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Petronila Cleto

Born 1945

Philippines

Died January 11, 2018 (aged 72)

Nationality Filipina

Other names Pet

Occupation writer

Children Cynthia Cleto

Petronila Cleto (October 18, 1945 - January 11, 2018), also known by her
nickname Pet, was a Filipino writer and social activist best known for her advocacy work
for women's rights in Ontario, Canada. [1] [2]

Contents

 1Early life and education

 2Political life
 3Exile and later years
 4Legacy
o 4.1Books
o 4.2Plays
 5See also
  6References
 7External links

Early life and education[edit]

Petronila Galicia Cleto was born on October 18, 1945, in the province of Nueva Ecija.
She found a strong affinity with writing early on. [2]
In the late 1960s, she went to Canada. She studied medical technology and took
literature classes at Carleton University. She returned to Manila a few years after.
Within the Philippines, Cleto is best known as a newspaper reporter and art/film critic.
[2]
 In the mid-1970s, while covering the Manila Film Festival, she produced a series of
acclaimed profiles, critiques and interviews with such distinguished directors as Akira
Kurosawa, Werner Herzog and Gillo Pontecorvo. In 2004 she was named as one of the
country's leading film reviewers by the national association of film critics.

Political life[edit]
Early in the 1980s, she became a founding member of many women's organizations in
the Philippines,[2] among them: GABRIELA (General Assembly Binding Women for
Reforms, Integrity, Equality, Leadership, and Action), WOMB (Women for the Ouster of
Marcos and Boycott), Concerned Mothers League and the first Philippine women's
political party KAIBA (Kababaihan para sa Inang Bayan).

Exile and later years[edit]

In 1991, Cleto moved back to Canada, where she joined PEN Canada, whose
International Writers in Exile Network has helped establish the position of International
Writer-in-Residence at several Canadian Universities, including McMaster
University (2008) and was a lecturer at George Brown College[3] (2010).
She was a regular writer for Toronto's The Philippine Reporter, and co-hosted broadcast
shows Radyo Migrante[4] and TV Migrante.[5]
In 2008, Cleto was one of the founding members of women's group Gabriela Ontario,
[6]
 and helped organize various campaigns advocating for temporary foreign workers and
care workers in particular.
She died aged 72 due to complications related to multiple organ failure at St. Michael's
Hospital on January 11, 2018.[2]

Legacy[edit]
In recognition of her years of service to the Greater Toronto Area, she was given
posthumously the Golden Balangay Lifetime Achievement Award in 2018. [7]
Books[edit]
 Akdaan 1 Literary Anthology (2013)
  Akdaan 2 Literary Anthology (2015)
Plays[edit]
 Operetang Tatlong Kusing - Filipino adaptation
of Bertold Brecht's Three Penny Opera
 Pasintabi Sa Nuno (To Our Ancestors) - performed
at the Nancy International Theatre Festival in France

See also[edit]
 Filipino community in Toronto
 Filipino Canadians

References[edit]
1. ^ Cabana, Ysh (September 27, 2021). "Petronila Cleto".  The
Canadian Encyclopedia. The Canadian Encyclopedia.
Retrieved 2022-06-16.
2. ^ Jump up to:a b c d e "Tribute to Pet Cleto, writer, activist". The
Philippine Reporter. January 26, 2018. Retrieved 2021-05-16.
3. ^ Filipina poet Petronila Cleto, member of PEN Canada's
Writers in Exile group, selected as Lecturer-in-Residence at
George Brown College
4. ^ Cabana, Yshmael (November 26, 2015).  "Toronto Filipino
Radyo Migrante in its 8th year". Retrieved 2021-05-16.
5. ^ Queano, Luisito (April 23, 2017).  "FTV Launches TV
Migrante". Retrieved  2021-05-16.
6. ^ Tungohan, Ethel. From the Politics of Everyday Resistance
to the Politics From Below:Migrant Care Worker Activism in
Canada  (PDF) (PhD). University of Illinois Press, forthcoming.
7. ^ 2018 Golden Balangay Winners

External links[edit]
 GABRIELA-Ontario
Categories: 
 1945 births
 2018 deaths
 Filipino emigrants to Canada
 Filipino activists
 Socialist feminists
 21st-century Filipino writers
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