Factor Hispano was launched on November 22, 2005 at hispanoforum (www.habla.ca/hispanoforum), the most important event on the intellectual contributions of Hispanics to Canada. Factor Hispano (printed, online, events) serves the needs of the most important segment within the fastest growing ethnic market in Canada: First & second generation of Hispanic professionals and business people living in, or planning to immigrate to, Canada. Plus Canadians interested in all things Latin American.

Factor Hispano covers issues related to Business, Professional Accreditation, Technology, Investments, Government, Events, Tourism, and  Real Estate. We also organize seminars as well as the most important events for Hispanic professionals and business people: hispanoforum and 10 MOST INFLUENTIAL HISPANIC CANADIANS. 

Factor Hispano is available for free in the GTA at Latin Consulates and Hispanics stores across the GTA.

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1. Receive Factor Hispano at home or office in Canada. Send $20 in cash or cheque (payable  to HISPANO PRO) and mail to:  617 Yonge St., PO Box 18    Toronto, Ontario M4Y 1Z5

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HISPANICS IN CANADA

Hispanics, Canada’s third largest minority, are younger, highly educated, and the fastest growing compared to other groups. According to PMB Print Measurement Bureau, there are about 909,000 Spanish-speaking people over the age of 12 in Canada today, up from 603,000 in 2000.

Statistics Canada’s 2004 Profile of the Hispanic Community says Hispanics are more likely to be university educated, five years younger than its Canadian peers, most live in the GTA, and over 70 per cent came to Canada in the last 20 years. The study also shows that close to 40% of all Hispanic immigrants came between 1991 to 2001,  compared to only 33% for all immigrants to Canada. About half of all Hispanics, or 151,345, live in Toronto. There's also a growing interest in all things Latin American, be it in trade, culture, fashion or cinema. With over 40 years in Canada, our influence is on the rise and we now account for a large segment of the population that spans two generations.

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THE EDITOR & HIS TEAM 

Mauricio Ospina works as an International Marketing Consultant for the Government of Ontario, helping companies export to the U.S. However, his passion is to promote Hispanics in Canada and has a solid track record to prove it.

In 2001, Ospina founded - and led until 2004 - the then influential Canadian Coalition of Professionals from the Americas (CCPA, a.k.a. Canadian Colombian Professional Association); since his departure, the CCPA lost the leadership it once held.  In 2004, he joined a six-people steering committee representing over 100 organizations across Canada before Statistics Canada.  This group successfully demonstrated the presence of at least 520,260 Hispanics in Canada (as opposed to the initial count of 230,000); the committee’s work resulted in the first ever Profile of the Hispanic Community in Canada 2004.

In 2005, he envisioned and helped produce hispanoforum, annual event recognized by some of Canada’s most important media (Globe & Mail, Toronto Star, OMNI TV) as the only event that showcases the intellectual contributions of Hispanics to Canada. About four hundred  executives attend this event. Ospina is now in charge of selecting the speakers: four Hispanic Canadian researchers and business leaders recognized as such around the world. Also in 2005, he launched Factor Hispano, the first magazine for Hispanic professionals and business people.

In 2006, he joined the Citizenship Committee that has since helped dozens of Hispanics obtain their Canadian citizenship. In 2007, Ospina launched the 10 MOST INFLUENTIAL HISPANIC CANADIANS program, which stimulates Hispanics to achieve their full potential.

He has received several awards for his community and volunteer work, including the Award to the Merit in International Relations from the Association of Canadian Hispanic Professors. He is also an editorialist contributor to the second issue of University of Toronto's book about the political participation of Latin Americans in Canada.

JOURNALISTS
Claudia Ospina / Freddy Velez / Jenny Celly / Mirna Concha / Ruth Molina / Whitney Miller

CONTRIBUTORS
Dr. Alba Rocio de Torres / Lina de Benavides / Luis Gallo / Mercedes Aldana / Mike Miguel

ASSOCIATES
Anibal Mancilla / Alejandro Antequera / Jose Delgado / Santiago Oseguera