Eleni Vlachos
INTERVIWE DATE:
April 15, 2024
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Interviewer:
Alexandros Balasis
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language:
Greek

Speaker Background:

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INTERVIEW LOCATION:
Toronto, ON
OCUPATION:
Domestic worker

Interview Summary:

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Interview Quotes

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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
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Decades Referenced
Locations Referenced
Vervena, Athens, Halifax, Toronto
Occupation(s)
Domestic worker
Parents Occupation(s)
Names Referenced
Dimitrios Oreopoulos (Doctor)

[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