i tat ing com mer cial re la tions and cul -tural ex changes with the EU. EUCOCITex ists to strengthen ties and to fos ter ed u ca -tion and cul tural links be tween EU andCan ada.

Laura Lima, Di rec tor Amassador Duarte de Je sus re ceives gift fromCharles Sousa, FPCBP Pres i dent

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? MILLENNIUM GOLF TOURNAMENT 2000

… the harder the course the more re ward ing the tri umph

On be half of the board we would like tothank the golf com mit tee and ac knowl edgeall mem bers who as sisted in mak ing thisyear’s tour na ment a great suc cess. We es -pe cially like to thank our vol un teers whowere in stru men tal in sell ingraf fles and tak ing pic tures. But most of all we ap pre ci ate thegen er ous do na tions of ourspon sors that en able such anevent to oc cur and which giveFPCBP the abil ity to sourcemoney for its schol ar ship fund.

FPCBP endeavours to pro -mote pro fes sion als and to fos -ter busi ness within and out side the Por tu guese-Canadiancom mu nity and we thank ourmany mem bers and guests forpar tic i pat ing in such a wor thycause.

All con tri bu tors are equallyrec og nized. But I wish I hadbeen the bene fac tor of one ofthe fol low ing prizes:

Ma jor Spon sors:• Joe Estaquio from Labatts Brew eries• Sco tia Bank were lead spon sors that

pro vided com pli men tary golf shirts to allpar tic i pants.Hole-in-one Prizes:

• 2000 Mercedes Benz C Class, do nated by Mercedes-Benz Can ada

• 2000 Bu ick Re gal fea tur ing roundtrip toGer many via Lufthansa and a set of axfliirons, do nated by Laurie Wil liam sonPon tiac Bu ick GMC Ltd.Putting Prize: Cus tom de signed la dies

18 kt ruby and di a mond din ner ring do nated by Louis Louro Jr. of Louro Jew el lers

Hole Spon sors: Ac cord Travel Inc.,Assaggio Res tau rant, Autostock, BancoComercial dos Açores, Banco EspiritoSanto, Banco Portugues do Atlantico, Bank of Nova Sco tia, Blue Pages (Por tu guese Di -rec tory), CanadianFlorists.com, Car di nalFu neral Homes, C.N.F. Con trac tors,CFMT - Chan nel 47, CHIN Ra dio, CIRVFM 88.9, Corpap Inc., D. S. Teixeira & As -so ci ates, Favas In sur ance Ser vices Inc.,Fuller Lan dau, LLP, Her i tage Schol ar shipTrust Plan, Iberic Oil Com pany Limited,IBG Cor po ra tion Com puters Ind. Sales,Keyser Ma son Ball - Bar ris ters and So lic i -tors, Labatt Brew eries On tario, LanternaWine Bar & Grill, Laurie Wil liam son Pon -

tiac Bu ick GMC Ltd., Louro Jew el lers,Manuel Gaspar, CGA, Mac ken zie Fi nan -cial, Mar bles of Por tu gal, Medeiros Pho -tog ra phy, Mississauga Con ven tion Cen tre,Montepio Geral, Olym pic Tool and Die

Inc., Plasticap Inc., Prog ress Auto Col li -sion, Re nais sance Con ven tion Cen tre,Rogues Res tau rant, Royal Bank Fi nan cialGroup, Royal & Sunalliance, Rui dosVidros, Shorewood Packaging Corp. OfCanada Ltd, Sottomayor Bank of Can ada,Steinberg Morton Frymer, LL. B, TheRegional Insurance Services Inc.,Tranquility Financial Services Inc.,Verrage Glass and Mirror Inc., VianaRoofing & Sheet Metal Ltd.,

Auc tion Prizes: Vin tage Ports do natedby ICEP cour tesy of Jose An to nio Lamas

Tro phy Prizes: Spon sored bySottomayor Bank Can ada, Keyser Ma sonBall, Merit Metal In dus tries, MontepioGeral, Rogues Res tau rant, Royal Bank Fi -nan cial Group, The Re gional In sur ance,Car di nal Fu neral Homes, CIRV Ra dio In -ter na tional, CNF Con trac tors, Favas In sur -ance, Iberic Oil, Mac ken zie Fi nan cial,Mississauga Con ven tion Cen tre, Re nais -sance Con ven tion Cen tre; do nated by Mar -bles of Por tu gal, Verrage Glass and Mir rorInc.

Raf fle Prizes:• Roundtrip Air fare to Por tu gal for two,

cour tesy of Ac cord Travel Inc.• Week end get away for two, cour tesy of

Hockley Val ley Re sort.• Fuller Lan dau LLP, Rogues Res tau rant,

Sintra Wine Bar & Grill, Assaggio Restaurant.Of fi cial 2000 Golf Win ner: Mr. Pe ter

Eftaxias, win ner of FPCBP Golf Tour na -ment 2000, is added to the hon our able list

of this great event. As a takehome prize, all win ners re ceivedbeau ti fully cus tom en gravedmar ble and glass carv ings pro -duced by Mar bles of Por tu gal,cour tesy of Amilcar Jacinto, andby Marco Benigno of VerrageGlass and Mir ror Inc. who bev -elled the FPCBP logo and prom i -nently dis played the spon sor’snames.

The takings from this event goto wards FPCBP Schol ar shipFund. Once again your en thu si as -tic par tic i pa tion and gen er ous do -na tions, of over $35,000, sur -passed past per for mances andcon tin ues the fine tra di tion of this great an nual event of the Fed er a -tion! A warm thank you to all !

No pas sa do dia 27 de Junho realizou-seno Hockley Val ley Golf Re sort o “FPCBPGolf Tour na ment 2000”, o maior torneiode golf que a Federação jamais realizou.Bateram-se novos recordes no número dejogadores, ajudantes, patrocinadores,prémios, e não menos importante nasreceitas.

Participaram ao todo; 170 pessoas nojantar, 54 “hole spon sors”, 12 “tro physpon sors”, tivemos como prémios umMercedes e um Bu ick (infelizmente a sortenão bafejou alguém) e, muito, muito mais…

A lista de vencedores segue-se: Com o resultado espectacular de 74

pancadas saíu vencedor do troféu parahomens o Sr. Pe ter Eftaxias , que assimrepete a sua memorável vitória de 1998.Dado o grau de dificuldade deste percursoem Hockley Val ley o nosso vencedorconquistou a admiração de todos osparticipantes e do próprio Joe Pinto,organizador, que descreveu o resultadocomo sendo “…de se tirar o chapéu!”.

