Dissertations / Theses: 'Canadian (Italian)'

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Canton, Licia. "The question of identity in Italian-Canadian fiction." Thesis, National Library of Canada = Bibliothèque nationale du Canada, 1997. http://www.collectionscanada.ca/obj/s4/f2/dsk2/ftp02/NQ43473.pdf.

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Nannavecchia, Tiziana. "Translating Italian-Canadian Migrant Writing to Italian: a Discourse Around the Return to the Motherland/Tongue." Thesis, Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa, 2016. http://hdl.handle.net/10393/35220.

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A two-way bond between translation and migration has appeared in the most recent texts in the social sciences and humanities: this connection between the two is exemplified by the mobility metaphor, which considers both practices as journeys across cultural, linguistic and geographical borders. Among the different ways this mobility metaphor can be studied, two particular areas of investigation are of interest for this research: firstly, migrant writing, a literary genre shaped from the increasing migratory movements worldwide; the second area of interest is literary translation, the activity that shapes the way these narratives are disseminated beyond the linguistic borders they were produced in. My investigation into the role of literary translation in the construction and circulation of a migrant discourse starts with the claim that writing and translation in itinerant contexts are driven by, and participate in, the idea of the journey: an interlingual and intercultural flow regulated by social/economic/artistic constraints, a movement in which the migrant experience is ‘translated’ in writing and then ‘migrated’ across languages and spaces. The present analysis focuses on the representative case study of migrant narratives by Canadian writers of Italian descent: their shared reflections on the themes of nostalgia and the mythical search for roots, together with a set of specific linguistic devices – hybridity, juxtaposition of languages, idiolects and registers – create a distinctive literary migrant discourse, that of the return to the land of origin. Guided primarily by the theoretical framework of Cultural Studies, the first part of this work seeks to illustrate how thematic and linguistic elements contribute to the construction of a homecoming discourse in original migrant narratives, and how this relates to the translation practice. Subsequently, the analysis moves to the examination of how these motives are reproduced in the translated texts, and what is/are the key rationale/s behind the translation of this type of works. Ultimately, my research takes a sociologically informed interest in the influence of translation and its agents in endorsing and/or manipulating this rationale in the receiving culture. In fact, this research aims to represent equally the human and cultural-linguistic aspects that affect these translational journeys, concentrating, firstly, on the actors (authors and literary translators) and the social and artistic environments that surround the production of both the source and target texts and, subsequently, on the texts themselves.

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Tedeschi, Antonio. "La letteratura dell'emigrazione italo-canadese di Montréal /." Thesis, McGill University, 2000. http://digitool.Library.McGill.CA:80/R/?func=dbin-jump-full&object_id=33317.

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The aim of this research paper is to analyse the literary works and the writers of Italian origin who have actively contributed to the creation of Italian-Canadian immigration literature, and above all, that referent to the Montreal milieu. For this and other reasons, it distinguishes itself from other Italian-Canadian productions and precisely due to this reality, the objective of this research is to: (1) examine its role, its characteristics, the difficulties its writers experience, its literary artistic value and the recognition it receives in our literary environment; (2) compare the creative approach adopted by some writers to the perfect example, Primo Levi; (3) expose its contents and reoccurring themes; (4) examine the question of the literary language of expression of these works; (5) demonstrate the social usefulness of this literary production.

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Baldo, Michela. "Translation as Re-Narration in Italian-Canadian Writing: Codeswitching, Focalisation, Voice and Plot in Nino Ricci's Trilogy and its Italian Translation." Thesis, University of Manchester, 2008. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.493444.

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This study draws on poststructuralist narratology in order to examine a trilogy of novels by the Italian-Canadian author Nino Ricci, in the context of diaspora and multilingualism in general, and Italian-Canadian writing more specifically. The novels by Nino Ricci, Lives of the Saints (1990), In a Glass House (1993) and Where She Has Gone (1997), which were translated from English into Italian by Gabriella Iacobucci in 2004, narrate the personal experience of an Italian family before and after they emigrate to Canada and are characterised by the use of codeswitching (the passage from English to Standard Italian dialect and vice versa).

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Piezzo, Elena. "The crucible of culture, ethnicity and the second generation Italian-Canadian woman in Toronto." Thesis, National Library of Canada = Bibliothèque nationale du Canada, 1997. http://www.collectionscanada.ca/obj/s4/f2/dsk2/ftp04/mq28718.pdf.

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Iuliano, Susanna. "Sebben che siamo donne (although we are women) : a comparative study of Italian immigrant women in post-war Canada and Australia." Thesis, McGill University, 2001. http://digitool.Library.McGill.CA:80/R/?func=dbin-jump-full&object_id=38537.

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Understanding the lives of Italian women who migrated to Canada and Australia in the post-war period is the goal of this thesis. Although governments assigned women secondary roles as dependants and 'followers' in the migration process, I argue that Italian women were central, not marginal, to the migration and settlement experiences of Italian immigrants. By placing Italian women front and centre of this study, I contribute to a small but growing body of work that challenges the male-centred perspective of most literature on Italian-Canadian and Italian-Australian migration and ethnicity.
This thesis is structured within a feminist framework and uses interdisciplinary methods to gather and interpret quantitative and qualitative information about the lives of Italian immigrant women in post-war Canada and Australia. Using government and church archives, personal interviews, ethnic newspapers, legal documents, marriage registers and participant observer fieldwork, I explore three major themes.
Firstly, I examine Italian immigrant women's understanding of power relations within their homes and workplaces. Rather than cast women as either passive victims or all-conquering heroines, I present the complexity of the sources of power and weakness in immigrant women's lives. I argue that Italian immigrant women had to cope with exploitation and disadvantage because of their class, gender and ethnic status. However, they responded to these challenges with resistance and resilience, and were able to affect change and wield power within certain constraints.
Secondly, I compare the experiences of migration and settlement for Italian immigrant women in Canada and Australia and show how women's experiences were united by common gender concerns. I found overwhelming similarities between the family lives and work experiences of Italian-Canadian and Italian-Australian immigrant women, and in the government policies and programs that attempted to direct their migration and settlement in the post-war period.
Finally, I examine how Italian immigrant women helped to construct what it means to be 'Italian' in post-war Canada and Australia. I show how gender roles assigned to, and chosen by, Italian-Canadian and Italian-Australian women, served as boundary markers for ethnic difference. Perceived differences in attitudes towards waged work, mothering, family responsibilities and sexuality were used by Italian immigrant women to distinguish themselves as members of an ethnic collective.

