What Does Canada Really Look Like from Coast to Coast?
What does it truly mean to experience Canada beyond maps, headlines, and stereotypes? Join writers and cultural observers Arianna Dagnino and Stefano Gulmanelli for a compelling illustrated talk that brings Canada to life through stories, images, and lived encounters gathered on the road.
Inspired by their extraordinary 75-day, 21,000-kilometre journey across the country, this event offers a vivid, human portrait of contemporary Canada—one shaped not by distance, but by dialogue. Along the way, Dagnino and Gulmanelli met with artists, farmers, newcomers, Elders, thinkers, and community leaders, listening to the voices that define Canada’s past, present, and emerging future.
📅 Thursday, January 29 | 6:30–8:30 pm
📍 SFU Morris J. Wosk Centre for Dialogue: ICBC Concourse & Salons 580 W Hastings Street, Vancouver
🖋️ RSVP: info@dantesocietybc.ca or https://shorturl.at/0A9le
Stories from the Road
Drawing from their bilingual Substack project, Canadiensis. Letters from Canada, the speakers weave together personal reflections, photography, and reportage to reveal a rich mosaic of Canadian life. Their illustrated talk explores questions of identity, belonging, creativity, and coexistence, offering fresh perspectives on a country often defined by its vastness, but best understood through its people. This event invites audiences to reflect on Canada as a living, evolving story—told through encounters that cross geography, language, and culture.
Event Partners
This event is presented by The Dante Alighieri Society of British Columbia, Simon Fraser University Graduate Liberal Studies, and the Consulate General of Italy in Vancouver.
💡 Learn more about the project: https://canadiensis.substack.com
We look forward to welcoming you for an evening of conversation, visual storytelling, and thoughtful reflection on the many faces of Canada.
