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International Academic Conference "GOA- Continuity and Change"

(Co-sponsored by the University of Toronto and the IGO - March 14-17, 1991)

This conference, co-sponsored by the University of Toronto, South Asian Studies, and the IGO was held in Toronto, and examined the emigration experience of the Goan community in the various lands of its adoption.

A publication (available from the University of Toronto Press) entitled: "Goa - Continuity and Change" and which included highlights of the proceedings from the Academic Conference was launched in 1995. It contains Papers presented by Professors John Correia Afonso S.J.; John Hobgood; John M. de Figueiredo; Peter Nazareth; Eusebio L. Rodrigues; Arthur Rubinoff; David Higgs; Randolf G. S. Cooper; Janet Ahner Rubinoff; Narendra Wagle and Jose Pereira; writer Lino Leitao; educator Zulema de Souza; and four Toronto Goan youth: Jennifer Noronha; Lola Vaz; Sharon de Souza and David D'Silva.

Prof. N. Wagle, University of Toronto; Prof. G. Coelho, University of Maryland; and Prof. R. Da Costa, University of Ottawa served as Co-Coordinators of the Conference.

The Conference served to enhance the sense of the Goan Community's unique cultural identity and the traditional and transformational aspects of their participation in the modern world.