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Locations Referenced
Pardali (Laconia), Montreal, Antikythera, Toronto, Lesvos
Occupation(s)
Hairdresser
Panagiota Triadafilopoulos (nee Pitsilivas) was born in 1941 in Pardali, Laconia, and grew up during the Second World War and Greek Civil War. She migrated to Canada after her sister. The latter had migrated as a domestic. Panagiota first settle in Montreal and worked as a hairdresser before moving to Toronto. She married, raised a family, and continued working as a hairdresser. She reflects on personal loss, describing her brother’s assassination, and her ties to Greece through faith, travel, and family.
[00:00:23] Describing her childhood in Pardali and her family
[00:06:58] Memories from the Civil War[00:10:23] Her sister’s migration as a domestic
[00:13:43] Her first job in Canada and working as a hairdresser
[00:19:12] Assassination of her brother
[00:31:22] Meeting her husband
[00:35:53] Moving to Toronto
[00:39:00] Her migration and life in Toronto
[00:42:22] Her marriage and her first mother’s visit
[00:47:20] Grieving customs
[00:49:00] Her trip to Greece in 1974
[00:52:53] Working as a hairdresser
[00:54:03] Speech therapy for her son
[00:56:29] The events of the Civil War
[00:58:35] Relations with the Greeks in Toronto
[00:59:12] Greek school for her children
[01:02:35] Her and her husband’s relations with other Greeks
[01:07:56] Second trip to Greece
[01:11:23] St. Raphael Monastery and relation with the Church
[01:17:57] Her children's education
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