Italian Cultural Centre and Mauro Vescera

interested group: An interested group got together and approached the City of Vancouver for help purchasing 4.5 acres to build a new 'home away from home.' After building their new home away from home, the volunteers built two seniors residences adjacent to the Italian Cultural Centre, according to Vancouver Courier. One contains BC Housing sponsored independent living units, the other is an assisted living building for seniors. Those immigrants were already connected through regional associations representing cities or areas back in Italy, explains Mauro Vescera, the Italian Cultural Centre Executive Director. Both are associated with the Centre, but operate as separate entities. We have an Italian Heritage Museum, Mauro says, with about four exhibitions a year; there our language school that caters to over 450 children and adult learners, a Montessori school, our jazz and opera music series, film festival, farmers' market, community garden, educational programs—the list goes on and on. Today, the Italian Cultural Centre focus is on sharing the Italian heritage, culture, and language with the broader Canadian community. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.