October 22-24, 2009 View the website The conference Towards a Democratic Cosmopolis: Diaspora, Citizenship, and Recognition will provide a unique opportunity to understand the emerging cosmopolitan reality that is contemporary Toronto - the region encompassed ... Continue Reading »
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The Mariano A. Elia Chair in Italian Canadian Studies at York University sponsored a successful series of presentations by Italian-Canadian novelists and poets in collaboration with the Italian Cultural Institute in Toronto (under ... Continue Reading »
September 28-29, 2007 Download the program and list of speakers here. Continue Reading »
The Mariano A. Elia Chair in Italian Canadian Studies at York University sponsored a successful series of presentations by Italian-Canadian musicians, actors, directors, producers, writers, critics, in collaboration with the Italian Cultural Institute ... Continue Reading »
The Mariano A. Chair in Italian Canadian Studies offers research grants to York faculty for research on any aspect of the Italian Canadian experience. In the fall of 2007, some of the grant ... Continue Reading »
The Mariano A. Elia Chair in Italian Canadian Studies grants graduate scholarships for research that touches on a wide variety of topics dealing with the Italian Canadian experience. In October of 2007, four ... Continue Reading »
Citizenship, Identity, Equality in a Pluralistic Society January - March 2002 January 24 Kenneth McRoberts Principal, Glendon College, York University "Multiculturalism Vs Multinationlism: Understanding Diversity in Canada" January 31 Livy Visano Professor, School of Social Sciences, York University "Legislating Citizenship: The Culture ... Continue Reading »
The Italian Connection July 17-18, 2000 In the summer of 2000 the Elia Chair sponsored the Homecoming celebrations of the Italians of Field, a small village in Yoho National Park, B.C. Over 300 Italian Canadians, ... Continue Reading »
Narrating the Self: Italian Canadians Between History and Myth January - March 2000 January 12 Bruno Ramirez Professor of American History, Universite de Montreal "Italian Immigration to Canada: Between History and Fiction" January 26 Isabella Colalillo Katz Writer & Storyteller "The Creative Self: ... Continue Reading »
Towards a Democratic Cosmopolis: Diaspora, Citizenship & Recognition
The following obituary is reprinted in memory of Dr. Mariano A. Elia, whose donation made possible The Mariano A. Elia Chair in Italian Canadian Studies. The obituary was written by Noelle Elia, a grand-daughter of Dr Elia, and was published originally in the Globe and Mail on Saturday 4 February 2006.
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