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Title: Church History and Traditions - Interview with Paul Michael
Contributor(s): Michael, Paul (Interviewee)
Type of Resource: sound recording-nonmusical
Date Created: 2017-01-26
Language: English
Description: St. George's has been at the centre of Greek Canadian life in Vancouver. Paul Michael describes the early days of the first church at Vine and 7th, and current attempts to protect its place in history.
Extent: 00:03:16
Subject(s): Greek Canadians, Orthodox Eastern Church, St. George's Greek Orthodox Cathedral (Arbutus Street)
Location(s): Kitsilano
Time Period: 1970s
Collection: Hellenic Stories, Story City

Title: Coming to Canada - Interview with Fanni Ziakos:
Contributor(s): Ziakos, Fanni (Interviewee)
Type of Resource: sound recording-nonmusical
Date Created: 2017-02-05
Language: English
Description: Fanni Ziakos' parents both came from Greece in the 1960s, where they settled in and worked hard to better their lives and the lives of their children.
Extent: 00:04:13
Subject(s): Immigrants - Experience, Greek Canadians, Children of immigrants, Socrates Greek Cultural School, Education, Literacy, Schools
Location(s): Kitsilano
Time Period: 1960s, 1980s
Collection: Hellenic Stories, Story City

Title: Finding Home - Interview with Gabriella Exarchoulis
Contributor(s): Exarchoulis, Gabriella (Interviewee)
Type of Resource: sound recording-nonmusical
Date Created: 2017-02-01
Language: English
Description: As a newcomer to Canada, Gabriella Exarchoulis was comforted to find herself among other Greek Canadians in the West End, and later in Kitsilano and Arbutus Ridge.
Extent: 00:02:27
Subject(s): Greek Canadians, Immigrants - Experience, Parthenon Market
Location(s): Kitsilano
Time Period: 1960s, 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 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 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: 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: 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: Settling in Vancouver - Interview with Eleni Fergadi
Contributor(s): Fergadi, Eleni (Interviewee)
Type of Resource: moving image
Date Created: 2017-02-05
Language: Greek
Description: Eleni Fergadi talks about her journey from Greece to Vancouver, and the community she found here. Interview conducted in Greek. Video slideshow includes English subtitles.
Extent: 00:03:37
Subject(s): St. George's Greek Orthodox Cathedral (Arbutus Street), Greek language - Study and teaching, Immigrants - Experience, Greek Canadians
Location(s): Arbutus-Ridge
Time Period: 1960s
Collection: Hellenic Stories, Story City