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Aramaki, Michiko. "Family, paesani and networks : politics and economy of Montreal Italians." Thesis, McGill University, 1994. http://digitool.Library.McGill.CA:80/R/?func=dbin-jump-full&object_id=28413.

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Focusing on Montreal Italian social networks, this thesis examines the ideological nature of ethnicity, and its functioning in political processes in urban Quebec. The ideological dynamics of ethnicity are revealed in the process of the creation and re-creation of belief in "Italian family", as a distinctive 'Italian' culture. This first separates Italians into different families and regional groups of paesani, but then brilliantly unites Italians into one group according to necessity. In political processes, various Italian associations and presidents are connected to formal politics through the mediation of Italian political brokers. The extensive construction of suburban residences created Italian economic elites and affected other sectors of the economy. Significantly, Italians attempt to keep business within Italian networks. This 'nationalistic' aspect of networks aims to maximize interests within the group. Such dynamic Italian politico-economic networks extend to the further level of formal politics in which federalist Liberals and separatist Parti Quebecois are principal rivals.

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Van, Bolderen Patricia. "Literary Self-Translation and Self-Translators in Canada (1971-2016): A Large-Scale Study." Thesis, Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa, 2021. http://hdl.handle.net/10393/42749.

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This thesis constitutes a first large-scale study of literary self-translators and self-translations in Canada, with self-translation understood as interlinguistic and intertextual transfer where the same legal person is responsible for writing the antecedent and subsequent texts. Three main questions guide this investigation: To what extent is Canada fertile ground for self-translation? What does it mean to self-translate in Canada? Why does self-translation in Canada matter? After situating Canada-based research within broader self-translation scholarship, I engage in a critical analysis of the definition and implications of self-translation and contextualize the theoretical, sociopolitical and methodological rationale for studying Canada and adopting a macroscopic approach to examining self-translations and their writers in this country. The thesis predominantly revolves around self-translation artefacts produced by three groups of writers who self-translated in Canada at least once between 1971 and 2016: 1) those self-translating exclusively between English and French; and those self-translating into and/or out of 2) Spanish; or 3) standard Italian. Exploring the theme of collaboration, I propose a new typology of collaborative self-translation, attempting to account for both process- and product-related considerations. In examining the theme of frequency, I identify self-translators and discuss their relative distribution vis-à-vis language, generation, country of birth and location within Canada; I also map out a conceptual framework for defining and counting self-translation products, proposing new ways of understanding and classifying writers in light of their self-translational productivity. In considering the theme of language, I analyze how writers and their self-translations can be characterized in relation to language variety, language combinations and language directionality. In this thesis, I argue that Canada is a significant hub of heterogeneous self-translational activity, and that large-scale, quantitative and product-oriented study constitutes a useful research approach that can generate rich findings and complement other forms of investigation. The thesis also contains an extensive appendix in which I identify Canadian self-translators and their self-translations.

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Antenos-Conforti, Enza. "The teaching of elementary Italian as a second language in Canadian universities, methodologies, curricula, and future considerations." Thesis, National Library of Canada = Bibliothèque nationale du Canada, 2001. http://www.collectionscanada.ca/obj/s4/f2/dsk3/ftp04/NQ59002.pdf.

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DiGiammarino, Anna Maria. "Me and school the elementary and secondary school experiences of first-generation Canadian males of Italian heritage." Thesis, National Library of Canada = Bibliothèque nationale du Canada, 2000. http://www.collectionscanada.ca/obj/s4/f2/dsk1/tape3/PQDD_0026/MQ59166.pdf.

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Classen, Sigrid Ulrike. "The black madonna figure as a source of female empowerment in the works of four Italian-Canadian authors." Thesis, National Library of Canada = Bibliothèque nationale du Canada, 1997. http://www.collectionscanada.ca/obj/s4/f2/dsk3/ftp04/mq21732.pdf.

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Giuffredi, Ottavia. "Translating the Untranslated: Heterolingualism in F. G. Paci’s Black Madonna." Thesis, Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa, 2018. http://hdl.handle.net/10393/38443.

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The approach to translating multilingual texts has long been a subject of debate among scholars and translators, sparking discussions on which translational choices and strategies should be employed. An additional challenge occurs when a minority language in a multilingual (or rather, heterolingual) text becomes the target language. In these circumstances, the translator faces the dilemma of choosing how to preserve the Otherness that the non-dominant language conveys in the first text without overly manipulating it or stripping it of its nature. My analysis focuses on the challenges of translating Black Madonna (1982), a novel by prolific Italian-Canadian writer Frank Paci. Like many Italian-Canadian authors, the vast majority of Paci’s novels feature untranslated Italian terms and dialogues throughout the text. The first chapter of this thesis provides an introduction to the author and the basic concepts around which I structure my discourse, such as immigrant writing and the so-called ‘linguistic stones’ (untranslated terms). The section that follows features an overview of the most prominent Italian-Canadian plurilingual writers, as well as a brief analysis of a few selected works with a special focus on Scarpe Italiane (2007), the only novel by Paci to ever be translated into Italian. The research moves on to theories of translation, discussing various strategies and solutions proposed by scholars involved in the debate. The following chapter consists of a commentary in which I support a balance of foreignization and domestication by converting Italian terms into the appropriate regional dialect, since dialect is a prominent element in Paci’s novels. Finally, in the last section, I provide my translation of the novel into Italian.

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Vitale, Grace R. "Maternal responsibility at 9- and 15-months and subsequent language outcomes in a sample of Italian-Canadian mother-child dyads." Thesis, National Library of Canada = Bibliothèque nationale du Canada, 1999. http://www.collectionscanada.ca/obj/s4/f2/dsk1/tape10/PQDD_0005/NQ39315.pdf.

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Gallucci-Maggisano, Carmen. "A narrative inquiry into understanding the drama of encounter at the borders of identity, six second-generation Italian Canadian women teachers speak." Thesis, National Library of Canada = Bibliothèque nationale du Canada, 1999. http://www.collectionscanada.ca/obj/s4/f2/dsk1/tape7/PQDD_0017/NQ45671.pdf.

