| SESSON I | SESSON II | SESSON III | |
| Friday 14 May 9:30-10:15 |
WELCOMING REMARKS: Dr Mariano A. Elia, introduced by Elio Costa & Luca Somigli | ||
| Friday 14 May 10:30 – 12:00 |
CHAIR: Elio Costa. Sonia Cancian (Concordia University, Montreal), “Letters of Italian Immigrants: Voices on the Impact of Migration from Behind the Scenes.” Tony Carella (Toronto), “‘…Unto the Third and Fourth Generations’: Italian Canadian Prospects in Light of the Italian American Experience.” Marg Dorazio-Migliore (Kwantlen College, Surrey, B.C.), “Identity and Hybridity Across the Generations.” | CHAIR: Luca Somigli. Maria Di Cenzo and Monica
Stellin (Wilfrid Laurier Univ.), “Marketing ‘Italianicity’: Immigrant
Cultures and Entertainment Media.” Carlo Coen (Istituto Italiano di
Cultura, Toronto), Manuela Gieri (Univ. of Toronto) and Donato Santeramo
(Queen’s Univ.), “Framed Identity: Mapping Our Presence in the Canadian
Film Industry”. |
CHAIR: Connie Guzzo-McParland. “Journeys in Italian
Canadian Writing.” Established and emerging Italian-Canadian writers
Filomena Alati, Emilio Francescucci, Connie Guzzo-McParland, Margherita
Morsella, Maria Spina, and Elvira Truglia will read from their recent
publications or works in progress. A discussion period will follow the
readings. . |
| Friday 14 May 12:00-1:30 |
LUNCH | ||
| Friday 14 May 1:30 – 3:00 |
CHAIR: Francesco Loreggio. Karen Agutter (Univ. of Adelaide, Australia), “National Identity Explored: A Comparative Study of Italians in Canada and Australia during the First World War.” William Anselmi (Univ. of Alberta, Edmonton, Alta.), “Absenting Community, I-Can Institutions – the Wopization of (Historical) Subjectivities as Re(dis)placed Decultured Being.” | CHAIR: Gabriele Scardellato. Gisele Amantea (Concordia Univ., Montreal), “The King v. Picariello and Lassandro” (Digital video presentation). Alessandra Piccione (writer and producer, Toronto) and Frank Canino (playwright), “Looking for Angelina: The Search for the Historical Angelina Napolitano.” | CHAIR: Elio Costa. Gabriele Erasmi (McMaster, Hamilton), “Venice in the Muskegs of Alberta: The Story of the Founding.” Colleen Palumbo (Golden. B.C.), “Italians in Rural British Columbia.” John Potestio (Thunder Bay, Ont.), “Italians at the Lakehead: Sojourning, Settlement, and Labour Activism Before World War I.” |
| Friday 14 May 3:30 – 4:30 |
KEYNOTE: Mauro Peressini (Museum of Civilization, Ottawa-Hull): “The Making of ‘Presenza: A New Look at Italian-Canadian Heritage’” | ||
| Friday 14 May 4:45 – 5:00 |
WELCOMING REMARKS: The Honourable Mr Justice Frank Iacobucci, introduced by Elio Costa & Luca Somigli | ||
| Friday 14 May 5:00 – 7:00 |
CMC EXHIBITION TOUR: Presenza: A New Look at Italian-Canadian Heritage (Tour to be held from 5:00 – 6:00 depending on numbers present – may require two tours) and The Presenza exhibition will be open to conference participants until 7:00 (after museum closing at 6:00). | ||
| Friday 14 May 7:00 – |
RECEPTION & BUFFET at the Café du Musée (at the CMC): hosted by Counsellor Riccardo Battisti, Italian Embassy, Ottawa. Poetry Readings by Corrado Paina & Deborah Verginella, Antonino Mazza, and Pier Giorgio Di Cicco. | ||