On Tuesday September 11th, the University of Toronto Students’ Union closed down all of St. George Street from College to Harbord to host a first ever students’ street festival. What better opportunity for the GSA to roast a traditional lamb! Arriving at 7:15AM, we set up our charcoal spit and began roasting the 41 pound baby lamb. As the day progressed, and the lamb began to cook, thousands of students poured through the street welcomed by multiple food vendors and a sample of all the clubs U of T has to offer. The biggest spectacle however, was the GSA and our lamb roast. Throughout the day, we signed up 70 new members and welcomed any questions directed to our group, the lamb, and what we do on campus. Special thanks to all of the executives who devoted their entire day to this set-up, the UTSU for allowing us to roast our lamb, Uncle Jimmy Panagiotoulias who helped prepare, cook, and cut up the lamb, to all of our members that came out, and to Kostas Meat Market for generously subsidizing the lamb for us!
Clubs Fair Day 2012
On Wednesday September 5th, the GSA once again set up one of the most welcoming tables at the U.T.S.U. Orientation Clubs Fair Day. Our theme this year was Free Messini Gyro when you sign up to the GSA. We also introduced our brand new, redesigned 2012/2013 GSA T-Shirts, which you also got for Free when signing up with the GSA. With the help of our delicious Free Messini Gyro, stylish new T-Shirts, and our new iPad sign-up process, the GSA signed up a record-breaking 109 members during Clubs Fair Day!! We would like to thank everyone that signed up during clubs fair day, the executives and members that volunteered throughout the day, and Messini Authentic Gyros for graciously donating the Gyro for our event! The success of clubs fair day is only the beginning to the most successful GSA year ahead of us!
U.T.S.U. Street Festival!
For the first time ever, the University of Toronto Students Union is closing St. George Street from College to Harbord for a massive student street festival! Come join the GSA for the festivities on Tuesday September 11 between 10AM and 3PM! There will be vendors, prizes, games, and give aways as well as every student club on campus. Most importantly, the GSA will be there and we will be doing what we do best, roasting a lamb on a spit! Come by the GSA table to become a GSA member for $5 and receive your FREE 2012/2013 t-shirt, FREE Frappe/desserts, and of course, FREE Lamb! Don’t forget to miss this huge event. See you all there!
The New GSA Logo!
Hi everyone! The GSA is proud to announce it’s new logo that represents our student organization. The Greek Students’ Association at the University of Toronto has grown exponentially over the past few years and has established a new brand of active, successful, and passionate Hellenic Students at the St. George Campus. We are proud to present our new brand that represents a cleaner, professional, and more unique identity for our organization. The new logo, designed by James Nahhas (youoft.ca), kept a similar rendition of the previous logo but added a more professional appearance along with our title written out to better identify who we are.
We hope you like the new logo as it will be the face of our group moving forward. Please send any comments or questions to gsa.stgeorge@utoronto.ca or message us on Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/greekstudentsassociation
Giorgos Mazonakis Concert
For the first time ever, Giorgos Mazonakis is coming to perform LIVE in Canada on October 19, 2012 at Hazelton Manor. The concert will be held by Signature Productions. Signature Productions has been working closely in the past year with the Greek Students’ Association at the University of Toronto and helped make the NHSA Convention possible by sponsoring the convention with $2500. This time around, Signature Productions will be donating to SEF Toronto (Hellenic/Greek Students’ Association at the University of Toronto, York, and Ryerson) a portion of their concerts’ sponsors. We are very excited to work with Signature Productions again and are pleased to share the Giorgios Mazonakis experiance with all of our members.
Tickets for the Mazonakis concert range from $150, $175, and $200 for dinner and concert. However, if you are a GSA Member you are eligible for a half-price concert only ticket for $75! These tickets are very limited. If you are interested in attending the Mazonakis Concert in October, please email us at gsa.stgeorge@utoronto.ca. For more information on the concert, please visit: http://www.signatureproductions.ca/
UTSU Clubs Fair Day – Orientation 2012
Welcome first year students to the University of Toronto! During Orientation week this year, on Wednesday September 5th the Greek Students’ Association at the University of Toronto will be setting up a tent and table at Hart House Circle to show off our student group, who we are, and what we do on campus. You can also sign up for the GSA and become a member for the 2012/2013 year. GSA memberships are $5 and include a FREE 2012/2013 GSA T-shirt and a FREE Messini Authentic Greek Gyros! We hope to see you all come out and join the GSA for 2012/2013 and take part in the UTSU festivities!