Vencedora do troféu para senhoras foi aSra. Carminda Barbosa, uma das oitosenhoras participantes, que com 99pancadas alcançou um resultado que foi ainveja de muitos que se consideramgolfistas!

José Nunes, Carlos Teixeira, Jack Dorian, Carlos Mar tins, best four some pre -sented by Manuel Silveira, Mississauga Con ven tion Centre

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? YOU ARE BETTER-OFF WITH SCHOOLING

It is dis turb ing to come across young peo -ple par tic u larly, who ques tion the merit ofat tend ing school and of gain ing higher ac a -demic train ing as good in sur ance for abetter and re ward ing fu ture. The jus ti fi ca -tions put for ward are mostly mis guided orir rel e vant to the re al i ties of to day’s world.For the few scep tics, here are some re centsta tis tics (1998) from the OECD (Or gani -sa tion for Eco nomic Co-operation and De -vel op ment) which should be help ful to ed u -ca tors and to any one else fac ing thechal lenge.

1. Is it true that peo ple with ac a demictrain ing earn more?

True, for the ma jor ity of OECD coun -tries. Al though more ed u ca tion does notguar an tee higher sal a ries, there are manyother fac tors be sides ac a demic qual i fi ca -tions, which af fect re mu ner a tion. Av er agesal a ries in all OECD coun tries are sub stan -tially higher for those with more school ed -u ca tion than for those with less.

This is es pe cially no tice able for thosewith higher ed u ca tion. For ex am ple a 30 to40 year old with a uni ver sity de gree earns30 to 80 per cent more than any one whoonly com pleted sec ond ary school. In Por tu -gal the pre mium is 70 to 80 per cent. Thedif fer ence in earn ings is more pro nouncedwith age, and in most coun tries the high estpre mium is reached around the age of 50.

For those with no de gree the dif fer ence in

earn ings also de pends on how high they’vead vanced in their ca reer.

Half way through a ca reer, lack of sec ond -ary ed u ca tion rep re sents on av er age be -tween 10 and 40 per cent lower earn ingsthan with sec ond ary ed u ca tion com pleted.

2. Does higher ed u ca tion guar an teehigher em ploy ment op por tu nity?

For young peo ple who have ex pe ri enceddif fi culty in ob tain ing em ploy ment this isim por tant. Sta tis tics clearly show thathigher ed u ca tion leads to better em ploy -ment op por tu nity through out the OECD,al though Por tu gal was an ex cep tion. In1996 for nearly all OECD coun tries and be -tween the ages of 20 and 24, 15 per cent ofyoung peo ple with sec ond ary ed u ca tion re -mained un em ployed, ver sus 21 per cent ofthose with no sec ond ary ed u ca tion. Por tu -gal was again the ex cep tion due to its lessde vel oped skills mar ket. Nev er the less, inPor tu gal, there was a greater ad van tage forthose who com pleted sec ond ary ed u ca tionagainst those who have n’t.

It is ex pected that the rapid de vel op mentof tech nol ogy parks and lead ing-edge man -u fac tur ing in dus tries in Por tu gal will soonshift the skills mar ket needs to wards thoseof the more ad vanced coun tries which in -clude Can ada

Carlos Laborde-Basto, Di rec tor

O melhor “four some”, foi o de Carlos Teixeira, José Nunes, Jack Dorian e Carlos Mar tins.

“The lon gest drive” foi ganho por Gus Costa, e “The clos est tohole” por Da vid Costa.

“The putt ing con test” foi uma lin da brincadeira brilhantementeganha por Manny Coelho. Esteve em jogo uma bela prenda novalor de $5,000.00, (wow!!!) oferta do Sr.Louis Louro da LouroJew el lers.

Para “hole in one” os prémios eram um Mercedes, cortesia deRui Gomes “o dos vidros”, e um Bu ick por cortesia de Laurie Wil -liam son Pontiack Bu ick. Infelizmente nem um nem outro foramresgatados!

O percurso em Hockley Val ley é conhecido por ser difícil, poisassim o diz maioria, mas a recompensa é a ineguável beleza dolugar. O tempo esteve perfeito, as conditções para jogar optimas, e o jantar foi saboroso e bem servido. Em suma, um diasimplesmente maravilhoso!

Como “Or ga -nizing Com mit teeChair man” gostava de agradecer atodos os “spon -

sors” e voluntários, e à CIRV Ra dio, me dia spon sor e HockleyVal ley Re sort.

Para o ano que se avizinha, e com a vossa colaboração, será pelo menos tão bom ou melhor!

Jose Pinto, Di rec tor

? Pres i dent’s Mes sage

It gives me great plea sure to thank ev -ery one who par tic i pate in our eventsand con trib ute to our causes. I’mpleased to re port that half way throughour year 2000 man date, we have par tic i -pated in a wide va ri ety of events, whichhas pro vided us with re cord “gen eral”rev e nues. In all we hope to well ex ceedour bud get of $100,000 for the year. This is apart from char i ta ble do na tionsand other trust funds such as our schol -ar ship pro gram. In fact, schol ar shipspon sors keep com ing in with $11,000now held in trust and an other $16,000al ready pledged. Dur ing our as sis tance at CIRV’s radiothon we pro cessed an -other $35,000 in visa re ceipts throughour char ity trust. All told there havebeen ex ten sive col lec tions throughFPCBP for the good of the com mu nityand we are priv i leged to be able to playa small role in these endeavours. Con -grat u la tions go to all of you who in spireand fa cil i tate the work ings of this or -gani sa tion. Your col lab o ra tion en ablesus to fos ter more pro grams that help toso lid ify FPCBP’s strong foun da tion. To gether, we con tinue to pro videevents to cel e brate our com mu nity’sachieve ments and sup port pro grams for our youth through ac a demic awards.

It ap pears that we will ex ceed tar getsthis year but more im por tantly we areas sured to keep our schol ar ship trust in -tact for fu ture gen er a tions. On be half of FPCBP board of di rec tors, thank you!

