The Personal Is…Academic
[1] In her essay “Beginning with the Self to Critique the Social: Critical Researchers…
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Parenting Challenges of the Digital Age
The digital revolution, mostly driven by an addiction to convenience, speed, and instant…
Light and Space in the Piazza
In 2007, legal immigrants made up 6.2% of the population of Italy. The number of illegal…
Did the Toronto Maple Leafs Discriminate Against Italian Players?
For many hockey fans, the 1950s and 1960s were the golden age of NHL hockey. Before…
Italian Gerontocracy: When the Patch is Worse than the Hole
When Italians see a hot topic, they dive into it with a lust and passion worthy of a…
Dilemmas of a Social Network Addict
All of a sudden, the twit in me has re-surfaced and I’ve been tweeting away.…
In the Company of Heather
I keep hoping, one day to walk into a Chapters book store and run smack into a display of…
Metropoli Azzurro – Sharing the Pleasure of Writing
It will come as no surprise to learn that I am not Italian Canadian. I regret to say…
A Television Christmas
In the early 1980s, Vancouver’s Italian community was the city’s third largest ethnic…
Shakespeare Unbound
The article about John Florio by Lamberto Tassinari, (“In Search of William…