Oriana Palusci is full professor of English at the University of Naples ‘L’Orientale’ (Italy). She has published extensively on a number of literary, linguistic and environmental topics related to English, American and Canadian Studies. She is the President of the Italian Association for Canadian Studies.

• The importance of studying Canada and its environment from an interdisciplinary approach – How green can define symbolically Canada – The way in which ‘green’ can be articulated in order to give a complex picture of contemporary Canada – How the preservation and destruction of the environment represents the past and the future of the country.

Oriana Palusci is full professor of English at the University of Naples ‘L’Orientale’ (Italy). She has published extensively on a number of literary, linguistic and environmental topics related to English, American and Canadian Studies. She is the President of the Italian Association for Canadian Studies.

• The importance of studying Canada and its environment from an interdisciplinary approach – How green can define symbolically Canada – The way in which ‘green’ can be articulated in order to give a complex picture of contemporary Canada – How the preservation and destruction of the environment represents the past and the future of the country.

Oriana Palusci is full professor of English at the University of Naples ‘L’Orientale’ (Italy). She has published extensively on a number of literary, linguistic and environmental topics related to English, American and Canadian Studies. She is the President of the Italian Association for Canadian Studies.

• The importance of studying Canada and its environment from an interdisciplinary approach – How green can define symbolically Canada – The way in which ‘green’ can be articulated in order to give a complex picture of contemporary Canada – How the preservation and destruction of the environment represents the past and the future of the country.