A. Charles Sousa

Joe Pinto

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? Museu dos Pioneiros na Casa de Por tu gal

Inaugurado a 13 de Maio do anocorrente na Casa de Por tu gal o Museudos Pioneiros recheado de relíquias,generosamente oferecidas pelasfamílias dos nossos pioneiros, esteveextremamente concorrido por muitosvisitantes que acorreram a reavivar asmemórias de um pas sa do prestigiante,cuja herança fará sempre parte do nossopatrimónio.

Para além da arte e paciência deBernardete Gouveia e seuscolaboradores, a iniciativa de JoséMário Coelho e apoio de Manuel daCosta o novo Museu contou com opatrocínio de várias entidades, en tre asquais a Federação, o ACAPO, RoyalBank e o pioneiro António Sousa.

Para quem ainda não visitou o Museuinformamos que se encontra no quartoandar da Casa de Por tu gal, no 722 daCol lege Street, em To ronto.

Palmira Almeida, Di rec tor

? ENSLAVINGCONNECTIONS

Pro fes sor Jose C. Curto, of YORKUNIVERSITY in To ronto, an nouncesan In ter na tional Con fer enceCo-Sponsored by The De part ment ofHis tory and The Ni ge rian Hin ter landPro ject ENSLAVING CONNEC -TIONS: AFRICA AND BRAZILDURING THE ERA OF THE SLAVETRADE, on Oc to ber 12-15th, 2000

The fo cus of this con fer ence is thecul tural, de mo graphic, eco nomic, lin -guis tic, po lit i cal, and re li gious con nec -tions be tween Brazil and Af rica dur ingthe era of the trans at lan tic slave trade.

Over 35 lead ing ex perts and ad vanced grad u ate stu dents from Can ada, theUnited States, Brazil, Eu rope, Af rica,Cen tral Amer ica, and the Ca rib beanwill pres ent their most re cent re searchon these themes. Fur ther de tails go to:http://www.yorku.ca/re search/nhp .

? A Cel e bra tion of our Fu ture

On Sat ur day, No vem ber 11th, 2000 theFed er a tion will be hold ing its 20th An nualDin ner at the Mississauga Con ven tionCen tre. This year the cho sen theme willfo cus on the im por tance and the his tory ofour Schol ar ship Award Pro gram. Whilelast year’s din ner was ded i cated to the ac -com plish ments of our found ing pi o neers,this year’s din ner will fo cus on the fu ture of our com mu nity. The Fed er a tion and itsmem bers have long been known for theirded i ca tion to im prov ing the ed u ca tionalop por tu ni ties avail able to those in our com -mu nity. This year’s din ner will cel e bratethe past achieve ments of the Schol ar shipPro gram and re cog nise the long-standingsup port from many of our mem bers to thisvery worth while and de serv ing cause. Inad di tion we will, for the first time, awardschol ar ships to high school stu dents to in -spire them to achieve higher lev els of ed u -ca tion. The ex pan sion of the schol ar shippro gram that in cludes high school stu dentsare sub ject to them be ing ac cepted into a re -cog nised uni ver sity in the com ing year. FPCBP wants to re cog nise the im por tance

of pro mot ing con tin u ing ed u ca tion and ac -a demic ex cel lence.

For many years we have helped youngmem bers of our com mu nity, not only fi nan -cially through schol ar ships, but more im -por tantly we aim to rep re sent pos i tivelythat our com mu nity is stead fast in its com -mit ment to ed u ca tion. We all aim for thebet ter ment of Por tu guese-Canadians and to make avail able more op por tu ni ties for ouryoung adults. The suc cess of the schol ar -ship pro gram is de pend ent upon the con tin -ued and very gen er ous sup port of our mem -bers. We look for ward to the con tin uedsup port of our past do nors, as well as ournew do nors such as Luso-Golf in mak ingthis year’s event a suc cess.

Po ten tial ap pli cants for one of the schol -ar ships are re minded that sub mis sion mustbe no later then Oc to ber 20th, 2000. Ap pli -ca tions are avail able at FPCBP of fices orthrough the Uni ver sities. You may alsocon tact me at (905) 276-9111 for fur ther in -for ma tion.

Paul M. DeMelo, Vice-President

? Book Signing - Maria Fatima de Toste

FPCBP had an op por tu nity to meet one of our com mu nity’s spe cial tal ents. We hadthe plea sure of at tend ing and sup port ing the launch of a new book by Maria Fatima deToste. This event co in cided with our com -mu nity’s read ing week and took place atCasa do Açores on Dundas Street.

It was easy to find one self en gulfed in thewarmth, pride and his tory of our cul turalpast. Ev ery one rem i nisced about pastmem o ries, ex pe ri ences and new friend -ships while re mem ber ing the lives of thosede parted who con trib uted tre men dously toour com mu nity.

Maria de Fatima is a spe cial in di vid ual. While work ing as a teacher, she earned herMas ters De gree in Psy chol ogy and stillfound time to raise three chil dren. At theyoung age of 50, Fatima re turned to uni ver -sity and worked hard to ob tain a Mas tersde gree while jug gling fam ily com mit ments and still lent a help ing hand to Ca na dianFood for Children, a com mu nity sup port

ser vice for needy chil dren around theworld.

Her book en ti tled “Nas Redes do Sonho”is her sec ond one. The first one “Imagensdo Mar” was re leased a few years ago. Thebook con tains many po ems in spired fromdreams, past ex pe ri ences and folk lore. Thebook cov ers our his tory, our soul, the is -lands, the sea and how these have af fectedFatima and oth ers like her. To read any ofthese po ems is to be trans ported back intime to a world of dis cov ery. You can close your eyes and be part of the past.

The eve ning was mem o ra ble. Over 125guests and friends were in at ten dance totoast Maria’s work. Ex cerpts from thebook were read aloud by a num ber of dis -tin guished in di vid u als while Fado mu sicfilled the back ground. Tears could be seenroll ing down peo ple’s eyes as they re -flected on our her i tage.

Luis Sal va dor, Ex ec u tive Di rec tor

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? Cinco Séculos da Presença Portuguesano Canadá

Foi uma jornada literária organizada eapresentada, com grande sucesso, noConsulado de Por tu gal em To ronto, a 9 docorrente.

