In the Spring/Summer of 1959, António Galvão and António Araújo were working as landscapers in Oshawa. After working much of the summer, and not being satisfied with their wages, they took off to work in Port Hope’s tobacco fields. They had heard word that greater fortunes awaited them there. A couple of weeks later, they were joined by […]
I had a chance to sit down with a friendly neighbour a few weeks back to chat about his experience of emigrating from Portugal to Canada, his hardships, successes, and what life is like for him living in Toronto today. Andrea da Costa: Where were you born? Frank Rodrigues: I was born in Funchal on Madeira […]
Elvino Silveira Medina de Sousa was born in Graciosa Island in the Azores archipelago, on Decemeber 28, 1956. He immigrated to Canada with his parents in 1970 at 13 years old. An honour student since the beginning, Elvino completed a Bachelor and a Masters Degree at the University of Toronto, and obtained his Ph.D. from […]
Visto que o ultimo artigo que escrevi foi sobre a relevância da revista Orpheu, achei por correcto que os próximos 3 artigos sejam acerca das mentes que impulsionaram este movimento. Entre eles, encontra-se José Sobral de Almada Negreiros, mais conhecido por simplesmente Almada Negreiros. Eu já me tinha referido a ele no último artigo em […]
Maria Celeste Freitas was born on Madeira Island in 1926. Her husband, Jordão Isidro de Freitas came to Canada as part of the first group of immigrants from Madeira, arriving on June 3, 1953. Maria stayed behind in Madeira with their 3 children. Later that year, Maria and her children arrived in Toronto on November 28, […]
My grandfather, José Rendeiro, is and always will be one of the most influential men in my life. It is thanks to him that my family and I live in Canada, and it is thanks to him that we were all given a chance at a better life. From a young age, my grandfather began […]
José Saramago is one of the most well known Portuguese authors to date. José was born on November 16, 1922 in Azinhaga, Portugal. Saramago was not born into great wealth and had to work as a labourer for several years before landing a job at a publishing firm. At this time, he came to the realization […]
No último poste falámos de Florbela Espanca e o papel que teve na literatura e sociedade portuguesa. Esta semana dando continuidade ao mesmo tópico, sobre a relevância da Mulher, na sociedade portuguesa, seria inevitável não falar de Beatriz da Conceição, mais conhecida por Beatriz Costa. O cinema português foi sempre um lado da sociedade que […]
Penso que é importante usar algum deste espaço para dar a conhecer um pouco das grandes mulheres da sociedade Portuguesa. É verdade, que a sociedade é uma sociedade dominada por homens, que muitas vezes fazem que as suas sombras ofusquem o papel importante que é desempenhado pela mulher na nossa sociedade. Por isso decidi, que […]
Visit of professor Manuela Marujo with students from her class from University of Toronto on March 27th-2014. Thank you Dr. Marujo for the visit and your donation of books to the Gallery library.