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42-782: Floria Sigismondi ( / ˌ s ɪ dʒ ɪ z ˈ m ɒ n d i / , born 1965) is an Italian-Canadian film director, screenwriter, music video director, artist, and photographer. She is best known for writing and directing The Runaways , for directing music videos for performers including Dua Lipa , Sam Smith , Jimmy Page and Robert Plant (of Led Zeppelin fame), Marilyn Manson , Christina Aguilera , Justin Timberlake , Rihanna , Leonard Cohen , Katy Perry , Björk , The White Stripes , and David Bowie , and commercials for brands such as Gucci , MAC , Target , and Nike . Sigismondi has also directed television including two episodes of The Handmaid's Tale and American Gods . Sigismondi

84-532: A 2.6 percent decrease from the 1,587,970 population of the 2016 census. From the 1,587,970, 671,510 were single ethnic origin responses, while the remaining 874,880 were multiple ethnic origin responses. The majority live in Ontario, over 900,000, (seven percent of the population), while over 300,000 live in Quebec (four percent of the population) — constituting for almost 80 percent of the national population. As of 2021, of

126-683: A Canadian embassy in Rome and an immigration office. In the late 1960s, the Italian economy experienced a period of growth and recovery , removing one of the primary incentives for emigration. In 1967, the sponsorship system was restricted, instead basing immigrant selection on labour-market considerations, also decreasing the influx of Italian immigration. 90 percent of the Italians who immigrated to Canada after World War II remained in Canada, and decades after that period,

168-423: A flesh-esque chair to appeal to the sexual tension and desire to the spectator. Sigismondi's first feature-length film was The Runaways , a period piece about the 1970s all-girl rock and roll band The Runaways . The film is largely about the relationship between Joan Jett and Cherie Currie . Sigismondi wrote the screenplay based on Currie's book Neon Angel: A Memoir of a Runaway . The film premiered in 2010 at

210-568: A great deal of discrimination. As part of the War Measures Act , 31,000 Italian Canadians were labelled as " enemy aliens " with alleged fascist connections, and between 1940 and 1943, approximately 600 to 700 of these Italian Canadian men were arrested and sent to internment camps , such as Camp Petawawa —in what was the period of Italian Canadian internment . While many Italian-Canadians had initially supported fascism and Benito Mussolini 's regime for its role in enhancing Italy's presence on

252-840: A hairdresser from Liverpool , England. Her parents own AG Hair . She graduated from Collingwood School in West Vancouver in 2005 and then attended McGill University in Montreal , Quebec . She went on to study acting at the Neighborhood Playhouse in New York City. Davis's first feature film was Smashed . In 2015, she appeared in The Martian as NASA satellite communications engineer Mindy Park. From 2014 to 2017, she played programming prodigy Cameron Howe in Halt and Catch Fire for

294-428: A house in a given area due to familiarity and because relatives and other Italian Canadians lived in the vicinity. 75 percent of Italians that immigrated after World War II were employed in low-income occupations, but by the mid-1980s, the children of immigrants had achieved a level of higher education comparable to the national average. By the 1980s, 86 percent of Italian Canadians owned a home, compared to 70 percent of

336-775: A manager of the Association for the Memory of Italo-Canadian Immigrants, were seen "as transients and judged, according to the stereotype, as warm-blooded people with violent and criminal dispositions". Italians were among the immigrants considered "undesirable", as expressed in Canada's first law concerning immigration, dating back to 1869 . This law provided for certain categories of foreigners deemed more "desirable", precisely, for reasons of cultural affinity or stereotypes related to labor industriousness, favoring workers from Great Britain or Northern European countries. Italians were usually referred to by

378-558: A new identity profile was born that originated from the fusion of two cultures to become something else and evolve in its own way. In 2010, the Government of Ontario passed Bill 103 with royal assent proclaiming the month of June as Italian Heritage Month. On May 17, 2017, the Minister of Canadian Heritage Mélanie Joly passed a unanimous motion, Motion 64, in the House of Commons to recognize