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Diadamo, Fiona. "Nino Ricci's Lives of the saints : le ambiguità dell'immigrato." Thesis, McGill University, 2003. http://digitool.Library.McGill.CA:80/R/?func=dbin-jump-full&object_id=79932.

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A large part of Canadian literature being produced today is being done by immigrants and the children of immigrants. Struggling between the dominant culture and the history and traditions of their parents, whom they desire to honor, these writers adopt modes of representation ranging from the elegiac to the ironic.
Nino Ricci's first book Lives of the Saints begins from the perspective of Vittorio as an adult, but the narrative that the reader follows is developed from his perspective as a child focusing on his ethnic roots. The narrative structure is two-fold: it is a combination of the objectivity of a child's innocent observations with a child's sense of wonder and magic and a strong influence from the adult narrator's voice.
This thesis will examine the narrative approach, the rhetorical devices and the use of myth that Ricci harnesses in his novel in order to show how his work is marked with ambiguity and paradox which points to the psychological condition of immigrants in Canada. The discussion will also focus on some of the literary models that influenced Ricci's narrative, such as Alice Munro, Carlo Levi and Corrado Alvaro.

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Cavasin, Zachary David. "Hai visto i Canadesi?: A study of the Social Interactions between Canadian Soldiers and Italian Civilians before, during, and after the Battle of Ortona." Thesis, University of Ottawa (Canada), 2010. http://hdl.handle.net/10393/28803.

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This thesis is the first study to examine Canadian and Italian interactions in Ortona from December 1943 until April 1944. The Canadian presence in Ortona is not remembered by the people of the town simply in the context of military operations. As the Canadians occupied Ortona and the surrounding areas for four months, interactions occurred within the context of combat operations, periods of relaxation, and throughout the process of rebuilding infrastructure and developing an economy. Canadian military historians have largely neglected to provide accounts of the various engagements between Canadian soldiers and Italian civilians before, during, and after the Battle of Ortona, unless they affected operations, intelligence, and civil control. The result of these civil-military relationships provided numerous benefits to Canadian and Italian alike. Italians provided Canadian soldiers with intelligence, shelter, food, and psychological support. In turn, the Canadians provided the Italians with medical assistance, food, financial support, and technical support in the rebuilding of Ortona. The interactions promoted Canadians as separate from the other Allied forces in the region and created unique friendships that defined the liberator and the liberated through their mutual dependencies. As historians have focused entirely on the unfolding of military operations in the region of Ortona, this thesis argues that the value of the interactions and the reconstruction process help explain why most Ortonesi developed a positive collective memory of Canadian soldiers.

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Carlson, Cumbo Enrico T. "As the twig is bent, the tree's inclined, growing up Italian in Toronto, 1905-1940." Thesis, National Library of Canada = Bibliothèque nationale du Canada, 1996. http://www.collectionscanada.ca/obj/s4/f2/dsk3/ftp04/NQ28136.pdf.

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Claasen, Sigrid Ulrike. "The black madonna figure as a source of female empowerment in the works of four Italian-Canadian authors (Nina Ricci, Frank G. Paci, Vittorio Rossi, Marco Micone)." Mémoire, Université de Sherbrooke, 1997. http://savoirs.usherbrooke.ca/handle/11143/2001.

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This thesis deals with the image of the black madonna, a pre-Christian female deity, in the works of four Italian-Canadian authors: the works include Nina Ricci's novel Lives of the Saints, Frank G. Paci's novel Black Madonna, Vittorio Rossi's play The Last Adam, and Marco Micone's play Addolorata. The black madonna, the central figure of this thesis, is not an exclusively Italian phenomenon. Most people probably associate her with the image of the Southern European, predominantly old, often Italian peasant woman, who is dressed in black clothes from head to toe. The black madonna statues, however, are possibly connected with the veneration of a female divinity, the Great Mother, Great Goddess, primordial goddess, and even earth mother. In his early myth and folklore collection, Sir George Frazer concluded that the "great Mother Goddess (of Western Asia), the personification of all the reproductive energies of nature, was worshipped under different names but with a substantial similarity of myth and ritual" (Frazer 299). (Résumé abrégé par UMI.)

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Seefeldt, Connor. "'Factum ex scientia': I Canadian Corps Intelligence during the Liri Valley Campaign, May – June 1944." Thèse, Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa, 2012. http://hdl.handle.net/10393/23327.

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Studies on Canadian Army military intelligence remain sparse in Canadian military historiography. This study is unique in that it focuses on the development, doctrine, and influence of intelligence within the I Canadian Corps throughout the Liri Valley battles during the Italian Campaign. It will be argued that I Canadian Corps intelligence achieved notable overall success in helping to break the Hitler Line by providing comprehensive and relatively up-to-date information on enemy dispositions and strengths which helped commanders and staff planners properly prepare for the operation. This success was attributable to three main factors: excellent intelligence personnel selection and training; the successful mentorship of I Canadian Corps intelligence by Eighth Army's intelligence cadre; and the overall effectiveness of 1st Canadian Infantry Division's intelligence organization which had been in the Mediterranean theatre since July 1943. Notwithstanding these successes, a number of faults within the Canadian Corps intelligence system must also be explained, including the poor performance of 5th Canadian Armoured Division's intelligence organization during the pursuit up the Liri–Sacco Valleys, and the mediocre execution of Corps counter-battery and counter-mortar operations. This study will demonstrate how an effective intelligence organization must augment existing army doctrine and how it can mitigate, though not completely eliminate, battlefield uncertainty. Further, it will also demonstrate that a comprehensive lessons-learned process must be undertaken to continually refine existing intelligence doctrine and procedures, with frequent training programs inculcating personnel in this doctrine. Taken as a whole, this study is unique as it is one of only several studies devoted solely to developing a greater understanding of a little-understood, and often forgotten, staff function within the Canadian Army during the Second World War.

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Iuliano, Susanna. "Constructing Italian ethnicity : a comparative study of two Italian language newspapers in Australia and Canada, 1947-1957." Thesis, McGill University, 1994. http://digitool.Library.McGill.CA:80/R/?func=dbin-jump-full&object_id=22595.

