Zoe Paravalos

GICREF044

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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Decades Referenced
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