On Monday, November 25 the GSA celebrated 150 years from the birth of one of Greece’s most renowned poets, Constantine P. Cavafys. The event was a wine and cheese event, and took place in the Music room at Hart House. The Honourable Consul General of Greece Dimitris Azemopoulos attended the event, alongside with city councilor Mary Fragedakis, Debbie Hatzidiakos from the Education Department, and the Honourable Superior Court Judge Ria Tzimas. Professor Hugh Mason from the University of Toronto and professor Andrew Faulkner from the University of Waterloo each presented some of Cavafis’ most known poems such as Ithaca and the Julian Poems. After the presentation there was an open discussion where the attendees asked the professors about the poet’s life and work. Wine and cheese was enjoyed throughout the night. Thank you to everyone who attended, and to our presenters.

“And if you find her poor, Ithaka won’t have fooled you.
Wise as you will have become, so full of experience,
you will have understood by then what these Ithakas mean.” C.P. Cavafy

 

On Thursday, November 28, the GSA held the first conversation club of the year. The event took place in the GSA office from 11 to 1pm.  Our director of cultural affairs, Angelica, did a fantastic job of facilitating the conversation. Several of our members came to discuss rather simple topics, with the main focus of relieving exam stress. Our executive council plans on holding another conversation club next semester. Thank you to all who attended!

Monsters, ghouls, cats, Greek goddess’s and sailors. These were some of many creative and original costumes at the annual Halloween Havoc hosted by ΣΕΦ Toronto. The Greek Students’ Association  of U of T, York and Ryerson worked extremely hard in order to put together an amazing night. This event took place on Friday October 25^th at Fiction Nightclub. The music was a great mix of English as well as Greek which kept everyone on the dance floor moving. The venue was nicely decorated with spider webs, pumpkins and insects, giving the club a spooky atmosphere. Overall, it was a stress free fun and memorable night filled with dancing, and of course moon howling.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The annual anniversary of “Oxi Day” was celebrated ,as every year,at the Danforth.The “Oxi day” marks the start of the greek-italian war when the prime minister of Greece at the time,Ioannis Metaxas, said no to opening the greek boarders in order for the Italian army to occupy the country.Since then, the 28^th of October is a national celebration.The Greek Community of Toronto organizes a parade each year to celebrate the heroic  response, and commemorate those who fought. The Greek Students’ Association at the University of Toronto ,York University and Ryerson University attended the parade with groups of students and marched with pride with the rest of the Greek Community.All together they paid their respects to the people that fought during the war and helped Greece to be an independent country and preserve its values and national identity. After the parade was over, everyone met their families and spread all over the Danforth to have a traditional greek lunch.The GSA,finished their day by having lunch at the restaurant “Astoria” with the rest of their friends and families.