Anonymous (FAMREF004)

FAMREF004

Interview Details
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Content
Media
Participants
Anonymous (FAMREF004)
Intervieweer(s)
Theo Xenophontos
Date and Location
May 10, 2022
Scarborough, ON
Languages
English
Permalink
Project
Film as Mediator: Cultivating a Cypriot Canadian Community Audiovisual Media Archive
Reference ID
FAMREF004
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Categories
Associational Life
Canadian Society
Culture and Tradition
Historical Events
Homeland Activism
Migration
Tags
Cypriot Canadian Identity
Cypriot Community of Toronto Inc.
Cyprus 1974
Junta
Religion
Decades Referenced
1930s
1950s
1960s
1970s
1980s
2000s
2010s
Locations Referenced
Cyprus; Troodos; Toronto; University of Toronto; Cypriot Community Centre (Thorncliffe); Australia; the United Kingdom; the United States of America; Ukraine
Occupation(s)
Chemist; Lecturer at the University of Toronto
Parents Occupation(s)

[00:00:18] Childhood memories of Cyprus

[00:02:40] Migrating to Canada for university

[00:04:04] Working as a chemist

[00:06:53] Leaving Cyprus during the EOKA struggle

[00:08:52] Schooling in Cyprus

[00:10:25] Adjusting to Canada

[00:11:45] The Cypriot Brotherhood

[00:12:48] Working on the Cyprus Relief Fund in 1974

[00:15:59] Involvement with the Cypriot Community Centre

[00:19:15] Assimilating into Canadian life

[00:20:26] Hearing news about the 1974 invasion

[00:21:47] The invasion uniting Greeks and Greek Cypriots

[00:24:08] Communicating with family in Cyprus

[00:26:32] Fading interest in audiovisual preservation

[00:30:24] Photographs aiding the remembering of the past

[00:30:59]  Feeling more Canadian than Cypriot

[00:32:00] Hopes for the future of the Cypriot community

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