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6 November 2020
“Voci dalla Farnesina”, the new podcast of the Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation in collaboration with ANSA

The Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation has launched the podcast channel “VOCI DALLA FARNESINA” in collaboration with the Italian news agency ANSA. Episodes will tell the story of Italian diplomacy through the voices of its protagonists and offer an inside look at the Italian foreign ministry and its activities. Listeners will hear […]

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4 November 2020
November 5: Italian Design Day

Italian Design Day is the annual theme-based review launched in 2017 by the Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation in collaboration and with the support of the Ministry of Heritage, Cultural Activities and Tourism. IDD offers an extensive program of promotional events created by the network of Embassies, Consulates, Italian Cultural Institutes, and […]

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4 November 2020
November 4: Italian Unification Day and Armed Forces Day

Today we celebrate Italian Unification Day and Armed Forces Day. Click on the video for greetings by Ambassador Claudio Taffuri and Military Attaché Major General Stefano Cont. Happy November 4th to all Italians in Canada!

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27 October 2020
2020 European Union Film Festival: November 13 to 29

The 2020 European Union Film Festival (EUFF) is moving online and going nation-wide! From November 13 to 29, all of Canada will be able to enjoy the best of European cinema. Extraordinary circumstances, such as those we are living in today, call for new and creative ways to experience life and the arts – and […]

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17 October 2020
The exhibition Quadriennale d’arte 2020 FUORI

It’s been a long wait. But now it’s time for Italian contemporary art to come OUT. The exhibition Quadriennale d’arte 2020 FUORI, curated by Sarah Cosulich and Stefano Collicelli Cagol, presents 43 artists, in monographic rooms and with new works, bringing a new image of Italian art to international attention. FUORI (OUT) is free from […]

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13 October 2020
Fields Medal Symposium 2020 with Italian mathematician Alessio Figalli

The Fields Institute for Research in Mathematical Sciences in Toronto organizes every year a symposium to celebrate the work of a mathematician who recently received the prestigious Fields Medal, and to promote his research activity. This year’s edition of the Fields Medal Symposium will honor Italian mathematician Alessio Figalli (Fields Medal 2018) and will explore […]

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13 October 2020
Living Image: an online event to celebrate the 20th Week of the Italian Language in the World

  To celebrate the 20th edition of the Week of the Italian Language in the World, the Embassies of Italy and Switzerland in Canada, with the Italian Cultural Institute in Toronto, in collaboration with Jobel Art for Earth, present the following original multidisciplinary online event: LIVING IMAGE, animated readings, dance, music, interviews. The Italian Language Week in […]

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18 September 2020
Sustainability in Architecture. An Italian Best Practice: The Experience of CasaClima

The Embassy of Italy in Ottawa, the Italiano Cultural Institute in Toronto and the Italian Trade Commission – Toronto Office are pleased to present Tuesday, October 6 at 12:30 pm EDT the webinar: Sustainability in Architecture. An Italian Best Practice: The Experience of CasaClima. In a conversation led by Umberto Berardi, Associate Professor in the […]

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27 August 2020
Place to be: Estate all’Italiana Festival with Italian Music Festivals (IMF)

PLACE TO BE is a project by IMF (Italian Music Festivals) promoted by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation in the schedule of the Estate all’Italiana Festival, as part of the measures to support Italian cultural and creative companies, and aimed at building a new international narrative of Italy in the post-COVID world. […]

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19 August 2020
FAQs ON ENTRY TO CANADA DURING THE ONGOING COVID-19 EMERGENCY

Is a pre-departure COVID-19 test required to enter Canada? Yes. Starting January 7, 2021, all passengers five years of age or older must present documentation of a negative laboratory test result. The test must be performed using a COVID-19 molecular polymerase chain reaction (or PCR) test within 72 hours prior to boarding a flight to Canada. […]

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