A seguir à apresentação pelo Dr. JoãoPerestrello decorreram uma série deconferências, cheias de ritmo, logo pelamanhã de Sábado, contando com aparticipação de António Augusto Joel(Instituto Camões), Gilles Lavigne(Université du Que bec), Ilda Januário(OISE, Uni ver sity of To ronto), José Carlos Teixeira (Uni ver sity of To ronto), JohnWarkentin (York Uni ver sity), ManuelaDias-Tatilon (York Uni ver sity), ManuelaMarujo (Uni ver sity of To ronto), OnésimoTeotónio de Almeida (Brown Uni ver -sity/USA), Pe ter Col lins (York Uni ver -sity), Pricilla Doel (Colby Col lege/USA),Rena Helms-Park (York Uni ver sity) e Vic -tor M.P. da Rosa (Uni ver sity of Ot tawa).

O início dos trabalhos foicomplementado com o documentário deCésar Pedro, ilustrando a nossa presençaem New found land e o fim da tarde foipautado com o lançamento do livro “ThePor tu guese in Can ada - from the Sea to theCity”, por J. Carlos Teixeira e Vic tor M. P.da Rosa, com o apoio do Por tu guese Book -store e o patrocínio do Montepio Geral e

Banco Espírito Santo. Se não fosse a Casado Alentejo que cedeu um númerosignificativo de cadeiras, mais de metadedos presentes que encheram a GaleriaAlmada Negreiros teriam ficado de pé mas, como não foi o caso, mantiveram-se até aofim para ouvir a Luso Can Tuna quearrematou este encontro cul tural.

Palmira Almeida, Di rec tor

Pro fes sor José Carlos Teixeira e Vitor Rosa

? FPCBP Website - Up date

Have you vis ited our website atwww.fpcbp.com? Did you leave usyour opin ion, ideas, crit i cisms and sug -ges tions? We hope that in both casesyour re ply is “Yes”!

We are work ing on im prove ments tothe pre sen ta tion, con tent, lay out and ap -peal of our website such that it does best what it is in tended to do – To serve you,our mem bers! If you are not a FPCBPmem ber yet but you are in ter ested inwhat our mem bers do or have deal ingswith our com mu nity please feel free toex press your opin ion as well.

With many of us away dur ing thesum mer, in stal la tion of the di rec toryhas been de layed. Not for long thoughas the in for ma tion is ready and it is ex -pected to show up on your mon i torsoon.

Keep tuned to the website launch inthe FPCBP News let ter Vol. 20.

Our e-mail ad dress has changed:info@fpcbp.com. Please up date yourad dress books.

The FPCBP website com mit tee mem -bers are Joe Borges, CarlosLaborde-Basto (tel. 905 403 4407) andLaura Lima (tel.416 722 5663).

? A Federaçãoagradece a:

VIRGIL PIRES (Merit Metal) pelagenerosa oferta de dois conjuntos deprateleiras, amplas e resistentes para anossa arrecadação onde já se acumulam artigos e materiais compilados ao longo de vinte anos de existência; e

JOSEPH ALVES (IBG Cor po ra tion)pelo apoio e paciência dedicado àmelhoria da nossa estruturainformática, que tem vindo a sersucessivamente actualizada para fazerface ao crescente vol ume de trabalho,desencadeado pelos novos desafios queregem a nossa actividade.

Palmira Almeida,Di rec tor

? THE ONTARIO TRILLIUM FOUNDATION

The On tario Trillium Foun da tion is acom mu nity-based or gani sa tion man datedby the Gov ern ment of On tario to as sist awide ar ray of groups within the Prov ince ofOn tario.

On Au gust 16th we had the plea sure oflis ten ing to Ms. Maya Saletto-Jankovic,Pro ject Man ager of Trillium Foun da tion,ad dress ing our busi ness fo rum held at Lis -bon by Night Res tau rant. As ev i denced bythose in at ten dance, there is abun dant in ter -est to tap into this gov ern ment-sponsoredfund and its many new re sources now avail -able for com mu nity based ini tia tives.

The On tario Trillium Foun da tion pro -vides mon e tary as sis tance for a va ri ety ofini tia tives in Arts & Cul ture, En vi ron ment,Hu man & so cial Ser vices as well as Sports& Rec re ation. Maya pro vided us with in -for ma tion about op por tu ni ties to ben e fitfrom fund ing pres ently be ing missed by our com mu nity. She de scribed var i ous pro -grams and how in ter ested groups could ap -proach the Foun da tion for as sis tance.

Over all the busi ness fo rum pro videdvalu able in sights into one of the most ac -ces si ble fund ing op por tu ni ties for com mu -nity-focused groups and or gani sa tions. Whether for spe cific pro jects or for op er at -ing bud gets, there are funds andnon-monetary as sis tance avail able to ourcom mu nity.

For a free bro chure about the On tarioTrillium Foun da tion and ob tain ap pli ca -tions, please con tact our of fice.

The On tario Trillium Foun da tion pro -vides grants to char i ta ble and non-profit or -gani sa tions for ini tia tives in Arts & Cul -ture, En vi ron ment, Hu man & So cialSer vices and Sports & Rec re ation. Trillium is an agency of the Min is try of Cit i zen ship,Cul ture and Rec re ation and re ceives $100mil lion an nu ally from the Gov ern ment ofOn tario. For more in for ma tion, callTrillium at 416-963-4927 or e-mail at cyau -@ trilliumfoundation.org .

Joe Pimentel, Di rec tor

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Millennium Golf Tournament 2000

Mar bles of Por tu gal, Verrage Glass & Mir ror and Scotiabank, tro phy sponsors

Louis Louro, Jorge Ribeiro and An drew Ribeiro @ Mercedes (Hole-in-one)

James Car di nal pres ents award to Gus Costa

Gabriela Cavaco re ceives award from John Aurelio (Iberic Oil) Tony Pereira pres ents Rogues award

Joe Eustáquio, Charles Sousa e Paul DeMelo

Armindo Silva pres ents award to Da vid Costa

Adrian Ferreira re ceives award from Carlos Ferreira

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Tibério Branco, on be -half of Ac cord Travel,pres ents trip for two toLuis Germano

Rob ert Fung and mem bers of FPCBP

Da vid Costa re ceives award

Friends from Luso Golf are ac knowl edged for their gen er ous do na tion of$10,000 to FPCBP schol ar ship trust fund.

Luso Golf Di rec tors: José Clemente Borges, Nuno Rodrigues, ManuelOliveira, Joe Pinto, Joe Oliveira & Vic tor Oliveira.