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This thesis is broadly concerned with how an ethnic group defines itself through the medium of the press. It contends that newspapers do more than simply 'reflect' the experience of ethnic groups, they in fact help to 'construct' ethnic identity.
The specific focus of this study is the Italian language press and its attempts to shape the ideals of italianita of Italian migrants in Canada and Australia in the immediate post-war period. This work is based on two newspapers, Montreal's Il Cittadino Canadese and La Fiamma published in Sydney, New South Wales. All available editions from the decade 1947 to 1957 are examined in order to determine which symbols and causes were used to promote Italian ethnic cohesiveness.
In the course of this thesis, it is argued that La Fiamma used religion as the basis of its ideal of italianita, while the Italo-Canadian paper Il Cittadino Canadese made the issue of Italian political representation in Canadian government structures the basis of its quest to unite Italian migrants into an ethnic 'community'. Some possible reasons for the difference in focus between the two newspapers are presented in the conclusion. Also, suggestions are made for future comparative research between Italian ethnic communities in Canada and Australia which may help to better explain the differences laid bare in this paper.

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De, Martinis Lucio. "Italian identity in Montreal : issues of intergenerational ethnic retention." Thesis, McGill University, 2005. http://digitool.Library.McGill.CA:80/R/?func=dbin-jump-full&object_id=83175.

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Over time, the Italian community has become an integral part of Canada's ethnic mosaic. However, to what 'ethnic' cost has this integration occurred? This thesis looks at issues of ethnic retention among successive generations of Italian families living in Montreal. Focus is placed on three fundamental questions: (a) How did the Italian community change through generations? (b) Are the young generations displaying signs of symbolic ethnicity? and (c) How can the ethnic identity of Italians in Montreal be defined in 2005? Drawing on Herbert Gans' symbolic ethnicity approach, the initial hypothesis suggests that socio-economic upgrade spurs an ethnic consciousness founded on cultural symbols rather than on cultural values. Through ethnographic-based interviews, data was collected on 60 individuals grouped into 20 Italian families. Based on in-depth intergenerational comparisons between grandparents, parents and youth, results seem to confirm that young Italians reflect a pattern of symbolic ethnicity.

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Qian, Zhonglian. "The influence of culture on pro-environmental activities, comparing English, French and Italian Canadians." Thesis, National Library of Canada = Bibliothèque nationale du Canada, 2001. http://www.collectionscanada.ca/obj/s4/f2/dsk3/ftp04/MQ64053.pdf.

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Cancian, Sonia. "Una raccolta di lettere italiane inviate agli emigrati in Canada, 1954-1955." Thesis, National Library of Canada = Bibliothèque nationale du Canada, 1999. http://www.collectionscanada.ca/obj/s4/f2/dsk1/tape9/PQDD_0028/MQ50501.pdf.

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Stellin, Monica. "Bridging the ocean, thematic aspects of Italian literature of migration to Canada." Thesis, National Library of Canada = Bibliothèque nationale du Canada, 1998. http://www.collectionscanada.ca/obj/s4/f2/dsk1/tape11/PQDD_0010/NQ41510.pdf.

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Raco, Antoinette. "Level of involvement, roles and family values of Italian grandmothers subsequent to the divorce of an adult child." Thesis, McGill University, 1994. http://digitool.Library.McGill.CA:80/R/?func=dbin-jump-full&object_id=68130.

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This study investigated the effects of family structure on Italian grandmothers' perceptions of their level of involvement, role conceptualizations and their positions on common familial issues. The sample consisted of Italian grandmothers from two groups of families: intact families (N = 30) in which grandmothers' adult children were in first marriages; and divorced families (N = 23) in which grandmothers' adult children were permanently separated or divorced. Level of involvement was operationalized in terms of contact, specifically frequency of visitation and telephone calls, between a grandparent and a grandchild. Variables that have been found to influence contact (a grandparent's custodial and kinship relationships, geographic distance, age of both grandparent and grandchild, and grandparent-parent accord) were also assessed. A grandparent's role within the family was operationalized in terms of their level of agreement to statements made by grandparents about their roles as involved family members, special protectors of grandchildren, available family members, conveyers of cultural traditions, and family "watchdogs". A grandparent's view with respect to contemporary family issues was assessed through their responses to statements about contemporary family life. The results indicate that contact was significantly greater between grandmothers and grandchildren in the intact as opposed to the divorced group. Grandmothers' roles within the family as well as their attitudes towards various family issues were not found to differ across family type. The findings were discussed in light of cultural and ethnic perspectives on divorce.

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Bortolato, Claudia. "Language maintenance-attrition among generations of the Venetian-Italian community in Anglophone Canada." Thesis, University of Exeter, 2012. http://hdl.handle.net/10871/13976.

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This study reports on language contact phenomena among the Italian-Venetian communities of Anglophone Canada. The analysis perspective is twofold: on one hand it studies language maintenance/attrition comparing two cohorts of migrants, those already well researched who migrated during the period of mass migration (1945-1967) and those who did so in the following four decades (1970-2009). On the other, it investigates language maintenance/attrition taking an intergenerational perspective on three generations of speakers. The corpus used in the analysis is composed of 56 interviews, collected during three months of fieldwork in Canada in 2009. These data were supplemented by 99 questionnaires, which set the background of the analysis, discussing in particular the linguistic habits and attitudes of the community investigated. Given the huge amount of data considered and the mainly quantitative approach taken in this research, two statistical software programs, Taltac and SPSS, were employed to help with the analysis. Another tool, meta-linguistic observation, is also used to broaden the general framework of the study and whenever possible support it with more evidence. The literature on language maintenance/attrition among Italian migrant communities is sizeable; however, there remains room for further investigations. This work, in particular, addresses two major aspects still rarely explored: first, quantifying the decline in heritage language skills on a generational scale, and secondly, comparing the linguistic skills of post-Second World War migrants, on which research has mostly concentrated so far, with those of new waves of migrants. Although this thesis is concerned with a particular geographical and historical framework and the findings are therefore representative of this specific context, the work aims to point to some observations from which generalisation may be possible. By setting side by side these two very distinct cohorts and discussing the new linguistic tendencies in language proficiency among the most recent groups of migrants, research is opened to the new scenarios evolving among Italian communities abroad.

