Biography
Gina Valle is the editor of the book Our Grandmothers Ourselves which examines aging, family and feminism from twenty cultural perspectives. She is the curator of the photo exhibit Legacies, which opened Festival Canada in Hong Kong and the new Harbourside Gallery at Pier 21 in Halifax, Canada's Immigration Museum. While Gina lived in Montreal, her PhD work in Multicultural Studies took her into French and English inner-city classrooms where she had the opportunity to work alongside exemplary teachers. Dr. Valle has completed a documentary The Last Rite, which looks at death as seen through the eyes of Buddhists, Hindus and Muslims. Gina's company Diversity Matters focuses on initiatives that bring diverse ideas and people together. She is a member of the Association of Italian-Canadian Writers (AICW), and a board member of The Italian Canadian Museum (ICM) and The Canadian Ethnic Media Association (CEMA).