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🇵🇹 Free This Week: The Portuguese Immigrant: Atlantic Heritage Story
Through family memories and Portuguese cultural heritage, I revisit the lives that shaped my own and reflect on the history we inherit from those who came before us.
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The Art of Making Memories (Photo Dump)
From the smallest moments, somehow, we’re always making history along the way. So here is a little photo dump of life lately, from the Luso Loonie perspective.
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The Scars Saudade Wrote Is FREE This Week!
For anyone who has ever felt caught between generations, cultures, or the places we call home, these stories are an invitation to reflect on what we carry, what we reclaim, and what we leave behind.
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NAPA (from Madeira) Appreciation Post
There’s something about watching these clips, accompanied by their melodic sound, that feels like flipping through a dreamy home video. The landscapes, the familiar scenery, and the music all come together in a way I simply can’t get enough of.
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🇵🇹 Free This Week: Thoughts From a Varanda (Balcony)
If you’re part of the Portuguese diaspora, curious about your roots, or simply love stories about culture and belonging, I invite you to take a read.
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Field Notes. #12. Grieving My October Canon
The “October canon event” is a viral social media theory about facing some unexpected heartbreak or disruption in/around daylight savings. The theory goes that October, ahead of the winter months, acts almost like its own new year, bringing in a significant shift to reshape the person we become.
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What Did You Inherit? Luso Loonie Prose Featured in Andorinha Press – Issue 2
I’m pleased to share that my prose has been published in the latest issue of Andorinha Press. “What Did You Inherit?” is a short piece about saudade—the longing for a home long gone—and the sense of belonging to a place we may never have known firsthand. It explores something many children of immigrants grow up…
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Writing Prompt: Finding Home In Madeira
Let me just remind you of a place I visited that felt like home (Writing Prompt)
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Field Notes. #11. The Summer Wrap Up
Well, I’m happy to report that these months did me well for recovery and rejuvenation with a lot of work, hustle and fun bike rides intertwined. A great balance of productivity and fucking around.
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Where Home Finds Us: The Journey of the Portas da Cidade (New Published Article)
With more immigrants and descendants living abroad than the island could ever sustain, the habit of going back has always been an aspect of that relationship, as if we have been tethered all along. So maintaining that connection has been important for everyone who identifies with that homecoming. Thus, at the turn of the new…
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Music Video: NAPA – Coisas Simples
Here is the latest music video from NAPA, a Portuguese indie band from Madeira that represented Portugal in the Eurovision Song Contest 2025
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Call For Submissions: Mirador Artistries Collective
Mirador Artistries Collective are a recently established collective of writers and artists with an interest in promoting the Portuguese Canadian cultural experience through short stories, non-fiction, poetry, and art to explore Luso Diaporic themes. The MAC are welcoming submissions from writers and artists who wish to share their work for possible publication.
Books by Devin Meireles
The Scars Saudade Wrote
Portuguese Heritage Books
Recent Portuguese-Canadian News
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- They break in at dawn, hooded and armed, into a home where a family is sleeping. Across the Greater Toronto Area, scenarios like this are no longer rare occurrences, and …
- More and more residents across the GTHA are asking themselves: Am I safe in my own home? Reading accounts of recent violent home invasions is enough to heighten families’ desire …
- More and more residents across the GTHA are asking themselves: Am I safe in my own home? Reading accounts of recent violent home invasions is enough to heighten families' desire …
- Cada vez haverá mais habitantes da GTHA a perguntar: estarei seguro na minha própria casa? Basta ler o relato de acontecimentos recentes de invasão ao domicílio com violência para aumentar …
- The language, traditions and cultural heritage of Santa Maria in the Azores have found a new voice in English through Echoes of Azorean Life, a translation of Arsénio Chaves Puim’s work by scholar Giuseppe Formato, PhD. Drawing on the island’s […]
- A piece of the Azores has found a new home in Brampton. Discover the story behind the Portas da Cidade monument, a celebration of Portuguese heritage, identity and the enduring connection to São Miguel. The post Portas da Cidade: A […]
- From the earliest Portuguese fishermen on the Grand Banks to the arrival of the S.S. Saturnia, the growth of communities across Canada, and the achievements of generations that followed, the Portuguese-Canadian story spans more than five centuries. Explore this growing […]
- Banda do Sagrado Coração de Jesus de Toronto was founded in 1974 and continues to preserve Portuguese filarmónica tradition through music, community events and education. The post Banda do Sagrado Coração de Jesus de Toronto – History and Tradition first […]
- Winnipeg may be far from Canada’s largest Portuguese centres, but its community has built a remarkable legacy of pride, volunteerism and cultural life. In a new LusoCanada walkabout, we explore the places and people that have helped keep Portuguese identity […]
