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Title: A Centre for All - Interview with Angelo Pappas:
Contributor(s): Pappas, Angelo (Interviewee)
Type of Resource: sound recording-nonmusical
Date Created: 2017-02-05
Language: English
Description: Angelo explains how welcoming the wider community into the Hellenic Community Centre fosters connection with neighbours and promotes multiculturalism.
Extent: 00:01:56
Subject(s): Greek Canadians, Hellenic Community of Vancouver (Community Centre), Ethnic relations
Location(s): Arbutus-Ridge
Time Period: 1960s, 1970s
Collection: Hellenic Stories, Story City

Title: Charity Work - Interview with Nikki Roussanidis
Contributor(s): Roussanidis, Nikki (Interviewee)
Type of Resource: sound recording-nonmusical
Date Created: 2017-02-01
Language: English
Description: Nikki Roussanidis speaks about being in the Maids of Athena as a teenager and raising money for charity with that group as well as the Daughters of Penelope.
Extent: 00:03:14
Subject(s): Immigrants - Experience, Charities, American Hellenic Educational Progressive Association (AHEPA), Teenagers, Greek Canadians
Location(s): Arbutus-Ridge
Time Period: 1950s, 1960s, 1970s, 2010s
Collection: Hellenic Stories, Story City

Title: Children and Community - Interview with Helen Nicolidakis Soulsbury:
Contributor(s): Nicolidakis Soulsbury, Helen (Interviewee)
Type of Resource: sound recording-nonmusical
Date Created: 2017-01-26
Language: English
Description: Helen's experience of having drifted away from the Greek community in University and then coming back to the Hellenic Community Centre and the Greek Orthodox Church once her children came into the picture.
Extent: 00:02:44
Subject(s): Greek Canadians, Greek Orthodox Church, Family, Children, Children of immigrants
Location(s): Arbutus-Ridge
Time Period: 1990s, 2000s, 2010s
Collection: Hellenic Stories, Story City

Title: Community Connections - Interview with Nikki Roussanidis:
Contributor(s): Roussanidis, Nikki (Interviewee)
Type of Resource: sound recording-nonmusical
Date Created: 2017-02-01
Language: English
Description: Nikki Roussanidis speaks about the connections in the community from Greece.
Extent: 00:03:13
Subject(s): Immigrants - Experience, Greek Canadians
Location(s): Arbutus-Ridge
Time Period: 1950s, 1960s, 1970s, 1980s
Collection: Hellenic Stories, Story City

Title: The First Female President - Interview with Roula Liaskas:
Contributor(s): Liaskas, Roula (Interviewee)
Type of Resource: sound recording-nonmusical
Date Created: 2017-01-26
Language: English
Description: Roula became a member of the board and eventually president of the Macedonian Association.
Extent: 00:01:54
Subject(s): Greek Canadians, Women - Societies and clubs, Immigrants - Experience, Northern Greece and Macedonian Society (Vancouver, B.C.), Pharos (The Canadian-Hellenic Cultural Society)
Location(s): Arbutus-Ridge
Time Period: 1970s, 1980s
Collection: Hellenic Stories, Story City

Title: Fundraising - Interview with Evelyn Economos:
Contributor(s): Economos, Evelyn (Interviewee)
Type of Resource: sound recording-nonmusical
Date Created: 2017-02-05
Language: English
Description: Evelyn Economos speaks about fundraising for the Hellenic Community Centre as a youth.
Extent: 00:00:55
Subject(s): Greek Canadians, Teenagers, Volunteers
Location(s): Arbutus-Ridge
Time Period: 1970s
Collection: Hellenic Stories, Story City

Title: Generations - Interview with Constantinos Economos
Contributor(s): Economos, Constantinos (Interviewee)
Type of Resource: sound recording-nonmusical
Date Created: 2017-02-05
Language: English
Description: Constantinos Economos, Priest at St. George's Greek Orthodox Cathedral in Arbutus Ridge, describes the character of the different generations of Greek Canadians in Vancouver and speculates about the future of the church and the culture.
Extent: 00:03:11
Subject(s): Greek Canadians, St. George's Greek Orthodox Cathedral (Arbutus Street), Immigrants - Experience, Children of immigrants
Location(s): Arbutus-Ridge
Time Period: 2010s
Collection: Hellenic Stories, Story City

