Identity Transformations in Migratory Processes: The Fluid Belonging of a Canadian with Slovenian-Italian Roots

Abstract

The article reflects the identity transformations in the life story of Anne Urbancic, a long-term professor of Italian at the University of Toronto. The reconstruction of her story is based on an interview aimed to elucidate her complex immigrant heri­tage and on various publications about her cultural identity in Canada. Her accounts emerging over the last two decades demonstrate identity as a constantly evolving process, stemming a great deal from the internal perception of the outer world. In these terms, her humanistic mindset and sharpened social sensibilities turned out to be of utmost importance.