Fotini Epitropou
INTERVIWE DATE:
November 26, 2024
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Interviewer:
Alexandros Balasis
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language:
Greek

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INTERVIEW LOCATION:
Toronto, ON
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Interview Summary:

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Fotini Epitropou

GICREF102

Interview Details
Categories and Themes
Content
Media
Participants
Fotini Epitropou
Intervieweer(s)
Alexandros Balasis
Date and Location
November 26, 2024
Toronto, ON
Languages
Greek
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Project
Greeks in Canada: A Digital Public History
Reference ID
GICREF102
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Categories
Working Life
Historical Events
Migration
Rites
Tags
Asia Minor Catastrophe
Australia
Entrepreneurship
Junta
Marriage
Ocean Liner
Post-WW2 Migration
Restaurant Work
Return Migration
Sponsorship
Decades Referenced
1950s
1960s
1970s
1990s
2000s
Locations Referenced
Pireaus, Australia, Melbourne, Montreal, Toronto, Brampton, Georgetown, Salamina
Occupation(s)
Parents Occupation(s)
Names Referenced
Michael Epitrpopou

[00:00:43] Her family’s history as refugees and her childhood

[00:07:11] Her sister’s migration to Australia

[00:10:23] Her migration to Australia and her job

[00:15:20] Meeting her husband and getting married

[00:24:10] Correspondence with her family

[00:25:57] Returning to Greece in 1967

[00:30:34] Her husband’s decision to migrate to Canada

[00:34:25] Her husband’s job in Toronto

00:37:00] Relations with her neighbors and her departures

[00:38:25] Her migration to Canada and buying a house

[00:42:40] Relations with Greeks in Toronto and Georgetown

[00:48:29] Convincing her husband to open a restaurant

[00:52:45] Selling the restaurant and returning to his job

[00:55:29] Her children, working at the restaurant, and Greece

[01:00:05] Her daughter’s visit to Australia and her marriage

[01:07:15] Going to Greece but returning due to her health

[01:16:07] Open-heart operation and retirement

[01:18:05] Preferring Canada to Australia

[01:22:03] Her children’s connection with Greece

[01:23:30] Her life in retrospect

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