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- Title
- The Family Business - Interview with Nikki Roussanidis:
- Contributor(s)
- Roussanidis, Nikki (Interviewee)
- Type of Resource
- sound recording-nonmusical
- Date Created
- 2017-02-01
- Language
- English
- Description
- Leo Balatsas ran his downtown service station for decades. His daughter, Nikki Roussanidis, worked there as a teen, and remembers it as a thriving small business and a lively hangout for Greek immigrants.
- Extent
- 00:01:15
- Subject(s)
- Immigrants - Experience, Immigrants - Employment, Teenagers, Service stations, Greek Canadians, Family-owned business enterprises
- Location(s)
- Mount Pleasant
- Time Period
- 1960s, 1970s, 1980s
- Collection
- Hellenic Stories, Story City
- Title
- First Months in Vancouver - Interview with Anna Terrana:
- Contributor(s)
- Terrana, Anna (Interviewee)
- Type of Resource
- sound recording-nonmusical
- Date Created
- 2017-03-01
- Language
- English
- Description
- Anna Terrana speaks about her first few months in Vancouver, the weather, the isolation, and the boredom while trying to find a job.
- Extent
- 0:03:47
- Subject(s)
- Immigrants - Experience, Immigrants - Employment, Social isolation
- Location(s)
- South Cambie
- Time Period
- 1960s
- Collection
- Story City
- Title
- Journey to Canada - 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 her parents' journey to Canada.
- Extent
- 00:01:26
- Subject(s)
- Greek Canadians, Immigrants - Experience, Immigrants - Employment, Family
- Location(s)
- Mount Pleasant
- Time Period
- 1950s, 1960s
- Collection
- Hellenic Stories, Story City
- Title
- Journey to Vancouver - Interview with Veralena Casellato
- Contributor(s)
- Casellato, Veralena (Interviewee)
- Type of Resource
- sound recording-nonmusical
- Date Created
- 2017-03-09
- Language
- English
- Description
- Veralena speaks about her parents' journey to Vancouver and starting a life.
- Extent
- 0:00:47
- Subject(s)
- Immigrants - Experience, Italian Canadians, Immigrants - Employment, Family-owned business enterprises, Family
- Location(s)
- Grandview-Woodland
- Time Period
- 1950s, 1960s
- Collection
- Story City
- Title
- Teaching English - Interview with Anna Terrana:
- Contributor(s)
- Terrana, Anna (Interviewee)
- Type of Resource
- sound recording-nonmusical
- Date Created
- 2017-03-09
- Language
- English
- Description
- Teaching English to Italian newcomers at St Francis of Assisi.
- Extent
- 0:05:10
- Subject(s)
- Italian Canadians, St. Francis of Assisi Catholic Church (Vancouver, B.C.), Immigrants - Experience, Immigrants - Employment, Teachers, Schools, English language - Study and teaching - Foreign speakers
- Location(s)
- Grandview-Woodland
- Time Period
- 1960s, 1970s
- Collection
- Story City