List of Projects in Alphabetics Order
- “Angelo Principe” Italian-Canadian Newspaper Collection
- Anna Ciardullo Villapiana: Poesia
- Archival Research of Italian-Canadian Immigration and Culture
- Diasporic Italians: Giuliano-Dalmati
- Early Contact
- El Boletin
- Giving Birth: Italian-Canadian Migration and Motherhood
- Immigration Waves (forthcoming)
- Italian Canadians as Enemy Aliens: Memories of World War II
- Italian Enclaves
- Italian Heritage Project: Guelph
- Italian Internment in Canada
- Legends
- Mandi: Exploring Italian-Canadian Heritage through Sound
- Sanvincenti Istria — Edmonton, Albertoa by Mario Sergei
- Stories from the Community: Italian-Canadians in their Own Words
- The First World War Diary of Gregorio Ceccato
- Waterloo Oral Histories
Heritage, Memory, and Culture
Italian Heritage Project: Guelph
The Italian Heritage project collects and preserves the narratives and artifacts of Italian immigrants to Canada, and the Guelph-Wellington area specifically.
Giving Birth: Italian-Canadian Migration and Motherhood
This project showcases six Italian immigrant women’s personal narratives that explore how they remember immigration, especially as they entered motherhood without the network of support upon which they relied back in Italy.
Waterloo Oral Histories
Italian Language and Italian Studies students at Saint Jerome’s College on the University of Waterloo campus researched the heart of the Italian community in Southwestern Ontario and beyond, uncovering immigration experiences through oral history interviews.
Sanvincenti Istria – Edmonton, Alberta by Mario Sergei
Read Margio Sergei’s story of life from Sanvincenti Istria to Edmonton Alberta Canada, with stops of interest in between.
Issue 1: Italians on the Frontiers
Italians on the Frontiers considers the employment and contributions of Italians to industrial projects during the various waves of emigration from Italy to Canada
Issue 2: Italian Fallen Workers
Italian Fallen Workers features student investigations remembering Italian workers in Canada who lost their lives on the job.
Issue 3: Italian-Canadians as Athletes and Community Builders: Contributions in the Sports Industry
Italian-Canadian Athletes and Community Builders explores the role of athletes as integral members of and change makers in their communities.
Issue 4: Oral Histories: Traditional and Poetic Forms
Blending archival research, personal interviews, and poetic expression, the fourth issue of the ARCIC explores culture through food, sports, and memory, and gives a platform to third-generation Italian-Canadians to express culture through poetry.
Issue 5: Italian-Canadian Athletes
Following from the third issue, the fifth issue of the ARCIC showcases even more Italian-Canadian athletes and their contribution to sport and community.
Archival Research of Italian-Canadian Immigration and Culture
Italian Communities in Canada: Heritage, Cultural, and Ethnographic Studies
Stories from the Community: Italian-Canadians in their Own Words
In these projects, students captured and preserved stories from Italian Canadians, in their own words.
Legends
Hear from some legendary members of the Italian-Canadian community.
Early Contact
Learn the history of early contact between Italian-Canadians and Indigenous peoples in Canada.
Immigration Waves
Learn about the various waves of Italian immigration to Canada.
Diasporic Italians: Giuliano-Dalmati
These projects highlight the history of the Giuliano-Dalmati exodus and refugees of World War II with a focus on the Giuliano-Dalmata Canadese.
Italian Internment in Canada
Italians were held in internment camps less than a century ago. Their stories are often forgotten.
Italian Enclaves
Both today and in the past, Italian-Canadian have carved out spaces for language, culture, and belonging. Explore some of these enclaves with us.
The First World War Diary of Gregorio Ceccato
The Ceccato family of Guelph lent a family diary to the ICNS. His handwritten account details his impressive knowledge of the army’s artillery, what he learned as a fighter, his personal life, and the many hardships he faced following the war’s end.
Italian Canadians as Enemy Aliens: Memories of World War II
June 10, 1940, Italian dictator Benito Mussolini declared that Italy had joined the war on the side of Germany. Within minutes of this announcement, the Canadian government gave the Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) orders to arrest Italian Canadians considered to be a security risk.
”Angelo Principe” Italian-Canadian Newspaper Collection
The “‘Angelo Principe’ Italian-Canadian Newspaper Collection,” comprises Italian-Canadian newspapers printed between the two wars.
Italian Canadians between the World Wars (1914-1945)
Artistic Expression
Anna Ciardullo Villapiana: Poesia
Read Villapiana’s poetry, translated here into English.
El Boletin
El Boletin (founded in May 1972) is the quarterly newsletter of the Club Giuliano Dalmato of Toronto. It publishes articles and news items of interest to the Julian-Dalmatian community in Canada and, in part, the USA.
Mandi: Exploring Italian-Canadian Heritage through Sound
Musician David Zucchi‘s debut solo album, Mandi, is a deeply personal exploration of family history and the Italian-Canadian immigrant experience.
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