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Launch of the Greek Businesses in Toronto Mapping Project

mpalalex — Wed, 26 Feb 2025 15:22:08 +0000

By: Alexandros Balasis, PhD Candidate in History, 91��ɫ. In 1922 Hercules Papamanolis, in his Greek-Canadian Guide describing Canada to potential immigrants from Greece, wrote that “the Greeks in Canada are mostly engaged in confectioneries, restaurants, cinemas, billiard halls, small restaurants, and hat cleaning businesses.” Indeed, from the early 20th century, Greek immigrants were active […]

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"That Ethnic Thing"

vmolos — Wed, 20 Mar 2024 16:52:52 +0000

By: Vasilis (Bill) Molos First published on Vasilis Molos' personal blog on March 20, 2024. "Sunny Ways" "Sferazza—bit of a hard name to pronounce," remarked comedian Sam Sferrazza, adding, "I refuse to change it for show business." Having built the audience's anticipation, the comedian delivered his punch line: "This country got real warm and cozy with Stroumboulopoulos." A […]

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'Whose are you? Τίνος ίσι συ;'

vmolos — Tue, 07 Nov 2023 20:32:52 +0000

‘Whose are you? Τίνος ίσι συ;[i]’ By Angelo Laskaris [i] ‘τίνος ίσι συ’ or the variation ποιανού είσαι εσύ is a saying that translates to ‘whose are you’ and is commonly asked by Greek villagers to younger descendants of Greek immigrants when visiting their ancestral homeland. COMMUNITY AT A CROSSROADS The Greek community in Toronto […]

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