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Italo-Canadians : nationality and citizenship / Alberto Di Giovanni ; preface by Odoardo Di Santo ; introduction by Errico Centofanti.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Di Giovanni, Alberto, 1945- author.
- Series:
- Essential essays series ; 63.
- Essential essays series ; 63
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Italians--Canada--History--20th century.
- Italians.
- Canada.
- Ontario--Toronto.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (xxii, 164 pages) : illustrations.
- Edition:
- First edition.
- Place of Publication:
- Toronto ; Buffalo ; Lancaster, England : Guernica, [2015]
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- This lively collection is an overview of the history of Italian Canadians in Toronto from the 1960s to the present. The author deals with particular moments of community development, starting with a period of disorganization and individual effort, then marking the achievements as a community from participation in many aspects of daily life: church, unions, sports, culture, business, and political activism. The author writes from his perspective as a witness and as a participant in community institutions such as the Federation of Associations of Canadian Italians (FACI); the National Congress of Italian Canadians; Villa Colombo and Villa Charities; and many other organizations. The author also looks at how these events coincide with particular moments in Canadian society: the Centennial celebrations in 1967; the Trudeau years and multiculturalism; the repatriation of the Canadian constitution in 1982, with the Charter of Rights and Freedoms; and the evolution of Canadian identity in the late 20th and early 21st century.
- Contents:
- Intro
- Foreword
- Preface
- Introduction
- Two Motherlands
- The Canadian Mosaic
- Towards a New Canadian Identity
- Trudeau and Multiculturalism
- Italian post-war immigration
- Notables and Wannabes:
- Villa Colombo and the Columbus Centre
- Economic Success and Social Awareness
- The Rise to Political Power
- Appointments to National Institutions
- The Catholic Church and Italian Canadians
- Centro Scuola: Canadian Centre for Italian Culture and Education
- The Furore over "Ethnic" Languages
- The Role of the Media
- Italian Theatre in Toronto
- Italian Canadians in the Canadian Culture
- Integration, Nationality and Citizenship
- Bibliography
- Alberto Di Giovanni: Biography
- Copyright.
- Notes:
- Includes essays originally written in English and not previously published in the author's Italo-Canadesi.
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 159-161).
- Description based on print version record.
- ISBN:
- 1-55071-916-5
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