Greek-Canadians

On Friday, June 30, an emotional event took place on the corner of Park Avenue and Jean-Talon Street in Montreal -- the unveiling of the “Statue of the Greek Immigrant.” The statue created by well-known sculptor and professor at Athens’...

Greek-Canadian Alexia Antonio has won the title of Miss Teenage Toronto, so now she is off to the next competition -- as a Finalist for Miss Teenage Canada which is taking place on August 13, 2017! Alexia is the epitome...

Senator Leo Housakos took his place in history on June 7 at the unveiling of a portrait commemorating his tenure as Speaker of the Senate during some of the Red Chamber’s most tumultuous times. “Dear friends, I thank you all...

Addressing Greek-Canadians in Vancouver on the March 25th national holiday, when Greeks celebrate the start of the 1821 revolution to shake off Ottoman rule, Deputy Foreign Minister for expatriate Greeks, Terens Quick stressed that Greece has always emerged victorious...

Greek native Kostas Souliaris moved to Canada from Greece five years ago. He settled in Jasper, Alberta, where there is a healthy Greek population and decided that it was about time that Greek language lessons were offered in the town. Although...

Tourism Minister Elena Kountoura is visiting Toronto with the aim of strengthening the tourism flow from Canada in 2017. Kountoura was the key speaker at the special event titled "Window" organized by the General Consulate in Toronto to promote the...

Last Wednesday AFPTV freelance news cameraman Will Vassilopoulos was awarded the Rory Peck Trust award for his work on the migrant crisis gripping Greece. Filming from October 2015 to March 2016, Vassilopoulos focused his footage on following migrants on their journey...

Greek-Canadians united in celebration with diaspora across the globe over last weekend as Greeks lined the streets for Oxi Day parades. Toronto hosted its annual Oxi day parade on October 30, in which some 30 different community groups participated. Churches...

While doing her PhD at the University of Toronto, Dr. Fotini Agrafioti researched the human heart beat and its unique properties that can be used as a biometric feature of individual's identity. In other words, you can be identified...

The literary event known as the Whistler Writers Festival will be celebrating 15 years this coming October in British Columbia, where there will be workshops for writers and emerging writers as well as reading events. The founder of the event,...