Greek Week – Bake Sale, Elections, Parade

This is just a reminder that our final event on campus of Greek Week is happening tomorrow at Sidney Smith Hall lobby between 9AM-4PM. Come out and support the GSA as we host our third Bake Sale of the year! GSA Members get FREE desserts and FREE Frappe/Greek Coffee.
Also, if you haven’t done so yet, please come out tomorrow and vote for next year’s GSA Executive Committee. Your last chance to vote is tomorrow during the bake sale and Friday at the GSA Office between 12-2PM.
Lastly, we conclude our Greek Week by marching in the Greek Independence Day Parade this Sunday on the Danforth. Please wear your GSA Hoodies and come to the 7/11 at Danforth and Donlands at 12:30PM. After the parade, join the GSA for lunch at Astoria Restaurant (Danforth & Chester). Lunch will be covered by the GSA as a token of gratitude for your continued support and participation in this week’s festivities.
*A special thank you to everyone that helped out with Greek Day on Monday and with our Lamb Roast yesterday for 7 non-stop hours in the blizzard. An extended gratitude goes out to the sponsors of Greek Week: Astoria, Messini, Ellas Meat Market, Serano Bakery, and Elite Bakery. Without these generous businesses, non this would of happened. 
Check Facebook/our website for photo uploads of Greek Week as well as info for our upcoming Academic Night!  

Greek Week!

Next week is our second annual Greek Week. Join the GSA at all of our delicious festivities as we spread our Greek Culture all over the St. George Campus! Throughout Greek Week, GSA Members get all food/desserts for FREE and can also come out and vote for the GSA Executive Elections. Here’s the line-up:

Monday March 18th 10:30AM-4:30PM: Greek Day @ Sidney Smith Hall. Come get your Gyro or Souvlaki lunch Plates with rice, potatoes, and fresh salad! *GSA Election Voting

Tuesday March 19th 9:00AM-4:30PM: Lamb Day @ UTSU Lawn. Come see the GSA traditionally roast a lamb on a spit in front of the UTSU building. We will also be making fresh coffee and BBQing Souvlaki! *GSA Election Voting

Wednesday March 20th 8:30AM-4PM: Bake Sale & Festivities @ Medical Sciences Building Student Commons. The GSA will be hosting a traditional bake sale with all your favourite desserts. We will also be hosting Greek Cooking/Baking Class with Maro at 2PM and Traditional Greek Dance lessons at 12PM *GSA Election Voting

Thursday March 21st 8:30AM-4PM: Bake Sale @ Sidney Smith. *GSA Election Voting

Friday March 22nd 12-2PM: Election voting in the GSA Office. Results at 4:00PM

Saturday March 23rd Western Hellenic Students’ Association annual Soccer tournament @UWO

Sunday March 24th Greek Independence Day Parade @ The Danforth 12:30PM. Afterwards, we will all go for lunch at Astoria as a group with SEF Toronto

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Montreal 2013 Recap

This year’s annual Montreal trip was one to remember. With over 200 students collectively between Ryerson, York and U of T, it was a huge success. From the moment everybody stepped foot on the bus in Toronto the party had begun, and it didn’t stop until the three days of eating, drinking and clubbing were over. The clubs visited this year included l’Amouche, Arena, and Montreal’s hottest nightclub, Muzique. The clubs were unbeatable filled with hundreds of raging Greeks and Montreal partygoers looking for a good time. There were many memorable moments which came out of the trip including a number of pranks, flip cup victories and drunken adventures to find poutine with the utmost determination. The Greek associations at each respective school did everything in their power to make sure this trip ran smoothly for their members and guests. Everything was executed as planned and everybody went home happy. In conclusion, the results of Montreal 2013 have left a ridiculous amount of anticipation and curiosity in regards to what the following years trip will include.

For our Montreal Photo Gallery: CLICK HERE

GSA Sweater Order

The GSA will be marching in the Greek Independence Day parade on the Danforth on Sunday March 24th, 2013. Given that we all wear our American Apparel GSA Hoodies during the parade, we have opened a second Sweater Order to everyone!
If you never got the chance to order your 2012/2013 GSA Sweater in the fall and would like one, or would like to get one for a friend or family member, you can order one from now until Thursday March 14. Below are details for our sweater:
To order a GSA Sweater, please email us your name and size. Orders will be taken up until Thursday March 14, 2013 as we have to place the order a week before the Parade. 
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Dance Night / Conversation Club Recap

On Tuesday, February the 12th, The Greek Students’ Association hosted a combined Conversation Club and Dance Night at Cat’s eye, Victoria College. Dancing included kalamatiano and tsamiko while people refreshed their Greek conversing skills. Pizza and refreshments were served to make the event a great success.