Stelios Maximos Live at Rally’s
On Sunday August 5th, Stelios Maximos along with Michalitsa Catsiliras and the Opa Opa Band will be performing at Rally’s Sports Bar and Grill. For those of us unlucky enough not to be in Greece right now, this is a perfect opportunity to enjoy live Greek music and party like we were in Greece. The Greek Students’ Association is teaming up with Signature Production once again and has reduced the $20 ticket to FREE for all GSA Members. That’s right, if you were a GSA Member for the 2011/2012 school year, the concert is completely FREE.
For your FREE tickets to see Stelios Maximos Live in Concert, please email us at: gsa.stgeroge@utoronto.ca or call 416-994-9971.
The Stelios Maximos concert will feature a performance by Michalitsa Catsiliras, a fellow Ryerson Hellenic Students’ Association member. We encourage everyone to come out and support her performance as well as enjoy Maximos and Opa Opa Band’s performancesl. This FREE concert for members of the GSA will also be a small preview for Signature Productions’ upcoming Giorgios Mazonakis Concert at Hazelton Manor on October 19th 2012. For more info on the Mazonakis concert or Signature Productions, please visit: http://www.signatureproductions.ca
Project Dimitrios Sissakis
Through the students of the GSA at U of T and HSAs of York and Ryerson, we have encouraged all of our members to attend the various fundraising events for Project Dimitri. To date, youth and students have been standing by Dimitri Sissakis as strongly as possible. On Friday June 7th 2012 at the SEF Toronto Formal (End of Year GSA Banquet) we hosted a raffle where all proceeds went to Dimitros Sissakis. Through the raffle and a generous donation from Spirale Banquet Hall, we helped raise $1100.
We encourage university students, GSA members, alumni, friends, community partners, professors, and business owners to continue to supprot Dimitrios Sissakis and help him battle against cancer.
Please visit: http://www.giveforward.com/projectdimitri
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Queen’s Jubilee Award at St. Nicholas Greek Festival
On this Friday June 15th 2012 at the St. Nicholas Greek Festival (3840 Finch Ave E) the GSA will be stationed at their own table throughout the weekend taking part in all of our festivities. Most importantly, however, The Minister of Citizenship and Culture, Charles Sousa will be awarding Mr. Ted Maziaris with the Queen’s Jubilee Award. This is one of the most prestigious awards in Canada and Mr. Manziaris deserves it for his outstanding commitment to the Greek Students of Canada. In fact, at the NHSA Convention (shown in photo), Mr. Ted Manziaris made a $50,000 pledge to the GSA to help bring back and pay for the Modern Hellenic Studies course at the University of Toronto. Our Consul General of Greece in Toronto, the Hon. Dimitris Azemopoulos along with the GSA Executive would like to see as many students and GSA members attend the presentation of the Queen’s Jubilee award to Mr. Manziaris this Friday.
Toronto Greek Film Retrospective
The GSA at U of T would like to invite all of you to come out to the Toronto Greek Film Retrospective happening from July 12 to 14 at the Danforth Music Hall (147 Danforth Ave). This is a completely free event and the GSA will be attending and volunteering, so we hope to see all of you there for at least one of the films.
The Toronto Greek Film Retrospective is a series of free screenings to celebrate Greek cinema via an electric mix of films from the past 50 years. Hellenic culture, history, and passion on screen for free for all of you to come and enjoy. This year’s featured host is Angelo Tsarouchas and he will be debuting his award-winning and critically praised film, Fred & Vinnie on Saturday July 14th Matinee Screening.
Below is a list of films we encourage all of you to attend:
THURSDAY JUNE 12TH
8:00 PM – PHAEDRA
FRIDAY JULY 13TH
7:00 PM – IPHIGENIA
9:30 PM – NYFES
SATURDAY JULY 14TH
2:00 PM – WHAT MY EYES HAVE YET TO SEE
4:30 PM – FRED & VINNIE
7:00 PM – NISSOS
9:30 PM – REMBETIKO
The Toronto Greek Film Retrospective will be taking place on July 12-14 and is FREE admission. Come join the GSA as we will be attending and volunteering all of the screenings that weekend and we would love to see each and every one of you there! For more information on the films being presented, please visit: http://www.torontogreekfilms.com/
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