Title: Greek Dances - Interview with Helen Nicolidakis Soulsbury, Nikki Roussanidis and Sophia Karasouli-Milobar:
Contributor(s): Nicolidakis Soulsbury, Helen (Interviewee), Roussanidis, Nikki (Interviewee), Karasouli-Milobar, Sophia (Interviewee)
Type of Resource: sound recording-nonmusical
Date Created: 2017-02-01
Language: English
Description: Nikki Roussanidis speaks about selling tickets to the various Greek association balls and dances at Nikki's father's gas station, as well as attending many such events over the years as a child.
Extent: 00:03:16
Subject(s): Greek Canadians, Folk dancing, Greek, Family, Creative community
Location(s): Arbutus-Ridge
Time Period: 1970s, 1980s
Collection: Hellenic Stories, Story City

Title: Greek is a Living Language - Interview with Peter Capadouca:
Contributor(s): Capadouca, Peter (Interviewee)
Type of Resource: sound recording-nonmusical
Date Created: 2017-02-01
Language: English
Description: Retaining one's mother tongue is a challenging part of retaining one's culture. Here we get a mini-course in speaking Greek from Peter Capadouca.
Extent: 00:03:45
Subject(s): Greek Canadians, Greek language - Study and teaching
Location(s): Arbutus-Ridge
Time Period: 2010s
Collection: Hellenic Stories, Story City

Title: Greek Plays - Interview with Angelo Pappas:
Contributor(s): Pappas, Angelo (Interviewee)
Type of Resource: sound recording-nonmusical
Date Created: 2017-02-05
Language: English
Description: Angelo Pappas recollects his favourite plays that used to be performed in the past and his regrets that Greek plays are no longer performed regularly.
Extent: 00:01:13
Subject(s): Greek Canadians, Immigrants - Experience, Creative community, Theatre
Location(s): Arbutus-Ridge
Time Period: 1960s, 1970s, 1980s
Collection: Hellenic Stories, Story City

Title: Greek Societies and Associations in Vancouver - Interview with Effie Karapidakis:
Contributor(s): Karapidakis, Effie (Interviewee)
Type of Resource: moving image
Date Created: 2017-02-05
Language: Greek
Description: Effie Karapidakis reflects on her involvement in the various Greek societies in Vancouver, and the early Greek Days in Kitsilano. Interview conducted in Greek. Video slideshow includes English subtitles.
Extent: 00:05:35
Subject(s): Greek Canadians, Women - Societies and clubs, Ladies Philoptochos Society of St. George Greek Orthodox Cathedral, Greek Day (Festival), Immigrants - Experience
Location(s): Arbutus-Ridge
Time Period: 1960s, 1970s
Collection: Hellenic Stories, Story City

Title: Greek Women in Vancouver - Interview with Athina Antonopoulos:
Contributor(s): Antonopoulos, Athina (Interviewee)
Type of Resource: moving image
Date Created: 2017-02-05
Language: Greek
Description: Athina Antonopoulos remembers the women of Vancouver's Greek community gathering together in various places. Interview conducted in Greek. Video slideshow includes English subtitles.
Extent: 00:02:34
Subject(s): Greek Canadians, Women - Societies and clubs, Immigrants - Experience
Location(s): Arbutus-Ridge
Time Period: 1960s, 1970s
Collection: Hellenic Stories, Story City

Title: Hellenic Community Centre - Interview with Angelo Pappas:
Contributor(s): Pappas, Angelo (Interviewee)
Type of Resource: sound recording-nonmusical
Date Created: 2017-02-05
Language: English
Description: Angelo Pappas describes the history of the Hellenic Community Centre and its purpose to the broader community.
Extent: 00:01:55
Subject(s): Community centres, Community development, Multiculturalism, Canadians, Greek Canadians
Location(s): Arbutus-Ridge
Time Period: 1970s
Collection: Hellenic Stories, Story City