Tsiknopempti 2013 Recap

On Tuesday, February, 21st the Greek Students’ Association held their annual Montreal after party, Tsiknopempti. The Montreal trip was a few days prior to this event, during the family day long weekend. The event was held at Whistler’s bar, and was a great success. Many people who attended the GSA Montreal Trip came back to relive the weekend, and new faces were brought out, dying to experience that which they missed. A traditional Greek buffet was served, with endless meat and a free drinks. After everyone had indulged their share of souvlaki, salad and tziatziki, the dance floor opened for a night of both traditional dancing, and top 40 hits. It was a night to remember. Thank you to all who attended and we hope to see you at our next event!

For photos from Tsiknopempti: Click Here

GSA Wins Most Outstanding Club Executive Award

On Friday March 1st, the GSA attended the University of Toronto Students Union’s 4th annual Unity Ball. The event was very well done and featured a delicious buffet dinner, buffet desert, and an array of cultural performances. Representing the GSA was Nicole (Secretary General), Vasileios (VP External), Anastassis (Associate), Danielle (First Year Rep), and Dimitri (President). The highlight of the night was when UTSU President, Shaun Sheppard, announced that the GSA had won Most Outstanding Club Executive Team of the Year. This is the GSA’s third consecutive clubs leadership award and second Most Outstanding Club Executive Award. Congratulations everyone on another very successful year!

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Ryerson Academic Night

The Ryerson Hellenic Students’ Association will be hosting their third annual Academic Night on Monday March 11, 2012 at 6:00PM at the Ryerson Student Center. Join the GSA and come support Ryerson as they host a night of wine and cheese featuring various Professors giving an insight on Greek Language and Education in Canada and Ancient Greece in the modern world today.

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A Tribute to Theo Angelopoulos Lecture

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Theo Angelopoulos, one of the most treasured filmmakers of the 20th century, died on January 24, 2012 at the age of 76. This lecture is a tribute to the artist and his art on the occasion of the one year anniversary of his so untimely and tragic death.

Building on his own research, which includes two published books and numerous essays on Angelopoulos’ films as well as over thirty years of interviews with the director, Dr. Horton will share the nature and importance of Angelopoulos’ films with clips from films including Eternity and a Day (1998), Ulysses’ Gaze (1995), and The Weeping Meadow (2004). He will explore how Angelopoulos often brought the present, history and myth together in a single sequence or shot, thus offering us who live in a frenzied paced world, a “cinema of contemplation”, in which we as viewers are free to enter scenes and characters on a variety of levels that are not possible in the non-stop swift editing pace of most of contemporary Hollywood cinema.

Dr. Andrew Horton is the Jeanne H. Smith Professor of Film and Media Studies, University of Oklahoma. An award winning screenwriter and author of twenty seven books on film, screenwriting, literature and culture including The Films of Theo Angelopoulos: A Cinema of Contemplation (Princeton U. Press, 1999).

GSA Co-Ed Volleyball Season Recap

The Greek Students’ Association Co-Ed Volleyball Team was one of the top teams to beat in this spring intramural season. Although using their feet more than their hands, the GSA was able to place second overall with 4 wins and 1 loss, continuing on to the semi-finals. Unfortunately, GSA’s great amount of skill was not good enough during the semi-final game, in which they were eliminated.

The GSA’s stacked team had both back court and front court lineups ready for any attacks that came their way. Chris Vassos, Michael Kanopoulos, Niko Katsieris and Dimitri Kyriakakis were in the back court and did an amazing job at not only retrieving the ball but demolishing their opponents with their hits and serves. In addition to having the best men’s lineup, the GSA also had a stacked women’s lineup playing in the front court. Klia Tsiolis, Vikki Bekiaris, Vicki Nikolakakos and Danielle Tavernese were some of the best female players in the league and were able to annihilate their opponents with their tricky plays and serves.

Thank you so much to everyone who participated in this volleyball season and we hope to see the GSA bring home a championship title next year.

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