Writers Arianna Dagnino and Stefano Gulmanelli will present Canada, In Person: Meeting the People Who Make a Country in an illustrated talk in Vancouver on Thursday, 29 January 2026 at SFU Morris J. Wosk Centre for Dialogue (6:30–8:30 pm PST). Hosted by SFU’s Graduate Liberal Studies, the Dante Alighieri Society of BC, and the Consulate General of Italy in Vancouver, the event draws on the authors’ 75-day, 21,000-kilometre coast-to-coast field-trip across Canada, documented in their bilingual (EN/IT) Substack newsletter Canadiensis. Letters from Canada, and in a forthcoming literary & photographic book. Through encounters with artists, farmers, newcomers, elders, thinkers, writers, and community leaders, they offer a multifaceted portrait of contemporary Canada. 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

international 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, start-up entrepreneur, journalist, photographer and

academic – in many countries, including Saudi Arabia, Albania, South Africa, Australia,

and Canada. Today, all these experiences inform the stories he tells through words and

images – www.stefanogulmanelli.com