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Montreal Museum to Host Exhibition on Ancient Greece

The museum of Montreal Pointe-a-Calliere, will host a major exhibition on ancient Greece that will be launched late this year. The display entitled “The Greeks -- Agamemnon to Alexander the Great” will bring together more than 500 artifacts from 22...

Daily Secret Launches Campaign to Promote Greece

The Daily Secret Insiders guide will be launching a new marketing campaign in Canada and the U.S. to promote Greece as a holiday destination. Daily Secret is a Greek digital media brand for premium audiences. It is a web service...

Glorious Parades for March 25 in Montreal and Toronto

Thousands of Greeks of all ages in Montreal on Sunday attended annual parade and events commemorating Greece's Independence Day. The city's mayor, Dennis Coderre was the master of ceremonies. Despite the freezing cold, students of Greek schools and members of Greek clubs paraded with pride and...

2014 National Innovation Conference To Take Place in Toronto May 2-4

The Greek America Foundation in association with The Chang School at Ryerson University has announced its 3rd bi-annual National Innovation conference to take place in Toronto, Canada May 2-4. The idea behind NIC, according to the GAF’s founder Gregory Pappas,...

Greek Community of Toronto Celebrates Greek National Independence Day

A parade celebrating Greek National Independence Day will take to the streets Sunday, March 23, at noon starting at Eastern High School. The event will be held during the weekend. In addition to the parade, a gala is to take...

Greek Heritage Month for Schools in Toronto

It was decided that March would be a month full of events dedicated to Greek heritage. The decision to name March the “Greek Heritage Month” was made by the Toronto District School Board, following the suggestion of local bodies. The...

Scholarships Awarded to Top Greek Students

The Hellenic Scholarship Foundation in a ceremony at the hall of the University of McGill, awarded on Saturday, February 22, eleven scholarships to the excelling Greek students of the universities of Quebec. The President of the foundation, John Hadjinicolaou mentioned...

Canadian Newspaper Praises Cretan Diet

The prestigious Canadian newspaper "Globe and Mail" published an extensive article entitled "Eat like a Greek? Decoding the Mediterranean diet" praising the advantages of Greek and Mediterranean diet, especially the one followed on the island of Crete, southern Greece. According to the...

A Rare Medal of the 1906 Intercalated Olympic Games

The 65 year-old Canadian, Vicky Fitzgerald from New Scotland possesses a rare medal from the Intercalated Olympics that took place in Greece’s capital in 1906. Mrs. Fitzgerald's medal seems to be one of the remaining medals from 1896 on which...

150 years of Greek Presence in Canada (Video)

The Greek community of Toronto celebrated 105 years since its founding and 150 years since the first Greek immigrant arrived in Toronto, by putting on two theatrical plays featuring the groups “Nefeli” and “Ellinakia” (Little Greeks). The first play was...