Gianfranco D.

My name is Gianfranco. I was born in Val D’Or, a small Canadian town in Northern Quebec. My parents of Italian origin immigrated to Canada in late 1951. At that time, my father like many other European refugees found employment away from large urban cities. At Val D’or, my father worked at one of the gold mines as an elevator shaft operator. As employment in that region was never guaranteed, my family later moved to Montreal in 1957 where we settled in.

My parents were from Pula. Pula is in Croatia or near Trieste. The Italian Pola before the Second World War was in the Province of Istria.

Special interests:  Tai Chi exercises, Light Weights, Reading the National Geographic, Research, Music, Trying out new restaurants with friends, Volunteering.

You can see my full bio on my own home page here.

Page updated 4/19/14

NOTE: Gianfranco no longer works for our site, but we're grateful for his past help.