Canada, In Person – Meeting the People Who Make a Country
- aridag
- Nov 28
- 1 min read
Updated: Dec 4
The Dante Alighieri Society of BC in Vancouver, SFU’s Graduate Liberal Studies & the Consulate General of Italy in Vancouver invite you to a talk by Dr. Arianna Dagnino & Dr. Stefano Gulmanelli
"Canada, In Person.
Meeting the People
Who Make a Country"
In this illustrated talk, Arianna Dagnino and Stefano Gulmanelli present insights from their 75-day, 21,000-kilometre 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
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 as an internatinal reporter 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
RSVP by email: info@dantesocietybc.ca or online at this link:
The Dante Alighieri Society of Vancouver – www.dantesocietybca.ca
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