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The Growing Movement to Save the Sicilian Language
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The Growing Movement to Save the Sicilian Language

Something big is unfolding in Sicily, and no, it’s not a new season of White Lotus. There is a saying in Sicilian: Biatu ḍḍu aceḍḍu chi fa lu nidu a lu so pajisi. It means, loosely, “It’s a lucky bird who gets to build his nest in the same land he came from.” Those of us from an emigrant background will immediately recognize the poignancy of this statement—how brave, or desperate, that generation must have been to venture out and leave the only place they’d ever known. For some, the…

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Women of Steel Project: Honoring Montreal’s Italian Textile and Garment Workers

Women of Steel Project: Honoring Montreal’s Italian Textile and Garment Workers

The Women of Steel project pays tribute to the Italian immigrant women of Montreal’s first generation who dedicated their lives…

The Roncarelli Case: Defiance in the Pursuit of Justice

The Roncarelli Case: Defiance in the Pursuit of Justice

In 1946, Montreal restaurateur Frank Roncarelli, an Italian immigrant from Bologna, did the unimaginable – he sued the most powerful…

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