11/11/2025
Join us for an online panel:
🎓 “COMING TO TERMS WITH COLUMBUS, CABOTO, AND OTHER COLONIAL MYTHS”
🗓 Thursday, November 21, 2025
🕓 4:00–5:30 PM (Toronto time)
💻 On Zoom
Hosted by the Indigenous–Italian–Canadian Connections initiative at the University of Toronto.
🔗 Register here: tinyurl.com/ColumbusCaboto
In light of President Donald Trump’s recent proclamation (Oct. 9, 2025) reinstating Columbus Day, which celebrates Columbus’s “legacy” and the “contributions of countless Italian-Americans”, this webinar will re-examine the historical and ongoing associations between colonial figures and Italian migrant communities. Together with experts in migration, colonialism, and related histories, we’ll explore questions such as:
✨ Why have Italian communities on Turtle Island (North America) often identified with colonial figures?
✨ What have Indigenous Peoples, scholars, and activists said about the glorification of explorers like Columbus/Colombo and Cabot/Caboto?
✨ How are these narratives connected to broader histories of colonialism beyond Turtle Island?
🎙 Speakers
Stephen J. Cerulli (Fordham University)
Angelica Pesarini (University of Toronto)
Juan Carlos Mezo González (Mount Royal University)
Angela Nardozi (University of Toronto)
Paolo Frascà (University of Toronto)
📩 For more info and accessibility inquiries: [email protected]
