Zoe Paravalos

INTERVIWE DATE:

February 2, 2024

Interviewer:

Alexandros Balasis

language:

Greek

Speaker Background:

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INTERVIEW LOCATION:

Toronto, ON

OCUPATION:

Domestic, Hospital Staff

Interview Summary:

Interview Quotes

Zoe Paravalos

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Participants

Zoe Paravalos

Intervieweer(s)

Alexandros Balasis

Date and Location

February 2, 2024

Toronto, ON

Languages

Greek

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Project

Greeks in Canada: A Digital Public History

Reference ID

GICREF044

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Culture and Tradition

Working Life

Education

Historical Events

Migration

Rites

Dance

Domestics

Greek Civil War

Greek School

Marriage

Ocean Liner

Post-WW2 Migration

Religion

Decades Referenced

1940s

1950s

1960s

Locations Referenced

Astros, Kynouria, Athens, Halifax, Montreal, Toronto

Occupation(s)

Domestic, Hospital Staff

Parents Occupation(s)

Names Referenced

[00:00:37] Prayer

[00:01:10] Her childhood

[00:02:35] Memories of Civil War atrocities

[00:05:34] Vocational training as a domestic in Athens

[00:10:09] Migration to Canada and traveling via ship

[00:13:05] Reaching Toronto in 1958

[00:14:04] Working as a domestic

[00:16:39] St. George church and meeting her husband

[00:19:45] Keeping in touch with her parents

[00:22:31] Her employment after her wedding

[00:23:50] Visiting Greece for the first time

[00:26:05] Her relationship with other Greeks in Toronto

[00:28:01] Providing Greek education to her children

[00:30:00] Greek businesses on Danforth Ave

[00:31:10] Her love for Greece and considering a return

[00:33:10] Encouraging her children to marry somebody Greek

[00:34:24] Pre-war Greek migrants, Greek press, and radio

[00:36:28] Visiting Greece and feeling nostalgia

[00:38:55] The history of Astros

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Speaker Background:

INTERVIEW LOCATION:

OCUPATION:

Interview Summary:

Interview Quotes

Zoe Paravalos

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Participants

Zoe Paravalos

Intervieweer(s)

Alexandros Balasis

Date and Location

February 2, 2024

Toronto, ON

Languages

Greek

Permalink

Project

Greeks in Canada: A Digital Public History

Reference ID

GICREF044

Categories

Culture and Tradition

Working Life

Education

Historical Events

Migration

Rites

Tags

Dance

Domestics

Greek Civil War

Greek School

Marriage

Ocean Liner

Post-WW2 Migration

Religion

Decades Referenced

1940s

1950s

1960s

Locations Referenced

Occupation(s)

Parents Occupation(s)

Names Referenced