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D'Andrea, Giuliano E. "When nationalisms collide : Montreal's Italian community and the St. Leonard crisis, 1967-1969." Thesis, McGill University, 1989. http://digitool.Library.McGill.CA:80/R/?func=dbin-jump-full&object_id=59256.

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During the language debates of the 1960s, Montreal's Italian community found itself in the middle of a conflict between Anglophones and Francophones. Forced to chose, the Italian community aligned itself with Anglophones.
The portrait which has been cast by numerous authors evokes the image of an Italian immigrant used as a pawn in a fight which generally was not his and which he could not understand.
An examination of the Italian press gives us a different image. St. Leonard represented more than a fight over the language issue. It was as much a dispute over the status of ethnic minorities in Quebec as it was over the language question. This study examines the immigrant's "Italianita" and how it helped shape his response to the ethnic tensions in St. Leonard.

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Fainella, John G. "Ethnicity and housing adaption : the Italians in Montreal." Thesis, McGill University, 1986. http://digitool.Library.McGill.CA:80/R/?func=dbin-jump-full&object_id=65545.

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Silvestri, Elena. "L'alternance des langues dans une conversation familiale bilingue italo-canadienne." Paris 5, 1996. http://www.theses.fr/1996PA05H044.

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Une conversation familiale bilingue italo-canadienne comportant l'alternance des langues - de l'anglais vers un dialecte italien pour les enfants et du dialecte italien vers l'anglais pour les parents - est soumise à diverses analyses par un membre de la famille. L'isolement du code-switching ne suffisant pas, il est réintègre dans le cadre de la conversation. Les analyses qualitatives et quantitatives contribuent à l'élaboration des profils discursifs des participants qui se ressemblent ou se distinguent par leur choix de stratégies conversationnelles. Bien qu'ils emploient tous le code-switching, par exemple, chacun privilégie certaines formes ou fonctions sociales, culturelles et conversationnelles. De même que la langue est à tous, le langage est le résultat de son emploi qui est à la fois social et individuel. L'hétérogénéité discursive inhérente à la parole est ici mise en relief par l'alternance des langues. Nous ne cherchons pas à relever les "erreurs de performance", mais plutôt à décrire la réalité de la conversation. L'alternance est désormais reconnue comme un phénomène important dans l'interaction bilingue. Nous aimerions suggérer qu'il s'agit d'une stratégie discursive qui anime et dynamise la conversation. L'alternance des langues tisse des liens interpersonnels en même temps que les langues se tissent
An Italo-Canadian family's bilingual conversation presenting code-switching - from English to an Italian dialect for the children and from the Italian dialect to English for the parents - is subjected to various analyses by a member of the same family. Isolation of the code-switching not leading to satisfactory analysis, it was subsequently reintegrated into the conversation. The qualitative and quantitative analyses contribute to establishing discourse profiles of the participants who resemble each other or differentiate themselves by their choices of conversational strategies. Although they all code-switch, for example, each seems to prefer certain forms or functions. Speech is inherently heterogeneous, but this is magnified by the presence of code-switching. Code-switching is now generally recognized as an important conversational strategy among bilingual speakers. We would like to suggest that it is not only acceptable but it is a dynamic conversational strategy which stimulates the participants, simultaneously creating strong linguistic and interpersonal ties

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Humbert, Xavier. "Détection et pronostic de l'effet blouse blanche en médecine générale Office white-coat effect tail and long-term cardiovascular risks in the Gubbio residential cohort study Impact of Sex on Office White Coat Effect Tail: Investigating Two Italian Residential Cohorts Office white-coat effect tail: a useful tool in family practice? White-coat hypertension: management and adherence to guidelines by European and Canadian GPs : a cross-sectional clinical vignette study." Thesis, Normandie, 2020. http://www.theses.fr/2020NORMC403.

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L’effet blouse blanche (EBB) est un phénomène connu depuis de nombreuses années. Son diagnostic est rendu difficile par les mesures multiples de pression artérielle à réaliser (en consultation et en ambulatoire). De plus, son influence cardio-vasculaire est mal connue. Dans ce contexte, nous avons développé un concept d’effet blouse blanche résiduel (EBBR), permettant de diminuer le nombre de mesures de pression artérielle à réaliser (en consultation seulement). Il est bien corrélé à l’EBB et moins à l’hypertension blouse blanche. Son impact cardio-vasculaire est important notamment chez la femme, faisant de l’EBBR, un facteur de risque cardio-vasculaire à part entière. Les recommandations doivent mieux appréhender l’EBB afin d’améliorer sa prise en charge en soins courants
The white coat effect (WCE) has been known for many years. Its diagnosis is made difficult by the multiple blood pressure measurements to be carried out (in clinic and outpatient). In addition, its cardiovascular influence is poorly understood. In this context, we have developed a concept of office white coat effect tail (OWCET), making it possible to reduce the number of blood pressure measurements to be carried out (in clinic only). It is well correlated with the WCE and less with white coat hypertension. Its cardiovascular impact is significant, especially in women, making EBBR a full-blown cardiovascular risk factor. The recommendations should better understand the WCE to improve its management in clinical practice

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Laprade, Amélie. "Identité nationale et xénophobie, comparaison internationale : Autriche, Italie, Grande-Bretagne et Canada." Thesis, University of Ottawa (Canada), 2002. http://hdl.handle.net/10393/6299.

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Cette thèse fait la comparaison des sentiments xénophobes de quatre pays, soit l'Autriche, l'Italie, le Canada et la Grande-Bretagne. Les pays sélectionnés font partie d'un échantillonnage de 24 pays ayant participé à l'enquête de l'International Social Survey Programme (ISSP) réalisée en 1995. Les sentiments xénophobes ont été analysés selon le type d'identité nationale, soit l'identité nationale ethnique et l'identité nationale civique, et selon d'autres variables qui nous ont semblé pertinentes comme facteur relié au taux de xénophobie: le niveau de scolarité des répondants, leur groupe d'âge, leur sexe, leur classe sociale subjective et leur affiliation politique. Notre recherche est basée sur les travaux de A. Smith (1991) pour ses définitions d'identité nationale civique et ethnique et de sur les travaux de Hjerm (1998) qui a également étudié cette problématique avec les données de ISSP 1995. En comparant le niveau de xénophobie entre les pays, l'Italie avait le niveau le plus élevé, suivi de l'Autriche, de la Grande-Bretagne et du Canada. (Abstract shortened by UMI.)