420-1009: A number of very prominent musicians. She has further described her works as, "Something quite textural and brutal" and something quite beautiful and light. It's like blending two worlds." With her photography and sculpture installations she had solo exhibitions in Hamilton and Toronto , New York City , Brescia (Italy), Gothenburg (Sweden), and London. Her photographs also were included in numerous group exhibitions, together with artists such as Cindy Sherman , Joel-Peter Witkin , and Francesco Clemente . The German art press Die Gestalten Verlag has published two monographs of her photography, Redemption (1999) and Immune (2005). Sigismondi also willingly creates her own set props for various music video productions such as, Perfume Genius 's "Die 4 U". "If I don't create them myself, I design or draw them, I can get quite tactile detailed as far as what I see." She has an affinity for strange yet alluring things and created

462-505: A photography course, she became obsessed once more, and graduated with a photography major. Sigismondi started a career as a fashion photographer. She came to directing music videos when she was approached by the production company The Revolver Film Co. , and directed music videos for a number of Canadian bands. Her very innovative, but also very disturbing video works, located in sceneries she once described as "entropic underworlds inhabited by tortured souls and omnipotent beings," attracted

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504-534: A young and growing country. A small number of Istrian Italians and Dalmatian Italians also immigrated to Canada during the Istrian-Dalmatian exodus , leaving their homelands, which were lost to Italy and annexed to Yugoslavia after the Treaty of Peace with Italy, 1947 . Between the early 1950s and the mid-1960s, approximately 20,000 to 30,000 Italians immigrated to Canada each year, surpassing those who went to

546-661: The Sundance Film Festival and was released in Canada and the United States in March 2010. In 2020, Sigismondi directed the horror film The Turning , which was inspired by the 1898 Henry James novella The Turn of the Screw , and stars Mackenzie Davis and Finn Wolfhard . Short film Feature film Television Director Cinematographer Italian Canadians Italian immigration to Canada started as early as

588-461: The unification of Italy , the young nation experienced the phenomenon of emigration on a massive scale. While until that time the migratory destinations had been mostly European, starting in the second half of the 19th century transatlantic emigration to the Americas emerged, in the direction of lands that became typical destinations for Italians. The first Canadian census enumerating the population

630-617: The 1,546,390 Italian Canadians, 204,070 are Italian born immigrants, with 319,505 claiming Italian as their mother tongue . There has been an overall decline in the use of the Italian language since 2001. Notable Italian-Canadian films have included Almost America , Caffè Italia, Montréal , Corbo , Enigmatico , From the Vine , Mambo Italiano , The Saracen Woman (La Sarrasine) and Ricardo Trogi 's semi-autobiographical tetralogy of 1981 , 1987 , 1991 and 1995 . Depictions of Italian Canadians in television have included

672-486: The 2020 romantic comedy Happiest Season co-starring Kristen Stewart . In June 2020, it was announced that Davis would be part of the ensemble cast of Zellner Brothers ' science-fiction comedy Alpha Gang , which includes Jon Hamm , Andrea Riseborough , Nicholas Hoult , Sofia Boutella and Steven Yeun . In February to April 2023 she played the role of Isolde in Phaedra in an updated version by Simon Stone at

714-653: The Government of Canada also declared the month of June as Italian Heritage Month across Canada. The first explorer to coastal North America was the Venetian John Cabot (Giovanni Caboto), making landfall in Cape Bonavista , Newfoundland and Labrador , in 1497. His voyage to Canada and other parts of the Americas was followed by his son Sebastian Cabot (Sebastiano Caboto) and Giovanni da Verrazzano . Immediately after

756-453: The Italian citizens who moved abroad (53 percent) had medium-high educational qualifications: 33,000 high school graduates and 29,000 college graduates. Highly qualified people are in demand in Canada in areas that are lacking in the territory, particularly in information and communication technologies. As of the 2021 census, 1,546,390 Canadian residents stated they had Italian ancestry, comprising 4.3 percent of Canada's population, marking

798-856: The Italian population increased from 4,900 in 1911, to 9,000 in 1921, constituting almost two percent of Toronto's population. Italians in Toronto and in Montreal soon established ethnic enclaves , especially Little Italies in Toronto and in Montreal . Smaller communities also arose in Vancouver , Hamilton , Niagara Falls , Guelph , Windsor , Thunder Bay , Sault Ste. Marie , Ottawa and Sherbrooke . Many also settled in mining communities in British Columbia ( Trail ), Alberta ( Crowsnest Pass ), Cape Breton Island ( Inverness ), and Northern Ontario ( Sault Ste. Marie and Fort William ). This migration

