Homeland Activism

The “Homeland Activism” category brings together interviews that touch upon a diversity of issues that have greatly impacted the Hellenic community over the years. These range from debates over cultural heritage, efforts to provide war relief, and anti-junta advocacy, among other topics. Activism has been integral to maintaining a connection to the homeland even as the diaspora has created new lives in Canada. It shows that despite the distance, interviewees never forgot where they came from and how the fates of Greece, Cyprus, and Canada are intertwined in a globalized world.

Giorgos Dimitrakopoulos

GICREF103
December 17, 2024
01:30:19

Platon Routis

GICREF026
May 15, 2024
01:55:16

Michalis Mouratidis (Interview 1)

GICREF011Α
May 23, 2024
01:29:19

Helen Power (née Xenophontos)

FAMREF005
May 17, 2022
1:53:47

Theodoros Xenophontos (Interview 3)

FAMREF001C
May 29, 2022
1:16:45

Nick Christoforou (Interview 1)

FAMREF016A
July 31, 2023
00:53:58

Androula Tsoukalas

FAMREF013
July 16, 2023
01:35:11

Anonymous (FAMREF004)

FAMREF004
May 10, 2022
00:34:31

Stylianos Perrakis

GICREF050
February 21, 2024
1:56:28

Tom Torkos

GICREF039
November 28, 2023
1:12:45

James Karas

GICREF017
February 14, 2024
2:06:07

Spyros (Stan) Draenos (Interview 2)

GICREF010B
October 25, 2023
1:41:29

Spyros (Stan) Draenos (Interview 1)

GICREF010A
October 19, 2023
1:28:48

Makis Andrikopoulos (Interview 2)

GICREF013B
April 11, 2023
1:27:41

Makis Andrikopoulos (Interview 1)

GICREF013A
March 28, 2023
1:18:04

George Poulos

GICREF020
March 7, 2023
1:59:08

John Cannis (Interview 2)

GICREF015B
April 5, 2023
2:14:34

John Cannis (Interview 1)

GICREF015A
March 3, 2023
2:22:54

Koula Lakas (Interview 1)

GICREF001
January 24, 2023
1:10:17
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