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From Migrant Heritage to Community Practice: The Greek Canadian Archives and the Emerging Global “Classroom”

by Sakis Gekas Toronto is one of the world’s most diverse cities. It is in this city that a small team of Greek and Greek Canadian researchers have taken on the task of making the history of Greeks in Canada as mainstream as possible. Making history mainstream does not mean sanitizing or beautifying it but […]

«Προστασίας του Πολίτη»

by Jason Rodopoulos Υπάρχει μια παλιά, αρκετά γνωστή, κινέζικη παροιμία που αναφέρει: «Μαύρη γάτα ή άσπρη γάτα, δεν έχει σημασία· αρκεί να πιάνει τα ποντίκια». Δεν σημαίνει βεβαίως αυτό ότι το ιδεολογικό χρώμα της εκάστοτε κυβέρνησης δεν παίζει κανέναν απολύτως ρόλο. Ίσα-ίσα που, σε μεγάλο βαθμό, είναι αυτό που καθορίζει τους όρους της αναδιανομής του […]

York University and the HHF Greek Canadian Archives are Seeking Interview participants who were born in the 1930s and who wish to share their childhood experiences

Last year marked the eightieth anniversary of Greece’s entry into the Second World War. While the ongoing pandemic tampered commemorations of this anniversary, its memory and legacy are very much alive today. The 1940s was one of the deadliest decades in the history of the Greek state because of the Nazi German and Fascist Italian […]

Faculty and graduate students from York University among a distinguished cohort of presenters at the Modern Greek Studies Association Symposium that took place Oct. 13 to 16 at the Keele Campus

The Modern Greek Studies Association Symposium is considered to be one of the world’s most pre-eminent international conferences on Greece and is held every two years, organized by the Modern Greek Studies Association (MGSA) at locations across North America. This year marks the 27th symposium and it was held at York University Keele campus for […]