840-405: The United States during the same period. Between 1946 and 1967, more than 90 percent of Italian immigrants took advantage of the sponsorship system whereby they were admitted into Canada if sponsored by relatives residing in Canada that would assume the financial responsibility for them during their settlement period. In 1948, relations between Canada and Italy were formalized through the opening of

882-507: The World War II, and between the early 1950s and the mid-1960s, approximately 20,000 to 30,000 Italians immigrated to Canada each year, many of the men working in the construction industry upon settling. Pier 21 in Halifax, Nova Scotia was an influential port of Italian immigration between 1928 until it ceased operations in 1971, where 471,940 individuals came to Canada from Italy , making them

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924-451: The community still had fluency in the Italian language. There has been an overall decline in the use of the Italian language in Canada since 2001. Pier 21 in Halifax, Nova Scotia was an influential port of Italian immigration between 1928 until it ceased operations in 1971, where 471,940 individuals came to Canada from Italy, making them the third largest ethnic group to immigrate to Canada during that time period. The rapid growth of

966-524: The duration of its four-season run. In 2016, she co-starred as Yorkie in " San Junipero ", an episode of the anthology series Black Mirror , which received two Emmy Awards . She was also cast as Mariette in Blade Runner 2049 . In 2019, she appeared in Terminator: Dark Fate as an augmented super soldier who is sent from the future to protect Dani Ramos. In October 2019, she was cast in

1008-548: The film The F Word , for which she received a Canadian Screen Award nomination for Best Supporting Actress . From 2014 to 2017, she starred as computer programmer Cameron Howe in the AMC period drama series Halt and Catch Fire . Davis starred in the Black Mirror episode " San Junipero " in 2016, for which she received critical acclaim. She appeared in the films The Martian (2015), Blade Runner 2049 (2017), and portrayed

1050-485: The general population. Canada thus began a multicultural policy that resulted in a strengthening of the identity of the different ethnic groups. Among them, the Italian one experienced a strong socio-cultural transformation due to multiple factors. As the mistrust caused by the fascist period ceased, Italians were able to improve their living conditions, with an increase in the social mobility of young Italian-Canadians. The second generation, better educated, began to abandon

1092-644: The lead role in the HBO Max miniseries Station Eleven . In 2020, Davis starred as Kate in The Turning , opposite Finn Wolfhard and Brooklynn Prince . The film is a modern adaptation of the 1898 horror novella The Turn of the Screw by Henry James . She also starred as Diana Hastings in Irresistible , a film by Jon Stewart about the outsized influence of money on the American electoral system. She also starred in

1134-430: The manual jobs traditionally performed by their parents in favor of jobs for which a good level of education was necessary. Many of these young people began to speak English as their first language, moving away from the customs of their parents in a process of constructing their own specific Italian-Canadian identity, different from the category of "Italian citizens residing in Canada" or "population of Italian origin". Thus,

1176-424: The metropolitan areas that had attracted Italian immigrants, created a strong demand for construction work, and by the 1960s, more than 15,000 Italian men worked in Toronto's construction industry, representing one third of all construction workers in the city at that time. Others started small businesses such as barber shops, grocery stores and bakeries that created Italian ethnic enclaves. Italian women who entered

1218-602: The mid 19th century. A substantial influx of Italian immigration to Canada began in the early 20th century, primarily from rural southern Italy , with immigrants primarily settling in Toronto and Montreal . During the interwar period after World War I , new immigration laws in the 1920s limited Italian immigration. During World War II , approximately 600 to 700 Italian Canadian men were interned between 1940 and 1943 as potentially dangerous enemy aliens with alleged fascist connections. A second wave of immigration occurred after

1260-518: The month of June as Italian Heritage Month across Canada — a time to recognize, celebrate and raise awareness of the Italian community in Canada, one of the largest outside of Italy. In 2019, Canada received the 11th highest number of Italian emigrants, and among non-European countries was the fourth highest after Brazil, the United States and Australia. Compared to the past, the skills of migrants have changed as today there are many researchers, skilled workers and entrepreneurs. In 2018, more than half of

1302-461: The necessary stages to become law. In 2021, prime minister Justin Trudeau formally apologized for the war internment of Italian Canadians, in the House of Commons. A second wave occurred after World War II when Italians, especially from the more southern regions, Lazio , Abruzzo , Molise , Apulia , Campania , Calabria , and Sicily regions, left the war-impoverished country for opportunities in

