The Fall 2011 of Accenti Magazine features three stories on the internment of Italian Canadians during the Second World War. In “Volumes Commemorate Italian Internees” Jim Zucchero explains that the Community Historical Recognition Program instituted by the Government of Canada is a welcome step in exposing past wrongs and gaining a new understanding of problematic historical events. Zucchero examines how revisiting and re-examining difficult episodes from our past allows us to become attuned to the lessons of history that can guide our social policies, laws and practices in “When Mass Hysteria Leads to Injustice.” Michael Mirolla explains exactly what happened in June 1940 in “Italian Enemy Aliens: How Canada Declared War on Its Own Citizens.”
Read the full stories at www.accenti.ca.

The AICW has put out a Call for Participation for its 2012 Biennial Conference. Titled Back to the Future: Possibilities Since Pier 21, the conference will take place March 23 to 25, 2011 at Dalhousie University in Halifax, Nova Scotia. The conference will explore what the future holds for Italian Canadian literature and culture in contemporary Canadian society, while recalling and contextualizing this progress from its origins in the Pier 21 arrival. Academics, writers and artists of all disciplines are invited to submit proposals in English, French or Italian. Graduate students are encouraged to participate. The deadline for submission is October 15, 2011.