| In the 16 years that I have known my
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| | there due to his fondness for Friuli
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| friend Mario I have heard many different
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| | culture. In 1953 my father moved our
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| tales of his world travels and he is one
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| | family to Australia where he worked with
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| of those people who have lived, worked
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| | a French contracting firm and we settled
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| and hitchhiked through different exotic
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| | in Brisbane, Queensland when I was 2.5
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| countries. Mario is a Toronto high school
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| | years old. It was there that I had my
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| teacher and teaches French and world
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| | first memories of the immigrant reality
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| issues. He spent time living and working
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| | which was a very simple house made of
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| in places like Thailand, Indonesia,
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| | wood. The roof leaked into our house and
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| Mexico and Quebec and came face-to-face
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| | we had plants growing through the floor
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| with often vastly different
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| | in the kitchen. The conditions were very
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| cultures.Mario is also an immigrant in
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| | basic, but this would set the stage for
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| two different countries, Australia where
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| | 11 years of a very challenging cultural
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| he moved as a small child in the 50s, and
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| | adjustment period, following which my
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| Canada, where he arrived as a teenager.
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| | father moved us to Canada in 1964.At that
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| Here is his story, the story of an
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| | time, Italians faced a lot of
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| immigrant, traveler and global
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| | discrimination, even harassment or
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| adventurer.1. Please tell us a bit about
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| | sometimes violence in different forms,
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| your background. Where were you born and
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| | physical and psychological. My family was
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| where did you grow up?I was born in San
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| | actually the target of a number of
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| Vita al Tagliamento in northeastern Italy
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| | different forms of attack because we were
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| in the province of Friuli. But my parents
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| | immigrants. It made for a rather paranoid
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| are of Calabrese origin from Southern
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| | existence, constantly having to looking
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| Italy. After his military service in the
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| | over your shoulder.
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| north of Italy my father decided to stay
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