Business Forum

Adriano Codinha, pres i dent of Saco Fisheries

EUCOCIT

Por tu gal’s Am bas sa dor to Can ada, Dr. José Manuel Duarte deJesus

All pho to graphs cour tesy of Eugénio Medeiros,

Medeiros Photography

Armindo Silva,Chairman of EUCOCIT

Charles SousaDi rec tor of EUCOCIT

(rep re senting FPCBP)

Luso Golf

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? A Federaçãorelembra

Que o prazo de entrega dascandidaturas às Bolsas de Estudotermina a 14 de Outubro próximo, coma respectiva atribuição aos apurados nonosso Jantar de Gala, agendado para 11de Novembro, 2000, no MississaugaCon ven tion Cen tre.

Para mais informações não hesite emcontactar Isabel Gomes, no nossoescritório, pelo telefone (416)537-8874, fax (416) 537-9706 ou endereço electrónico: fpcbp@cyber -genie.net

? APACC’s BanffCon fer ence

Last May the As so ci a tion of Por tu -guese-American Cham bers of Com -merce held its 6th in ter na tional con fer -ence in the breath-taking RockyMoun tains of Banff, Al berta. APACCmem bers rep re sent Por tu -guese-American com mu ni ties, lo catedin con ti nen tal Por tu gal, Acores andthrough out North Amer ica, and in cludethe FPCBP. The pri mary man date ofAPACC mem bers is the de vel op mentof mu tu ally pros per ous eco nomic, com -mer cial and cul tural re la tions be tweenPor tu gal and North Amer ica.

APACC mem bers of fer as so ci ates ava ri ety of ser vices in clud ing trade andin vest ment in for ma tion.

The con fer ence was made pos si ble, inpart, by sup port and ac tive par tic i pa tionof FLAD, ICEP and Banco EspiritSanto. We look for ward to more suchevents in fu ture.

? FPCBP’S MISSIONSTATEMENT

To pro mote busi ness ac tiv ity, fos terpro fes sion al ism, de velop net work ingop por tu ni ties, en hance po lit i cal vis i bil -ity, en cour age ac a demic ex cel lenceand, as the rep re sen ta tive voice, ad vo -cate the prom i nence of our mem berswithin and out side the Por tu guese Ca -na dian Busi ness and Pro fes sional com -mu nity.

? COMEMORAÇÕES DO DIA DE PORTUGAL

Começaram com a parada que foi umbelo espectáculo pelo colorido ecriatividade dos seus carros alegóricosapresentados pelos clubes da ACAPO e aparticipação de muitas empresas, taiscomo, a Telecom Por tu gal representada por um membro da nossa direcção, LauraLima. Foi um cortejo muito engraçado quefechou ruas e atraíu multidões quedeixaram os seus afazeres paraconfraternizarem e saudarem osparticipantes do desfile. Tambémestivemos representados, no fim da filamesmo a seguir ao carro dos bombeiros que transportava os políticos locais, contandoainda com a presença da Ministra daIgualdade Dra Maria de Belém e MariaElisa, jornalista da RTP, que vieram assistir às comemorações.

Aproveitamos para agradecer a presençade Silvy Moreira (past schol ar ship re cip i -ent) Sónia Gomes e de João Santos(ex-presidente da Federação) que seprontificaram a ajudar-nos a transportar onosso dístico ao longo da parada, a qualcolmatou no Trin ity Bellwoods Park quecontou com dois dias de fes ta portuguesa.

Apesar da chuva, o parque esteveapinhado, como sempre, por todos quantos

acorreram para saborear a música epetiscos portugueses.

Mais uma vez a ACAPO está de parabénspela consecução, em pleno, dascomemorações do Dia de Por tu gal, fruto detrabalho árduo sincronizado,essencialmente por Joe Eustáquio e Mag gie de Carvalho. Só nos resta agradecer oterem-nos proporcionado um pavilhãoonde pudemos estar representados,juntamente com outras causas que temosvindo a apoiar, nomeadamente o projecto“Educação 2000”, pela promoção daliteracia e “Porta Aberta” da Fam ily Ser -vices Associacion.

Palmira Almeida

Rui Gomes at FPCBP booth

? FPCBP Women’s Coun cil Com mu nity Up date

FPCBP Women’s Coun cil has the plea -sure to an nounce a new pro gram launchedby the Working Women Com mu nity Cen -tre (WWCC) to aid young Por tu guesewomen to in crease and ex pand their aware -ness of ca reer op por tu ni ties in To ronto.

The Working Women Com mu nity Cen -tre has launched the Ca reer Ex plo ra tionMentorship Pro ject this sum mer, a re sult ofFPCBP’s mem ber Ilda Furtado’s re searchinto ca reer ex plo ra tion. The May tree Foun -da tion has granted fund ing to WWCC for 3years to spe cif i cally aid in this pro ject. TheCa reer Ex plo ra tion Mentorship Pro jectwill con sist of self-development work -shops; 4-5 month mentorship com po nent;and a long-term ca reer ac tion plan for theyoung women.

If you know any young women that fit the fol low ing pro file, this pro gram could be the op por tu nity that they have been wait ing forto aid them in their ca reer:

• Por tu guese de scent, • Un der-educated• Un em ployed or un der-employed

• 17-29 years oldReg is tra tion to en rol in this pro gram will

take place from Sep tem ber 13, 2000 to Sep -tem ber 22, 2000 at the WWCC of fice at533 A Glad stone Av e nue, To ronto.

In “Op por tu nities for Us” pro posal, IldaFurtado re ported that many par tic i pants ex -pressed in ter est in be com ing men tors tothe young women. This is a great op por tu -nity for the fe male Pro fes sionals of ourproud com mu nity to make a dif fer ence inthe lives of our strug gling Por tu gueseyoung women.

If you are in ter ested in be com ing a men -tor to our young women, or know of any one who could ben e fit from this pro gram orsim ply re quire more in for ma tion, pleasecon tact Lidia Vieira at the WWCC at (416)532-2824.

“Work like you don’t need the money,love like you’ve never been hurt and danceas if no body was watch ing”

Laura Lima FPCBP, Di rec tor

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? PERFIL: Lídia Saragaço

Um exemplo de Ética e Profissionalismo

Regressa, tudo in dica, definitivamente aPor tu gal depois de 28 anos de Canadá ondeteve um percurso comunitário intenso quese dis tingue pelo empenho eprofissionalismo constantes.

