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Canadian Embassy in Rome

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The Canadian Embassy offers a number of services to Canadians and Italians alike! In addition, the embassy covers the countries of Albania, Malta & San Marino.

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calendar of Canadian cultural events in Italy ( in Italian )
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What's New

Canada committed to global HIV/AIDS fight
On the occasion of World AIDS Day, the Canadian Government has announced that Canada will provide $120 million to support global HIV/AIDS efforts focussing on four key areas: prevention, strengthening health systems, promoting women's empowerment, and promoting children's rights.

For more detailed information on this announcement and on Canada's international commitments to HIV/AIDS, consult this page.

Christmas… by the numbers
Statistics Canada has just released some interesting statistics about the Christmas season in Canada. The figures include items as Shopping in December, Gift ideas, Santa's workshop and Christmas trees.

Click here and read them all!

Culture online: Made in Canada
Culture.ca, Canada's cultural gateway is for everyone who wants to explore, find, and share the best of Canada's cultural and creative life. The website was launched in November 2003. Since then, it has welcomed millions of online visitors and its unique collection has grown to more than 16,000 Canadian cultural websites. Culture.ca has just been redesigned and refreshed. Have a look at the new and improved Culture.ca.!

The Honourable Loyola Hearn, Minister of Fisheries and Oceans, welcomes proposed UN resolution (November 23, 2006)

Canada Releases its Economic Plan to Eliminate the Net Debt and Further Reduce Taxes
Minister of Finance Jim Flaherty has released "Advantage Canada: Building a Strong Economy for Canadians", a long-term, national economic plan designed to make Canada a true world economic leader. The plan, unveiled along with the "Economic and Fiscal Update", features a new national objective to eliminate Canada's total government net debt in less than a generation and further reduces taxes for all Canadians...
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Littérature et cinéma au Canada - Cultures en comparaison 1995-2005
This conference will be held in Bologna (Aula Prodi, Piazza San Giovanni in Monte 2), December 11-12, 2006. The event is organized by Centro Interuniversitario di Studi Quebecchesi and Centro di Studi sulla Cultura, le Lettere e le Arti Canadesi of University of Bologna. Conference will be devoted to cinematographic production of the last ten years. Free entrance.
Read the program!.

World Fisheries Day: Ensuring Sustainable Fisheries for Today and the Future
Fisheries make major contributions to fishing nations' economies, employing millions of people worldwide and feeding millions more.

Canada's Clean Air Act
The Government of Canada has tabled Canada's Clean Air Act, which aims to protect human health and the environment by taking an integrated approach to reducing air pollution and greenhouse gas emissions.
Visit Environment Canada's Internet resource for weather and environmental information.

Italian Art & Design
Toronto's Royal Ontario Museum (ROM) proudly presents "Italian Arts & Design: The 20^th Century". On display at the ROM from Saturday, October 28, 2006 until Sunday, January 7, 2007, the exhibition showcases nearly 300 highly representative works of 20th-century Italian art and design.
Italian Arts & Design was produced by the Montreal Museum of Fine Arts in co-operation with the Royal Ontario Museum and the Museo d'Arte Moderna e Contemporanea di Trento e Rovereto, Rovereto, Italy.

FACULTY RESEARCH AND ENRICHMENT PROGRAMS (FEP - FRP)
This program is administered for Foreign Affairs Canada by the International Council for Canadian Studies.
Deadline for the submission of application dossiers to the Canadian Embassy in Rome: January 22, 2007. See this page for more information.

CULTURAL CALENDAR
Would you like to find out about Canadian cultural events in Italy? Our on-line calendar is certainly a useful and updated guide to all the events in which Canada is the leading character. Click here.