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Jeanningros, Audrey. "Nature et origine des fluides au sein de deux "metamorphic core complexes" (MCC) : les Apennins du Nord (Italie) et le Shuswap MCC (Canada)." Nancy 1, 2003. http://www.theses.fr/2003NAN10185.

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L'étude des circulations fluides associées à des "Metamorphic Core Complexes" a été réalisée sur les Alpes Apennins (Italie du Nord) et sur le Shuswap MCC (Canada). La structure caractéristique des MCC est définie par une unité tectonique supérieure, séparée des unités inférieures métamorphiques, par une zone de détachement. Les travaux ont mis en évidence des interactions entre plusieurs réservoirs fluides : (i) des fluides aquo-carboniques à CO2 dominant (±CH4, N2), rarement H2S, typiques d'une interaction fluide-roche en domaine métamorphique, et avec une origine profonde. (ii) des fluides aqueux d'origine météorique ou parfois plus profonde, avec une salinité variable en raison d'interactions diverses avec les encaissants. L'étude des inclusions fluides et la reconstitution des conditions de pression et température de piégeage des inclusions ont permis de retracer le chemin P-T-x suivi pour les différentes unités lithotectoniques des MCC lors des stades tardifs de leur évolution
Fluid circulation in metamorphic core complex (MCC) were studied in the Apennines Alps (North Italy) and the Shuswap MCC (Canada). The MCC geological structure is characterized by an upper unit juxtaposed with a lower metamorphic unit along a low-angle detachment. The aim of the fluid inclusion study was to determine the nature and pathways of fluids during the late evolution of MCC. Results show the presence of several fluid reservoirs and mixing processes when reservoirs are connected: (i) aqueous-carbonic fluids, with dominant CO2 ± (CH4, N2), and rarely H2S, from a deep origin, typical of fluid-rock interactions in metamorphic formations. (ii) several aqueous fluids, of meteoric or deeper origin, and with variable salinity owing to various degree of interaction with the host rocks. Reconstitution of pressure-temperature conditions during fluid inclusions trapping enables to determine the P-T-x pathway of the different lithotectonic units in late stages of MCC evolution

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Psihopeda, Maria. "Ethnic enclaves in urban Canada : a comparative study of the labour market experiences of the Italiana and Jewish communities in Toronto." Thesis, McGill University, 1990. http://digitool.Library.McGill.CA:80/R/?func=dbin-jump-full&object_id=60108.

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This thesis is a comparative, data-based analysis of the labour market experiences of the Italian and Jewish populations of Toronto at the end of the 1970s, beginning of the 1980s. It also provides historical and empirical information on the emergence and development of ethnic enclaves, and assesses whether such distinct enclave economies constitute channels for upward mobility for the Italian and Jewish individuals who participate in them.
The historical findings provide evidence for the distinctiveness of an enclave labour market within these two ethnic communities. The empirical evidence reveals however, that participation in the enclave economies is quite low for Toronto's Jewish and Italian communities. The evidence does not indicate that participation in the enclave is associated with either economic benefits or losses. However, informal networks and ethnic ties have strong positive effects on enclavic participation.

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Mansour, Abdelkader. "Représentation du corps et interculturalité : étude comparative de textes et de mises en scène : Canada, Tunisie, France, Italie (Shakespeare, Molière, Ionesco, Beckett)." Nice, 1999. http://www.theses.fr/1999NICE2031.

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Dans ce travail nous avons essayé d'interroger le rôle du corps entre le texte et la représentation et de voir dans quelles mesures il véhicule des éléments culturels. Les pièces et les représentations choisies sont de pays différents : La Mégère apprivoisée de Shakespeare produite au Canada, L'Ecole des femmes de Molière produite en Italie, Les Chaises de Ionesco produites en Tunisie et en Attendant Godot de Beckett produit en France. Nous avons structuré notre recherche en cinq parties basées sur trois axes. Le premier cherche à saisir la particularité des approches selon lesquelles fonctionne d'une part le texte, d'autre part la mise en scène. Il a pour but de comprendre la nature des outils avec lesquels auteur et metteur en scène travaillent. Cette étude permet, dans un second temps, de comparer l'image du corps produite d'après le texte à celle qui est produite par la représentation. Le troisième axe de notre étude essaye d'identifier la particularité du travail corporel et s'interroge sur les éléments culturels dont il est porteur. Ce travail prend pour appuie l'analyse des techniques de l'acteur les matériaux du travail du corps : l'énergie, l'émotion, la forme, le rythme, l'espace, l'interculturalité et les influences qu'elle exerce sur sa création théâtrale contemporaine.

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Sacchetti-Dufresne, Clara. "Problematics of identity being and becoming Italian-Canadian /." 2007. http://gateway.proquest.com/openurl?url_ver=Z39.88-2004&res_dat=xri:pqdiss&rft_val_fmt=info:ofi/fmt:kev:mtx:dissertation&rft_dat=xri:pqdiss:NR32067.

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Thesis (Ph. D.)--York University, 2007. Graduate Programme in Social Anthropology.
Typescript. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 261-297). Also available on the Internet. MODE OF ACCESS via web browser by entering the following URL: http://gateway.proquest.com/openurl?url_ver=Z39.88-2004 & res_dat=xri:pqdiss & rft_val_fmt=info:ofi/fmt:kev:mtx:dissertation & rft_dat=xri:pqdiss:NR32067.

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Posca, Emma. "Such hardworking women : a generational analysis of Italian women in Toronto /." 2006. http://gateway.proquest.com/openurl?url_ver=Z39.88-2004&res_dat=xri:pqdiss&rft_val_fmt=info:ofi/fmt:kev:mtx:dissertation&rft_dat=xri:pqdiss:MR29604.

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Thesis (M.A.)--York University, 2006. Graduate Programme in Geography.
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Aulino, Biagio. "Italian Canadian adolescent speech : analysis and pedagogical implications /." 2005. http://link.library.utoronto.ca/eir/EIRdetail.cfm?Resources__ID=370756&T=F.