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1344-516: The nickname navvies , short for navigator , a term coined in England to refer to laborers and which from 1830 onwards was applied in a derogatory sense to those who worked on tunnel or railway construction in uncomfortable conditions. A substantial influx of Italian immigration to Canada began in the early 20th century when over 60,000 Italians moved to Canada between 1900 and 1913. These were largely peasants from southern Italy and agrarian parts of

1386-673: The northeast ( Veneto and Friuli ). In 1905, the Royal Commission appointed to Inquire into the Immigration of Italian Labourers to Montreal and alleged Fraudulent Practices of Employment Agencies was launched into deceptive tactics used by padroni , labour brokers that recruited Italian workers for Canadian employers. These numbers were dwarfed in comparison to those of the United States, however, where about four million Italians immigrated between 1880 and 1920. Italian Canadians primarily immigrated to Toronto and Montreal . In Toronto,

1428-505: The series Ciao Bella , Fugget About It and Il Duce canadese . In literature, the novels of Nino Ricci , particularly his Governor General's Award -winning 1990 novel Lives of the Saints , are the best-known depictions of Italian-Canadian culture. Mackenzie Davis Mackenzie Rio Davis (born April 1, 1987) is a Canadian actress. She made her feature film debut in the drama film Smashed (2012). In 2013, she appeared in

1470-456: The third largest ethnic group to immigrate to Canada during that time period. In the late 1960s, the Italian economy experienced a period of growth and recovery, removing one of the primary incentives for emigration. The importance of the family unit of Italian Canadians has provided a central role in the adaptation of newer socioeconomic realities. In 2010, the Government of Ontario proclaimed the month of June as Italian Heritage Month, and in 2017,

1512-424: The title character in the comedy-drama film Tully (2018). She then starred as an augmented super-soldier in Terminator: Dark Fate (2019), and co-starred in the comedy film Happiest Season (2020). In 2021, she had a lead role in the miniseries Station Eleven , which earned her a Critics' Choice Super Award . Davis was born in Vancouver , British Columbia , to Lotte, a graphic designer, and John Davis,

1554-454: The workforce often worked in the garment and clothing industry. The importance of the family unit of Italian Canadians has provided a central role in the adaptation of newer socioeconomic realities. A mid-1960s study conducted in Montreal found that two in three Canadian-born Italians had their nearest relative living in the same building as them or within a five-minute walking distance, and that more than half of those sampled had chosen to buy

1596-477: The world stage, most Italians in Canada did not harbour any ill will against Canada and few remained committed followers of the fascist ideology. In 1990, former prime minister Brian Mulroney apologized for the war internment of Italian Canadians to a Toronto meeting of the National Congress of Italian Canadians . In May 2009, Massimo Pacetti introduced bill C-302, an "Act to recognize the injustice that

1638-541: Was born in Pescara , Abruzzo , Italy. Her parents, Lina and Domenico Sigismondi, were opera singers. Her family, including her sister Antonella, moved to Hamilton , Ontario , Canada when she was two. In her childhood she became obsessed by drawing and painting. Starting in 1987, she studied painting and illustration at the Ontario College of Art , today's Ontario College of Art & Design University (OCADU). When she took

1680-559: Was done to persons of Italian origin through their "enemy alien" designation and internment during the Second World War, and to provide for restitution and promote education on Italian Canadian history [worth $ 2.5 million]", which was passed by the House of Commons on April 28, 2010; Canada Post was also to issue a commemorative postage stamp commemorating the internment of Italian Canadian citizens, however, Bill C-302 did not pass through

1722-461: Was largely halted after World War I , new immigration laws in the 1920s, and the Great Depression limited Italian immigration. Approximately 40,000 Italians came to Canada during the interwar period , predominantly from southern Italy where an economic depression and overpopulation had left many families in poverty. During World War II , Italian Canadians were regarded with suspicion and faced

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1764-506: Was not conducted until 1871 . At this time, there were only 1,035 people of Italian origin that lived in Canada. A number of Italians were imported, often as " soldiers of fortune " and " men of letters ", to work as navvies in the construction of the Canadian Pacific Railway . In 1904, 3,144 of the 8,576 seasonal Canadian Pacific Railway workforce were Italian men. Italian workers in that period, as described by Lucy di Pietro,

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