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Elvira Truglia

Elvira Truglia is a Montreal-based journalist who writes about the intersections of culture, politics, and social issues. She has also worked in the community, media and cultural sector as well as national and international non-governmental organizations.
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One Quebec Health Worker Honours the Pandemic’s Victims With an ‘Altar for the Dead’

Elvira Truglia September 4, 2020 No Comments Covid-19frontlinefrontline healthworkershealthworkersimmigrant frontline workersimmigrant healthworkers

A Quebec-based immigrant health worker created an altar in memory of those who have passed due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

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Newcomers Among Hardest Hit During Pandemic, Research Shows

Elvira Truglia May 20, 2020 No Comments Covid-19Immigrationinternational studentsIRCCNewcomerspandemicrefugeesStatistics Canadatemporary foreign workersvisible minoritiesWorld Education Services

While Canadians from across the country have felt the economic impact of COVID-19, a new study from the Association of Canadian Studies (ACS) explains how…

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Italian Diaspora Mourns Passing of Elder Generation

Elvira Truglia April 1, 2020 No Comments CoronavirusCovid-19funeralsgriefhealthItalyMontrealseniors

Many people who have lost their lives have not been able to have a proper funeral in Italy. Others remain trapped, forced to watch the suffering unfold and find a sense of reinvention and meaning in their own lives.

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Story Book Gives Nod to Canada’s Multilingualism

Elvira Truglia August 16, 2016 No Comments antiimmigrantauthorsbooksCanadaCanada 150ChildrenImmigrationMulticulturalismMultilingualUnited KingdomUnited States

The stories in the Best of All Worlds represent seven of the most commonly spoken immigrant languages in Canada’s largest cities. Reinforcing heritage languages alongside…

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Journey Back to Vietnam Becomes Universal Story

Elvira Truglia May 20, 2016 No Comments AsianAsian CanadiansauthorsbooksCanada 150immigrantsImmigrationliteratureNewcomersnovelQuebecVietnam WarVietnameseVietnamese boat peoplewomen

Kim Thuy’s fourth novel continues the author’s style of recalling her own journey to Canada and crossing linguistic and cultural boundaries. “I don’t mind at…

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Arts & Culture

Religious Accommodation Still a Struggle in Quebec

Elvira Truglia April 4, 2016 No Comments accomodationCanadian Race Relations FoundationCatholicFaithinclusionJewishMontrealMuslimOur CanadaQuebecreligion

On one of the final stops during its two-year, cross-country “Our Canada” workshop series, the Canadian Race Relations Foundation (CRRF) held an open conversation about…

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‘Fredy’ Takes on Racism in Quebec

Elvira Truglia March 11, 2016 No Comments FrenchMontrealPlayPoliceQuebecRacial profilingracismShootingshootingstheatre

The death of 18-year-old Fredy Villanueva, shot at the hands of police in Montreal North, inspired Fredy, a documentary play by Annabel Soutar about the…

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