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"Italian Canadian women crossing the border to graduate education." Thesis, National Library of Canada = Bibliothèque nationale du Canada, 2000. http://www.collectionscanada.ca/obj/s4/f2/dsk3/ftp04/nq53863.pdf.

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Talarico, Frances. "Women in a Southern Italian-Canadian subculture : sexuality and socialization /." 2003.

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Biagioni, Samuel E. "Homemade Italianità : Italian foodways in postwar Vancouver." Thesis, 2016. http://hdl.handle.net/1828/7470.

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Following the Second World War, there was an increase of Italian immigration to Vancouver. Many Italians found their way to Vancouver through informal social networks established by earlier migrants. Once there, Italians turned to those networks to find work, housing, and familiarity. Italians also continued to produce and consume foods in Vancouver in similar ways to Italy. By looking at Vancouver Italian foodways, this thesis seeks to understand how food contributed to Italian Canadian identity. Postwar Italian immigrants brought established cuisines with them to Vancouver. They then actively sought to maintain those food customs. Nevertheless, in order to continue living in Vancouver Italians adapted their livelihoods, familial gender divisions, and the ways they acquired foods. They cooperated with immigrants from other regions of Italy and accepted foods with Italianità (Italianess) when they could not acquire foods from their hometowns. The result was a complicated identity that included social interactions between Italians, as well as a combination of Italian and Canadian foods.
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Ricci, Amanda. "From acculturation to integration : the political participation of Montréal's Italian-Canadian Community in an urban context (1945-1990)." Thèse, 2009. http://hdl.handle.net/1866/7689.

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Giampapa, Frances. "Italian Canadian youth and the negotiation of identities : the discourse on italianità, language and the spaces of identity." 2004. http://link.library.utoronto.ca/eir/EIRdetail.cfm?Resources__ID=80120&T=F.

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TOMCHUK, TRAVIS. "Transnational Radicals: Italian Anarchist Networks in Southern Ontario and the Northeastern United States, 1915-1940." Thesis, 2010. http://hdl.handle.net/1974/6201.

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Previous studies of the left have tended to focus on groups or movements within the confines of national boundaries. Yet the adherents of these organizations were often migrants who traveled to and lived in multiple states. The Italian anarchist movement emerged during the latter half of the nineteenth century during the process of that country’s unification. As the need for cheap labour in the industrializing nations of north-western Europe and North and South America grew, a mass exodus of migrants left Italy. Among those migrants were anarchists who established networks that spanned continents and the Atlantic Ocean. Wherever Italian anarchists settled they began to publish journals, engage in anarchist activism, and re-create the radical culture that had its roots in Italy. This dissertation examines a portion of the transnational anarchist movement that existed in Canada and the United States between 1915 and 1940. The themes explored in this work include the formation of these transnational anarchist networks, the divisions within the Italian anarchist movement and their repercussions, how transnational activism was conducted, and the culture these transnational radicals created.
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Vitale, Grace R. "Maternal responsivity at 9- and 15-months and subsequent language outcomes in a sample of Italian-Canadian mother-child dyads." 1998. http://wwwlib.umi.com/cr/yorku/fullcit?pNQ39315.

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Thesis (Ph. D.)--York University, 1998. Graduate Programme in Psychology.
Typescript. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 102-107). Also available on the Internet. MODE OF ACCESS via web browser by entering the following URL: http://wwwlib.umi.com/cr/yorku/fullcit?pNQ39315.

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Marchese, Pina. "Awakening the Calabrian Story: The Diverse Manifestations of Acquiring Knowledge." Thesis, 2010. http://hdl.handle.net/1807/26445.

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It all began in the village. We would wake up with the sun, we would rest our laboured bodies underneath the moon. Gli vecchi (old folks) often told us: “In the end, all that will remain is our story. Nothing else really matters.” This thesis “Awakening the Calabrian Story: The Diverse Manifestations of Acquiring Knowledge” will take you into the lives of ten Southern Italian women from Calabria. They will lure you back to their villages: their place of birth, their hearth, to the midst of the olive trees. Their stories will then migrate to Canada, as these women take their first steps on Pier 21. “In the end, all that matters is our stories.” This thesis will give voice to ten Southern Italian women who will tell the world what, to them, matters most. They will tell their tales and pass on the wisdom they have learned along the way. With each breath and each step, they are always growing, never remaining the same. They go along and live out their villages wherever the thread takes them. This thesis itinerary will begin in the village, follow a journey across the Atlantic Ocean to a life in Canada. Chapter One: (Introduction) will outline and describe the background, purpose and objectives, on this journey of awakening. Chapter Two: (Literature Review) will look at pedagogical perspectives in curriculum theory. Chapter Three: (Methodology) will focus on the research methodology applied throughout this thesis process. Chapter Four: (Stories as Data) will lure readers into the personal lives and experiences of participants. Chapter Five: (Interpretation of Stories) will reveal the analysis of acquired knowledge as reported by participants. This thesis itinerary will continue and conclude by the fireside with a collection of Calabrian folktales told by these participants, and translated from the Calabrian dialect into English.
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Balzer, Timothy John. "The information front: the Canadian Army, public relations, and war news during the Second World War." Thesis, 2009. http://hdl.handle.net/1828/1346.

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War news and public relations (PR) was a critical consideration for the Canadian Army during the Second World War. The Canadian Army developed its PR apparatus from nothing to an efficient publicity machine by war’s end, despite a series of growing pains. Canadian Military Headquarters in London appointed the first PR Officer, William Abel, in January 1940. PR services overseas grew along with the size of the army. The early days were marked by lack of coordination and often jurisdictional and personality conflicts between Abel and the other PR Officers and organizations. The 19 August 1942 Dieppe raid was the low point for both the accuracy of war news and Canadian PR involvement because Lord Mountbatten’s Combined Operations Headquarters minimized Canadian PR’s involvement in planning. This resulted in early portrayals of the raid as successful and the British censored a more honest explanation by the Canadian Army. The Sicilian and Italian campaigns provided a learning experience for the PR units. In Sicily, the news coverage of the Canadians was a public success, but PR had trouble with their allies in gaining national recognition and representation. Additionally, the question of correspondents’ priorities and delays getting to the front and transportation difficulties angered the press. Many of these problems continued in Italy until the appointment of Richard Malone, who enjoyed support from the politicians, press, and military. Applying the Mediterranean experience and participating in Allied publicity planning contributed to the excellence of Canadian PR during the Northwest Europe Campaign. PR maintained the confidence of the press while still controlling the correspondents. The army also largely overcame the temptation to censor bad news although this sometimes embarrassed Ottawa. Allied regulations sanitized war news preventing the reporting of the more disturbing aspects of war. Through censorship, the army exercised a great deal of control over the news media, yet this hegemony was incomplete because of need to keep the press friendly. Although a large sceptical minority remained, most Canadians considered their war news to be accurate. In sum, Canadian Army PR was generally successful, portraying the army positively and attracting media coverage.