Title: Hellenic Community of Vancouver Ribbon Cutting:
Contributor(s): Maria Camara (Contributor)
Type of Resource: still image
Date Created: 1977
Description: Ribbon cutting for the opening of the Hellenic Community of Vancouver. In the photograph: Mrs Antonia Bonnis, Mr Bill Tsakumis, Mr Emmanuel Papoutsakis, Father Demetrios Partsafas, Mr Angelo Pappas, Mr Nicholas Kogos, Metropolitan Sotirios, Mr George Bonnis.
Subject(s): Greek Canadians, Rites and ceremonies, Cultural spaces, Hellenic Community of Vancouver (Community Centre)
Location(s): Arbutus-Ridge
Time Period: 1970s
Collection: Hellenic Stories, Story City

Title: It's All About the Language - Interview with Helen Michael:
Contributor(s): Michael, Helen (Interviewee)
Type of Resource: moving image
Date Created: 2017-02-05
Language: Greek
Description: Helen identifies the retention of the Greek languages as one of the most important ways of keeping a connection with her culture. Interview conducted in Greek. Video slideshow includes English subtitles.
Extent: 00:04:24
Subject(s): Greek Canadians, Greek language, Socrates Greek Cultural School, Schools, Immigrants - Experience
Location(s): Arbutus-Ridge
Time Period: 1960s
Collection: Hellenic Stories, Story City

Title: Keeping Cultural Ties Alive - Interview with Peter Capadouca:
Contributor(s): Capadouca, Peter (Interviewee)
Type of Resource: sound recording-nonmusical
Date Created: 2017-02-01
Language: English
Description: Although he was born the grandson of immigrants in Delta, Peter Capadouca has deep connections to his Greek heritage. Here he reflects on the ties he had through Greek cultural organizations, and his commitment to the broader concept of multiculturalism.
Extent: 00:04:45
Subject(s): Greek Canadians, Multiculturalism, Pharos (The Canadian-Hellenic Cultural Society)
Location(s): Arbutus-Ridge
Time Period: 1960s, 1970s, 1980s
Collection: Hellenic Stories, Story City

Title: Kindergarten Children Sing at Greek National Day
Contributor(s): Sophia Karasouli-Milobar (Photographer)
Type of Resource: still image
Date Created: 2001-03-25
Description: Sophia Karasouli-Milobar's son's kindergarten class in 2001 singing during the celebrations for Greek National Day (March 25) at the Hellenic Community Centre.
Subject(s): Greek Canadians, School children, Greek Independence Day, Schools
Location(s): Arbutus-Ridge
Time Period: 2000s
Collection: Hellenic Stories, Story City

Title: Life in Vancouver's Greek Community - Interview with Emmanuel Karapidakis
Contributor(s): Karapidakis, Emmanuel (Interviewee)
Type of Resource: moving image
Date Created: 2017-02-05
Language: Greek
Description: Emmanuel Karapidakis shares early memories of settling in Vancouver. Interview conducted in Greek. Video slideshow includes English subtitles.
Extent: 00:06:02
Subject(s): St. George's Greek Orthodox Cathedral (Arbutus Street), Greek Day (Festival), Immigrants - Experience, Greek Canadians
Location(s): Arbutus-Ridge
Time Period: 1960s, 1970s
Collection: Hellenic Stories, Story City

Title: A Little Romance - Interview with Georgia Tsonis
Contributor(s): Tsonis, Georgia (Interviewee)
Type of Resource: sound recording-nonmusical
Date Created: 2017-02-05
Language: English
Description: Georgia brings her non-Greek boyfriend to visit her Greek church and receives quite a surprise.
Extent: 00:01:49
Subject(s): Greek Canadians, Children of immigrants, St. George's Greek Orthodox Cathedral (Arbutus Street)
Location(s): Arbutus-Ridge
Time Period: 1980s
Collection: Hellenic Stories, Story City

Title: Parks and Bikes - Interview with Nikki Roussanidis:
Contributor(s): Roussanidis, Nikki (Interviewee)
Type of Resource: sound recording-nonmusical
Date Created: 2017-02-01
Language: English
Description: Playing in the parks near Arbutus as a kid in the 1970s, having to get a licence for one's bicycle.
Extent: 00:01:34
Subject(s): Children, Cycling, License system, Active life enthusiasts
Location(s): Arbutus-Ridge
Time Period: 1970s
Collection: Hellenic Stories, Story City

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