Elizabeth Alexopoulou
INTERVIWE DATE:
April 18, 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:
Restaurant owner, Daycare owner

Interview Summary:

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Interview Quotes

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Elizabeth Alexopoulou

GICREF088

Participants
Elizabeth Alexopoulou
Intervieweer(s)
Alexandros Balasis
Date and Location
April 18, 2024
Toronto, ON
Languages
Greek
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Project
Greeks in Canada: A Digital Public History
Reference ID
GICREF088
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Categories
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Decades Referenced
Locations Referenced
Xyrokampi (Laconia), Valtesiniko (Arkadias), Lagadia (Arkadia), Monodendri (Laconia), Athens, Halifax, Toronto
Occupation(s)
Restaurant owner, Daycare owner
Parents Occupation(s)
Names Referenced
Tolis Voskopoulos (singer), Nancy Mylonas

[00:00:30] Childhood in Xyrokampi and her family’s history

[00:05:46] WWII, the Civil War, and her father’s imprisonment

[00:13:55] Emigration from Xyrokampi and her brother’s story

[00:19:25] Meeting her husband and moving to Athens

[00:23:13] Deciding to migrate, the trip, and reaching Halifax

[00:33:36] Arriving in Toronto, impressions, and her first job

[00:38:25] Learning English and opening the first restaurant

[00:44:31] Opening Granada Restaurant in 1972

[00:47:40] Becoming a lunchroom teacher and opening a daycare

[00:54:24] Greek School at St. George’s and the Church[00:59:01]

Not willing to pay to baptize her daughter

[01:00:35] Toronto Caravan, Philoptochos, and learning English

[01:06:22] Supporting other Greeks

[01:08:30] Sponsoring the migration of her husband’s family

[01:10:14] Gortinia, Xyrokampi, and Athens Associations

[01:12:40] Entertainment and bouzoukia

[01:15:45] Talking about Canada and migration

[01:18:13] Avoiding sexual procurement by a Greek man