Canada, In Person. Meeting the People Who Make a Country

In this illustrated talk, Dr. Arianna Dagnino and Dr. Stefano Gulmanelli retrace their 75-day, 21,000-km journey across Canada — a coast-to-coast field-study captured in their bilingual (EN/IT) Substack newsletter Canadiensis. Letters from Canada. Through encounters with artists, farmers, newcomers, elders, thinkers, and community leaders, they offer a mosaic of contemporary Canada and the people who shape its present and future – https://canadiensis.substack.com

An event organized by the Dante Alighieri Society of BC in Vancouver in collaboration with SFU’s Graduate Liberal Studies & the Consulate General of Italy in Vancouver.

Thursday, 29 January 2026, 6.30 pm-8.30 pm (PST)

ICBC Concourse and Salons (05-30),

SFU Morris J. Wosk Centre for Dialogue,

580 W Hastings Street, Vancouver

Reception to follow

Arianna Dagnino was born in Genoa, Italy and studied Russian in Russia, wrote her Master’s thesis in the United States, authored a novel inspired by her years in South Africa, and completed a PhD in Comparative Literature in Australia. She is a writer, professional journalist, and researcher at the University of British Columbia in Vancouver – www.ariannadagnino.com

Stefano Gulmanelli holds a degree in Economics and a PhD in Sociology. He has lived many lives — as a corporate manager, startup entrepreneur, journalist, photographer, and academic — in many countries, including the Middle East, Albania, South Africa, Australia, and Canada. Today, all these experiences inform the stories he tells through words and images – www.stefanogulmanelli.com

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The Dante Alighieri Society of Vancouver – www.dantesocietybca.ca