Eleni Vlachos

GICREF056

Participants

Eleni Vlachos

Intervieweer(s)

Alexandros Balasis

Date and Location

April 15, 2024

Toronto, ON

Languages

Greek

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Project

Greeks in Canada: A Digital Public History

Reference ID

GICREF056

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Categories

Economy

Education

Migration

Tags

Domestics

Engagement

Greek Civil War

Greek School

Hellenic Home

Marriage

Ocean Liner

Remittances

Sponsorship

WW2

Decades Referenced

1940s

1960s

1990s

Locations Referenced

Vervena, Athens, Halifax, Toronto

Occupation(s)

Domestic worker

Parents Occupation(s)

[00:00:35] Her childhood in Vervena

[00:02:22] Her memories of WWII and the Civil War

[00:06:36] Emigration from Vervena and her grandfather

[00:08:45] The decision to go to Canada as a domestic

[00:10:42] Her school years and harvesting olives

[00:12:43] The reaction to her mother’s decision

[00:13:56] Going to Athens and training to become domestic

[00:17:52] Visiting her village and the journey to Canada

[00:24:14] Arriving in Halifax and later Toronto

[00:26:07] Being assigned to the first family in Toronto

[00:31:00] The second family she worked for and her duties

[00:34:25] The last family and correspondence with her family

[00:37:58] Getting engaged and trying to sponsor her brother

[00:39:55] Getting married and sponsoring her husband

[00:44:27] Searching for a home and working in the TGH

[00:48:30] Working at Sick Kids Hospital

[00:52:00] Working after having her son

[00:54:40] Sponsoring her siblings and the death of her father

[00:58:04] Greek education & relations with the GCT

[01:00:02] Work accident and living in the Hellenic Home

[01:05:20] Dr. Oreopoulos, activities, & relations with others

[01:12:46] Visiting Greece and her father-in-law

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