Cresceu num ambiente de partilha esolidariedade rodeada por várias famíliasque lhe incutiram o interesse pela vidacolectiva. Aprendeu a ler sózinha aosquatro anos e depois de “devorar” osescassos ro mances da colectividade,formou aos seis anos um Grupo de Leitura,pois dispunha de poucos meios, ecombinou com as vizinhas (quase todasanalfabetas) que se elas alugassem algunsfascículos poderia lê-los para o grupo. Aídesenvolveu o amor pelo drama e teatro aodesenvolver a entoação e linguagemgestual. Criou desenvoltura e granjeoupopularidade. Foi uma excelente aluna,sempre eleita para Chefe de Turma edesenvolvendo um respeito recíproco pelos professores, chegando a organizarprotestos com o intuito de promover ascondições escolares.

Foi com imenso pesar que, aos treze anos, deixou este ambiente e círculo de ami gos,emigrando para o Canadá. No entanto, aocabo de um ano e, com uma fluênciarazoável em Inglês já participava no“drama club” e no “de bat ing team” do seuLiceu em Mississauga fundando, com asua melhor amiga, o grupo das “NaçõesUnidas e Desprezados” para apoiar osalunos recém-chegados, alvo da

descriminação pelos grupos “in” de então.Com esta actividade ex tra-curricularcresceu a sua consciência política, vindo adelinear-se, mais ainda, ao passar pelaUniversidade “Lau ren tian” em Sudburyonde, com o intuito de tirar um curso deTradução se confronta com adescriminação votada aos alunosfrancófonos num cur ric u lum consideradooficialmente bilingue. Envolveu-se,também, em movimentos laborais na alturaem que decorria a maior greve dos mineiros – indústria-chave para a maior parte dasfamílias ali residentes - acabando porenveredar pelas Ciências Políticas,transferindo-se para a Universidade deOtava onde obteve a licenciatura emCiências Políticas e Economia.

Em Otava envolveu-se na comunidadeportuguesa trabalhando na Escola Luís deCamões e fazendo um programa de rádioaos Domingos à noite, ambos a títulovoluntário. Integrou-se, também, numgrupo de jovens criativos, publicando oprimeiro jornal (da oposição) de ideias eartes da região de Ot tawa-Hull –experiência inesquecível que guarda de umgrupo coeso e democrático.

Em 1981 foi convidada para assistentecomunitária dos então trust ees RosárioMar chese e Pat Case, em To ronto, queeram bastante progressistas e lhepermitiram tomar o verdadeiro pulso dasituação da nossa comunidade. Nesse anoconheceu o Zé Pereira e aí começou a suagrande caminhada teatral. A AssociaçãoDemocrática serviu-lhe de sede para

desenvolver o seu potencial cul tural esócio-recreativo na nossa comunidade.Esteve envolvida no movi men to demulheres pro-MDM, em manifestaçõespolíticas e culturais chegando a fazer parteda Direcção da Associação, du rante doisanos, procurando de fender sempre ascausas justas e apoiar os maisdesfavorecidos.

Investigou, a pedido do Ministério daJustiça, a descriminação ra cial e sex ual nosistema jurídico do Ontário para umtrabalho teatral e educativo. Trabalhou com um grupo de teatro profissional naelaboração do guião para a peça que viria aser apresentada du rante um ano em váriascidades e vilas da província do Ontário,acabando por participar como actriz.

Apoiou a legalização de pessoasinjustamente ignoradas pelo sistema deemigração. Foi intérprete no “Doc tors Hos -pi tal” prestando valiosos serviços a todosquantos deles careceram.

Teve uma participação activa na direcçãodo Abrigo na consecução e melhoria decondições e programas providenciados ànossa comunidade e, por último, teve aoportunidade de exercer um cargo criativoe desafiante (na abordagem de temas aindaconsiderados “tabu” na nossa comunidade)que foi o de jornalista na CFMTconservando sempre a ética profissional que a caracteriza.

Só nos resta agradecer todo o apoio quenos tem prestado, desejando-lhe felicidades para as no vas opções e lamentando o vazioirreparável que deixará en tre nós.

Palmira Almeida, Di rec tor

Lídia Saragaço

? ACAPO Cel e brates Com mu nity Achieve ment

On Sunday, Sep tem ber 17th, 2000,Allianca dos Clubes Portugueses do On -tario (“ACAPO”) pre sented its Award ofMerit to Mr. Tony Dionisio (Com mu nityWork). In ad di tion an other 5 awardswere pre sented to Hildebrando Silva(Fine Arts), Pro fes sor Carlos Teixeira(Lit er a ture), An to nio Ribeiro (Me dia),An to nio Amaro (Mu sic) and Fran ciscoBolota (Sports). We con grat u late all well de served win ners and ACAPO for a finepre sen ta tion.

FPCBP was hon oured to be in cluded inACAPO’s fes tiv i ties. The con tin u ingsuc cess of ACAPO and it’s sym bol ofunity bring to gether our di verse range ofso cial clubs and as so ci a tions. While we

may main tain our re spec tive as so ci a tionssep a rate, it is es sen tial for us to gar ner asin gle “non-partisan” rep re sen ta tivevoice for our com mu nity to fos ter greatervis i bil ity and rec og ni tion.

As an as so ci a tion rep re sent ing our busi -ness and professionals com mu nity, wethank ACAPO for its splen did con tri bu -tions in an ef fort to stim u late more aware -ness of Por tu guese Ca na di ans in On tarioin clud ing the rec og ni tion ofwell-deserved merit awards pre sentedthat af ter noon.

We wel come and en cour age ACAPO’scon tin ued growth and pros per ity for theben e fit of us all!

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? SEGUROS & INVESTMENTOS

Le ver age Life In sur ance – O que é?

É um plano de seguro estrategicamentedesenhado para criar um pacote de fundospara compra duma pensão/reforma ex tra, aqual poderá ser isenta de pagamento detaxas, o que não acontece duma maneirageral com as outras pensões.

Este plano é particularmente indicadopara indivíduos que no presente têmordenados al tos, consequentemente, comum escalão de taxa mar ginal elevada e, quereconhecem a vantagem da proteção dumseguro como veículo a usar, não só para aproteção da família mas também paraminimizar as taxas a pagar no presente e noperíodo de aposentação.

