Bonnie Lourakis
INTERVIWE DATE:
February 22, 2022
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Interviewer:
Theo Xenophontos
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language:
English

Speaker Background:

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INTERVIEW LOCATION:
Zoom
OCUPATION:
She worked as a seamstress.

Interview Summary:

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Interview Quotes

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Bonnie Lourakis

FAMREF003

Participants
Bonnie Lourakis
Intervieweer(s)
Theo Xenophontos
Date and Location
February 22, 2022
Zoom
Languages
English
Permalink
Project
Film as Mediator: Cultivating a Cypriot Canadian Community Audiovisual Media Archive
Reference ID
FAMREF003
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Categories
Tags
Decades Referenced
Locations Referenced
Cyprus; Kato Mylos (Limassol District); Kyperounda (Limassol District); Nicosia; Toronto; Cypriot Community Centre (Throncliffe); Humber College; Clara Thomas Archives & Special Collections; York University; Guelph; Niagara Falls; Crete; Athens; Greece
Occupation(s)
She worked as a seamstress.
Parents Occupation(s)
Names Referenced
Theodoros Xenophontos; Helen Power (née Xenophontos); Sakis Gekas; Chris Grafos; Tony Lourakis

[00:00:11] Her family and life in Cyprus before emigrating

[00:04:33] Migrating to Canada because of the 1974 war

[00:07:13] Working in Canada and her impressions

[00:09:56] Joining the Cypriot Community of Toronto

[00:11:10] Communication with family in Cyprus

[00:16:09] Importance of photography

[00:18:50] Feeling both Cypriot and Canadian

[00:19:44] Future hopes for the Cypriot community

[00:21:52] A picture of her and her English teachers

[00:26:14] Early photo in Canada

[00:26:52] Photo in Kato Mylos

[00:28:03] Christmas and her first birthday party in Canada

[00:28:54] Dancing group, Easter, and her parents in Cyprus

[00:31:59] Her parent’s impressions of Canada

[00:34:26] Graduation and family photos

[00:35:54] Immigration struggle of her Greek husband

[00:37:12] Discussing project themes and family life