Separated from Santo

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A poignant and eye-opening graphic novel chronicling one Italian-Canadian family's traumatic separation when their loving father and husband is interned as an "enemy alien" during the Second World War.

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Brian Barazzuol is a new media and digital learning teacher, specializing in digital media curriculum design and implementation. He is the great-grandson of Santo and Alice Pasqualini, who are the focal point of his debut graphic novel, Separated from Santo. Both sides of his family have Italian heritage, including members from Friuli and Treviso. Barazzuol lives in Port Moody, BC, with his wife and two children. Cam Drysdale is an educator and former animator. He had a twenty-five-year career in the cartoon industry, storyboarding and animating locally and overseas on various productions, including X-Men, Silver Surfer, Inspector Gadget, Spiderman Unlimited, Dennis the Menace, Babar, and Teddy Ruxpin. Currently, he teaches art to secondary school students in Port Coquitlam, BC. Alex Doftoreanu is a secondary student in Port Coquitlam, BC, who is passionate about art and voice acting. With an artistic eye and fine attention to detail, they hope to continue their artistic passions moving forward, upon their graduation. Frank Iacobucci, CC KC LSM OMRI, is a retired Justice of the Supreme Court of Canada and the first Italian-Canadian, allophone judge to serve on the court. Born in Vancouver, BC, to Italian immigrant parents, Iacobucci had a long and distinguished career in private practice academia, and civil service before being appointed to the judiciary. He retired in 2004.