Originally Published: 2009-11-01

Marcel Danesi and Profs. Anthony Mollica; Corriere Canadese/Tandem Editor-in-Chief Paola Bernardini; Italian Cultural Institiute director Martin Stiglio.

Today, it is a daily newspaper that practices an independent, civilized style of journalism, is open to dialogue with all generations of Italian-Canadians, and is strongly tied to Italy and its cultural values. Since its inception in 1954, Corriere Canadese has been the ideal bridge – a reference point and voice of the Italian community in Toronto and across Canada for over 50 years.
In the past, if Corriere was a valuable instrument for helping our community integrate and a faithful reflection of the values of two generations of immigrants who had to battle prejudices and stereotypes, today, now that “Italianità” has proudly entrenched itself, our daily intends to strengthen the dialogue with the new generations and create a connection between the “old” and “new” worlds.
A round table on future projects by our daily and its weekend English edition, Tandem, was held at the Italian Cultural Institute in Toronto on the occasion of the ninth edition of the 9th annual week of Italian language in the world (Settimana della lingua italiana nel mondo).
Participating were Corriere Canadese/Tandem Editor-in-Chief Paola Bernardini, Prof. Anthony Mollica, and Prof. Marcel Danesi.
“We decided to dedicate an evening to Corriere Canadese,” said institute director Martin Stiglio, “for being one of our language’s most effective promotional tools and a favoured vehicle of communication with the Italian community.”
“Italian is in a continuous state of expansion,” said Bernardini, “because it is the language of art, of music, of cinema, of fashion, and of culture, and it is studied not only to connect with the language of Dante or the scientific research of Galilei, but also for its social expediency in daily and professional life. We wanted to attest to this desire for 'Italianità' – a commonly felt desire – in our papers and Internet sites.”
The aim of future Corriere Canadese/Tandem editorial projects is to strengthen ties with the third generation of Italian-Canadians – those who are most in danger of losing their ties to our language.

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