Reconhecemos porém, a necessidadedeste investimento abranger um horizontede 15 a 20 anos para se conseguir resultados excelentes. Vejamos como trabalha...

1 - Compra-se uma apólice “Uni ver salLife” a qual é baseada num investimento de fundos que acumulam no processo “com -pound ing” e com prémios mensais ouanuais à escolha do investidor en tre ummínimo e um máximo. Usando o prêmio

mínimo; o resultado será a proteção doseguro e pouco mais. Com o prémiomáximo; conseguir-se-á não só umaumento substancial na protecção doseguro mas também a possibilidade degrandes ganhos no respeitante aoinvestimento. Reparar que não indo alémdo pagamento/prêmio máximo os lucros noinvestimento por lei crescem livres detaxas.

2 - No período da reforma, quando quiser, o investidor pode submeter a apólice a umbanco onde contratará com o mesmo, aforma como e quanto vai receber em pensão por ano e por quantos anos. O bancoautomaticamente vai juntando os juros emdébito ao balanço do empréstimo. Nestecaso os montantes recebidos não pagarãotaxas ao governo porque os empréstimossão isentos destas. Os juros ao banco,logicamente virão a ser pagos um dia pelaprópria apólice.

3 - Por morte, na ordem nat u ral dascoisas, o empréstimo do banco no seu todoserá descontado do beneficio do seguro e ores tante irá para o/s beneficiário/s da

apólice também isento de taxas. Vejamos este cenário:Um homem com 40 anos de idade,

não-fumador, ao comprar $500,000 deseguro teria que pagar $14,133 ao ano por15 anos. Ou seja, um investimento de$211,990 no to tal. Aos 65 anos de idade aacumulação de fundos (segundo ailustração feita) seria de $556,865 aadicionar aos $500,000 do seguro, o que dáa bonita quantia de $1,056,865 de valor nasua apólice. Nessa altura, ele poderiacontratar com um banco para receber umemprestimo con tra a sua apolice de seguro,que lhe renderia $22,832 ao ano por 15 anos (ou seja até aos 80 anos), totalizando assim, um beneficio de $365,305 sem taxas comopensão.

Por morte do segurado o banco subtrairiao to tal do empréstimo incluindo os juros,deixando ainda um quinhão de $1,155,173para a família aos 80 anos, de $1,469,567aos 90 anos, e assim por diante.

Lembramos que, esta é uma ilustração en -tre muitas que poderiam ser desenhadas.Idade, sexo, período de pagamento ourecebimento, montante a segurar etc.sãofactores preponderantes a considerarporque ao mudar condições, os númerospor certo seriam outros. Os lucros futuros aadquirir não são garantidos, porquedependem de resultados que oscilam com omercado, podendo ser mais ou menos doque no exemplo dado.

Para mais informação sobre este assuntocontactar o seu agente ou conselheiro deinvestimentos.

Art Sousa,Di rec tor

? Sym phony of Fire

On June 24th a num ber of our mem bersen joyed Por tu gal’s spec tac u lar in ter na -tional fire works dis play cho reo graphed to mu sic dur ing Bensons & Hedges sum merof fire works ex trav a ganza at On tarioPlace. The spe cial ef fects were daz zlingeven though the weather was less thanco-operative. Still the fes tiv i ties were notdamp ened by the rain and the eve ning wascapped with plenty of dance & mu sic. Ad -mirers got up close to a mi rac u lous per for -mance on the roof top of the Al li ance Pa vil -ions.

Sym phony of Fire cel e bra tions fea tur ing Por tu gal

? Busi ness and Pro fes sional Nom i na tions

The an nual Awards Din ner will soonoc cur on No vem ber 11th and we seekyour nom i na tions so that we may re cog -nise those in di vid u als who you feel haveachieved marked suc cess. These are in di -vid u als who im press you with de vo tion to their vo ca tion and spe cial care to theircom mu nity. If you or some one you know

is out stand ing in their in dus try or pro fes -sion, please let us know. We are in vit ingnom i na tions for the En tre pre neur and thePro fes sional of the Year. The awards will be pre sented at FPCBP’s An nual Din ner. We ask that all nom i na tions be mailed orfaxed to our of fices to gether with the can -di date’s pro file.

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? 2000 CALENDAR OF EVENTSWe thank mem bers for con tin u ing to so licit and pro mote FPCBP’s good cause. By bol ster ing ourmem ber ship we can fur ther en hance our stand ing within the com mu nity. Your phil an thropic ef -forts have helped to pro mote ed u ca tion and busi ness aware ness that ben e fit many and help to so -lid ify our prom i nence within the Ca na dian Busi ness en vi ron ment. Our goal is to sig nif i cantly in -crease our level of paid mem bers so we may pro duce better pro grams and ad vo cate moreap pro pri ately the needs of our busi ness com mu nity. This is in ad di tion to the fol low ing:

Busi ness and Pro fes sional Fo rums:

Feb ru ary 8, 2000 Cross-cultural lun cheon with Pre mier Mike Har risat the To ronto Marriott Eaton Ho tel

Feb ru ary 24, 2000 An nual Gen eral Meet ing at 722 Col lege St. To rontoMarch 11, 2000 Mo zam bique Re lief Fund Ef fort sup port ing the Aca cia Rubra Din ner

at Europa Ca tering and CIRV radiothonApril 19, 2000 Port Wine Tasting with Tay lor Fladgate & Yeatman

in con junc tion with ICEP & Body Soul of Por tu gal at the On tario ClubMay 19, 2000 An nual Chair man’s Din ner with Eu ro pean Cham ber of Com merce,

fea tur ing H.E. Mr. Jose Manuel Duarte de Je sus,Am bas sa dor of Por tu gal in Can ada, at the To ronto Hilton

May 23, 2000 An nual Sata Ex press Char ity Tour na ment by Luso Golfwith pro ceeds to FPCBP Schol ar ship Trust Fund

June 14, 2000 To ronto’s Wa ter front Re vi tal iza tion Plan fea tur ing Rob ert Fungat Lis bon By Night.

