Koula Lakas (Interview 1)

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Interview Details
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Content
Media
Participants
Koula Lakas (Interview 1)
Intervieweer(s)
Athanasios (Sakis) Gekas
Angelo Laskaris
Date and Location
January 24, 2023
Stouffville, ON
Languages
English
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Project
Greeks in Canada: A Digital Public History
Reference ID
GICREF001
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Categories
Associational Life
Canadian Society
Culture and Tradition
Economy
Homeland Activism
Rites
Tags
Discrimination
Gender
Marriage
Philoptohos
Remittances
Restaurant Work
War Relief
Decades Referenced
1910s
1920s
1940s
1960s
Locations Referenced
407 Danforth Avenue (Toronto), Cowan Avenue, Parkdale (Toronto), Broadview Ave (Toronto), Pape Ave (Toronto), Oshawa, Ottawa, Megalopoli (Kalamata), Andritsaina
Occupation(s)
Accountant, Cook (at the Holy Cross summer camp), Insurance
Parents Occupation(s)
Confectioner (father)
Names Referenced
Anastasios Lakas, Bishop Timotheos, Archbishop Iakovos

[00:00:40] Her family and her father’s occupation

[00:07:22] Growing up on the Danforth

[00:09:19] Celebrating the 25th of March at Century Theatre

[00:11:00] Her father’s migration and his parents' meeting

[00:15:44] Her school years and Greek school  

[00:23:09] Fundraising during the Second World War

[00:25:00] Her father’s restaurant and working as a waiter

[00:35:44] Greeks contending with discrimination

[00:38:15] The visit of King George VI and Queen Elizabeth

[00:39:55] The Greek-Canadian experience during WW2

[00:44:32] Relations within the Greek community

[00:48:24] Church services and the convent in Greece

[00:53:24] Meeting her husband and in-laws

[01:00:04] Her work experience in government and insurance

[01:05:47] The Holy Cross camp and Philoptochos

[01:09:05] Her aunt who founded build the convent

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