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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Elizabeth Alexopoulou

GICREF088

Interview Details
Categories and Themes
Content
Media
Participants
Elizabeth Alexopoulou
Intervieweer(s)
Alexandros Balasis
Date and Location
April 18, 2024
Toronto, ON
Languages
Greek
Permalink
Project
Greeks in Canada: A Digital Public History
Reference ID
GICREF088
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Categories
Economy
Migration
Rites
Tags
Baptism
Entrepreneurship
Marriage
Post-WW2 Migration
Pre-WW2 Migration
Restaurant Work
Decades Referenced
1940s
1950s
1960s
1970s
1980s
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

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