Effie Thanasoulia
INTERVIWE DATE:
May 25, 2023
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Interviewer:
Effrosyni Rantou
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language:
Greek, English

Speaker Background:

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INTERVIEW LOCATION:
Toronto, ON
OCUPATION:
Entrepreneur

Interview Summary:

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Interview Quotes

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Effie Thanasoulia

GICREF024

Participants
Effie Thanasoulia
Intervieweer(s)
Effrosyni Rantou
Date and Location
May 25, 2023
Toronto, ON
Languages
Greek, English
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Project
Greeks in Canada: A Digital Public History
Reference ID
GICREF024
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Categories
Tags
Decades Referenced
Locations Referenced
Lapas (Achaia), Patras, Aigio, Melbourne, Toronto, Calgary, Florida
Occupation(s)
Entrepreneur
Parents Occupation(s)
Shepherds, Dairy Farmers
Names Referenced
Queen Amalia of Oldenburg, John Diefenbaker

[00:00:40] Early years in Lapas (Achaia) and Aigio

[00:02:00] Dairy business, education and knitting

[00:04:20] Meeting her husband; raisin business

[00:07:12] Wedding proposal in Mumbai in '57

[00:10:13] Trip to Australia with Qantas Air

[00:12:33] Life in Melbourne: wedding and family

[00:17:59] Return to Greece & the dictatorship

[00:19:59] Shift in plans: trip to Canada

[00:21:32] Comments on Danforth and the Greeks

[00:22:23] Anti-Greek discrimination in Australia & Canada

[00:23:55] How Greeks in Greece treat Greeks living abroad

[00:25:51] On identities and belonging

[00:27:10] Involvement with Greek community; volunteering

[00:29:00] Relationships with non-Greeks

[00:31:40] Apartments in Greece and frequent visits

[00:33:21] Preserving Greekness through language & dances

[00:36:50] Work, life & the Greek community in Calgary

[00:39:48] Tuned into Greek realities (food, news, politics)