Italy For Beginners
Can you imagine waking up every morning in a place where nearly every street has a coffee…
Culture
I Left My Heart in Campania
There is a song, a famous Neapolitan song, that my mother taught me when I was a little…
How Six Months in Turin Changed My Life
Italy! Land of delectable food, birthplace of the Renaissance, and home of great design…
Forever Home
I was standing outside the Palermo airport with my brother and sister, soaking in the…
Civil Life on the Canals
Venice has a reputation as a “serene” city – its surname in Italian is la…
Volumes Commemorate Italian Internees
The Community Historical Recognition Program instituted by the Government of Canada is a…
When Mass Hysteria Leads to Injustice
Revisiting and re-examining difficult episodes from our past allows us to become attuned…
Italian “Enemy Aliens”: How Canada Declared War on Its Own Citizens
“Sending civilians to internment camps without trial simply because of ethnic…
Corrado Paina, Executive Poet
“The purpose of culture is to build bridges, not celebrate differences,” Corrado…
The Long Way to Rome
All roads lead to Rome, as they say, but none compares with the experience of walking the…