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Strazzeri, Charlie. "Italians in Toronto an analysis of criminal charges from 1899 to 1916 /." 2003. http://wwwlib.umi.com/cr/yorku/fullcit?pMQ82958.

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Thesis (M.A.)--York University, 2003. Graduate Programme in Geography.
Typescript. Includes bibliographical references (leaves [79-87]). Also available on the Internet. MODE OF ACCESS via web browser by entering the following URL: http://wwwlib.umi.com/cr/yorku/fullcit?pMQ82958.

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Aceto, Annamaria. "Italian television in Toronto : nostalgia, community or commodity? /." 2006. http://gateway.proquest.com/openurl?url_ver=Z39.88-2004&res_dat=xri:pqdiss&rft_val_fmt=info:ofi/fmt:kev:mtx:dissertation&rft_dat=xri:pqdiss:MR29541.

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Thesis (M.A.)--York University, 2006. Graduate Programme in Communication and Culture.
Typescript. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 113-117). Also available on the Internet. MODE OF ACCESS via web browser by entering the following URL: http://gateway.proquest.com/openurl?url_ver=Z39.88-2004&res_dat=xri:pqdiss&rft_val_fmt=info:ofi/fmt:kev:mtx:dissertation&rft_dat=xri:pqdiss:MR29541

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Hélie-Martel, Anaïs. "Trajectoires et subjectivités italo-québécoises : le processus identitaire de la deuxième génération tel que conçu par Marco Micone, Mary Melfi et Paul Tana." Thèse, 2016. http://hdl.handle.net/1866/19098.

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Ce mémoire se penche sur le processus identitaire de la deuxième génération d’Italo-Québécois lors de la deuxième vague migratoire. Plus précisément, nous porterons notre regard sur les œuvres de créations de Marco Micone, Mary Melfi et Paul Tana afin de dévoiler certains aspects de l’identité qui sont dissimulés à travers la fiction. C’est à travers leur vision qu’il sera possible de dégager plusieurs trames narratives qui relatent différentes trajectoires migratoires et d’établissement au Québec, tout en exposant le défi de se (re)définir relativement à la multiplication des référents dans une société moderne et bilingue. Si c’est la deuxième génération qui fait office de protagoniste dans ce mémoire, cela s’explique par le statut qu’elle occupe dans la société québécoise et les changements auxquels elle se confronte. Au lieu de définir une identité globale, nous nous intéressons davantage aux éléments qui façonnent, qui affectent, mais surtout qui font pression sur la (re)définition identitaire de cette génération. À la lecture des sources constituant ce mémoire, trois grandes thématiques sont apparues comme des éléments modélisateurs de l’identité pour la deuxième génération d’Italo-Québécois. Il s’agit de la relation au(x) langue(s), les rapports de genre et la dynamique intergénérationnelle. Celles-ci sont abordées par chacun des créateurs, bien que de manières différentes. Ceci renforce l’idée qu’il est impossible de parler d’une identité italo-québécoise commune et qu’il est préférable de parler d’identités italo-québécoises. En définitive, il s’agit de montrer en quoi la littérature et les œuvres de création nous amènent à repenser l’établissement des Italiens au Québec.
This thesis focuses on the process of identity formation of second generation Italo-Quebeckers during the second wave of migration. More precisely, it looks at the creative works of Marco Micone, Mary Melfi and Paul Tana in order to reveal certain aspects of identity that are contained in works of fiction. It is through their vision that it is possible to identify several narrative frames that underscore different migratory and settlement trajectories in Quebec. These visions also expose the challenge of the (re)definition of self in a modern and bilingual society. Instead of defining a “global” identity, this thesis is more interested in the elements that shape, affect, and above all, put pressure on the (re)identification of this generation. Drawing upon the sources employed in this thesis, three main themes emerge as modelling elements of identity for the second generation of Italo-Québécois: the relationship to language(s), gender relations, and intergenerational dynamics. All these themes are explored by each of the creators, although in different ways. This reinforces the idea that it is impossible to talk about a common Italian-Québécois identity and that it is preferable to talk about Italian-Quebecois subjectivities. Ultimately, it is a matter of disclosing how literary and creative works encourage us to rethink the establishment of Italians in Quebec, as well as their vision of Quebec society.

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Qian, Zhonglian Cindy. "The influence of culture on pro-environmental activities : comparing English, French and Italian Canadians." Thesis, 2001. http://spectrum.library.concordia.ca/1445/1/MQ64053.pdf.

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This study was primarily concerned with examining the behaviors of English, French and Italian Canadians towards the environment. Given the bi-cultural environment of Montreal, Italian Canadians in our sample were divided into three groups: strong Italians, Italians acculturated toward the English culture, and Italians acculturated toward the French culture. In order to achieve the goal of our study, the three ethnic groups (studied in two separate groups, English/English Italians/strong Italians and French/French Italians/strong Italians) were compared on several variables, namely, attitudes, behaviors, environmental knowledge, values, individualism/collectivism and demographics. The results indicated that although the English Canadians held more positive environmental attitudes and had higher level of environmental knowledge than Italian Canadians, they did not exhibit any environmental friendly behaviors except they purchased less environmentally unfriendly products. Similar patterns were found for French Canadians and the opposite result was found for Italian Canadians. When we look at acculturation, English Italians and French Italians were found acculturated toward the two dominant cultures on most of the variables studied. Strong Italians in our sample were found to be the most collectivists. It was also found that French Canadians in our sample were more individualists than English Canadians. In line with this finding, much higher percentage of French Canadians placed less importance on terminal and instrumental values, which are more likely to be held by a collectivist person. Limitations and implications were provided.

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