June 24, 2000 Sym phony of Fire fea tur ing Por tu gal’s Benson & HedgesFire works dis play at Atlantis On tario Place

Au gust 16, 2000 The On tario Trillium Foun da tion fea tur ing Maja Saletto-Jankovicat Lis bon By Night

Sep tem ber 13, 2000 Eco nomic Brief ing fea tur ing Carlos Gomes,Se nior Sco tia Bank Econ o mist (post poned).

Oc to ber 11, 2000 Da vid Crombie, Olym pic Bid Com mit tee Pre sen ta tion,at Europa Ban quet Hall

Oc to ber 30, 2000 Star Al li ance in as so ci a tion with EUCOCIT, at Air Can ada Cen treDe cem ber 10, 2000 Almoço de homenagem ao Sr. Crescêncio Ferreira, Vice-Consul,

at Dundas Ban quet PlaceJan/Feb 2001 Prime Min is ter Jean Chretien, cross-cultural net work lun cheon,

lo ca tion TBDNov/Dec/Jan/Feb Women’s Fo rum, Can di date’s De bate, In ter na tional Fo rum.

To be an nounced later.

Golf Tour na ment

June 27, 2000 Hockley Val ley Golf and Coun try Re sort Cen tre

An nual Gala Awards Din ner

No vem ber 11, 2000 at The Mississauga Con ven tion Cen tre.

We re mind stu dents to sub mit ap pli ca tions be fore Oc to ber 14, 2000. We also en cour age mem -bers to please sub mit nom i na tions for Busi ness and Pro fes sional Awards as soon as pos si ble.

? Adieu

The coun try bids fare well to for merprime min is ter Pi erre Elliot Tru deau.He is re garded by many as a pi o neer inour multi cul tural na tion. As a pol i ti cianhe helped change Ca na dian im mi gra -tion laws, open ing Can ada’s doors topeo ple around the world. He was a manwho per se vered the cre ation of civilrights and the patriation of Can ada’scon sti tu tion. There is no de ny ing Tru -deau’s in flu ence. He per son i fied Can -ada, with mag netic per son al ity that ex -erted a mas sive out pour ing of emo tionin his life as in his death. Ca na di ansfrom all back grounds will miss him.

? Luso Golf’s Gen er ous Do na tionsup ports Youth

Last May 23rd was “health kick” dayfor the many FPCBP mem bers who metat the friendly Luso Golf Tour na ment. Our hosts were most hos pi ta ble, the or -ga ni za tion was ex cel lent and the af ter -noon was great fun! ! Our con grat u la -tions to Joe Borges and his crew for thisout stand ing event!

Spe cial thanks are due to the LusoGolf Tour na ment or ga niz ers for theirgen er ous do na tion of $10,000 to wardsthe Fed er a tion of Por tu guese Ca na dianBusi ness and Pro fes sionals Schol ar shipFund which pro motes ac a demic ex cel -lence for our youth through its an nualschol ar ship programme.

? Wel come FPCBP’s New Of fice Ad min is tra tor

Please wel come to our of fice, IsabelGomes. You will be hear ing a new voiceand see ing a new face at the FPCBP of fices. Isabel has re placed Palmira Almeida as Of -fice Ad min is tra tor. We also con grat u latePalmira in her new role at the Por tu gueseCon sul ate.

Isabel co mes to us with a vast list of cre -den tials and ex pe ri ence. She grew up in

Luanda, An gola. There she earned an artsde gree and later be came a teacher. In To -ronto, Isabel stud ied at RyersonPolytechnical In sti tute and George BrownCol lege. Here Isabel be gan teach ing ESL. Isabel says that she loves the rich ness ofmulti cul tur al ism. “I en joy tra di tions andthe sense of be long ing and the se cu rity thatthose val ues pro vide”.

Isabel will man age the of fice and keep usall in formed reg u larly. She will be avail -able to serve FPCBP mem bers, Mon day toFri day, from 11:00 A.M. to 5:00 P.M. Don’t hes i tate to call her at (416) 537-8874. On be half of all mem bers, wel come aboardIsabel and good luck!

1919 - 2000

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? FPCBP’s 2000 Board of Di rec torsOur Board of Di rec tors are man dated to build on FPCBP’s strong foun da tion. These vol un teers are proud to serve the best in ter ests of its mem bers

and work with them to pro mote a non-profit or gani sa tion in unit ing busi ness and pro fes sional peo ple of Por tu guese or i gin. Its mis sion is to pro motebusi ness ac tiv ity, fos ter pro fes sion al ism, de velop net work ing op por tu ni ties, en hance po lit i cal vis i bil ity, en cour age ac a demic ex cel lence and, as therep re sen ta tive voice, ad vo cate the prom i nence of its mem bers within and out side the Por t u guese Ca na dian Busi ness and Pro fes sional com mu nity.

A board of 12 di rec tors and 3 trust ees gov erns FPCBP. They are ac count able to all mem bers in main tain ing and pro mot ing, through var i ous sub -com mit tees, FPCBP’s im age and to pro vide or gan ised events through out the year. This in cludes, among other things, monthly busi ness fo rums, anan nual golf tour na ment and es pe cially the An nual Awards Gala where rec og ni tion is given to out stand ing achieve ment in the busi ness com mu nityand in ac a demic ex cel lence. FPCBP is proud to fos ter the old est and larg est schol ar ship pro gram in the Por tu guese com mu nity.

Board of Di rec tors:

A. Charles Sousa Pres i dent Paul de Melo Vice-PresidentManny Gaspar Trea surerLuis Sal va dor Sec re taryPalmira AlmeidaRui GomesCarlos Laborde-Basto TrusteeLaura LimaEugénio MedeirosJose PimentelJoe PintoArtur Sousa Elected

Elected Trustee:

Manny Coelho Trustee

Past Pres i dents:

Armindo Silva João SantosFernando CostaJoão NevesFrank Alvarez Nellie PedroArnaldo SantosRaimundo FavasAlmiro FonsecaLuís Arruda Ricardo de Cas tro LopoDa vid Costa

Im me di ate Past Pres i dent

Louis Louro, Jr. Trustee

? Mem ber ship Directory

Many of you have up dated your ad dress and phone num bers; but, we en cour age those who have not been con tacted to com plete the reg -is tra tion form be low and re turn it to the FPCBP of fice im me di ately. We also wel come those who wish to be come new mem bers. Pleasecon tact the of fice ad min is tra tor who would be happy to take down your in for ma tion.