Speaker Series: John Potestio

“The Welch (Veltri) Company and the Emigration of Calabresi to Canada”

John Potestio is a retired teacher of history. He holds an M.A. in history from Lakehead University and is the author and editor of several books on the Italian community in Thunder Bay including The Memoirs of Giovanni Veltri, In Search of a Better Life and The Italians of Thunder Bay. A revised and enlarged version of his M.A. thesis on the R. F. Welch Company is being translated into Italian with the prospects of publication in 2009.

Location: Italian Cultural Centre