Greek Students' Association of the University of Toronto
The Official Group of Hellenic Students at UofT
On January 28th the GSA held another awesome club night at Hyde. New Era was thrown by the HSA/GSA’s at UofT St. George, UTSC, York and Ryerson. It was an epic night with over 300 people attending! A special thanks goes out to DJ Stoim and Arg and everyone who helped out across the three universities!
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On Wednesday January 26th the GSA held its second annual academic night. It was a great success with over 60 students and 20 professionals attending! The event was held in Hart House Music Room with free food and wine. Two engaging Greek films were shown, ‘Small Pleasures’ and ‘What is that?’ both directed by Constantin Pilavios (links below). We were very pleased to have Professor Triandofilopoulos from UTSC with us to speak about the effect of immigration on Greek identity. The lecture sparked debate among the audience for a very entertaining night! At the end of the event we held a raffle for five $50 restaurant gift certificates across Toronto. Thank you to everyone who helped put together the event and a very special thank you to Professor Triandofilopoulos.
Links:
Small Pleasures film: Click Here
What is That? film: Click Here
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Date: Sunday January 23rd – Wednesday January 26th, 2011
Times: 7:00pm and 9:00pm
Location: Royal Cinema (608 College St.)
‘Attenberg’ is a Greek drama film directed by Athina Rachel Tsangari. The film was nominated for the Golden Lion at the 67th Venice International Film Festival.
A dying architect and his emotionally stunted daughter inhabit the remains of a once booming industrial community in the middle of nowhere, now populated by the precious few who didn’t have the heart to leave it behind.
Conversation Club
Conversation Club is a place to practise or to create oral skills in Greek through informal daily conversation. No prior knowledge of Greek is needed, nor any level of fluency denied.
Dates: Mondays 12-1:30pm and Thursdays 1-2pm
Location: GSA Office – Lillian Massey Building, Rm. B09 (Basement)
Poetry Readings @ Sid Smith
Our Cultural Director, Nicolas Liakas, will be on the steps of Sid Smith reading the works of various Modern Greek poets every week.
Date: Wednesdays 12-12:30pm
Location: Sid Smith, East facing steps
What is this? This is a way that the GSA is trying to disseminate Modern Greek culture within the greater University community. What better way than the poetry of a country?
Date: Saturday, February 26th, 2011
Time: Doors open at 6pm
Location: Ellas Banquet Hall (35 Danforth Road)
Price: Adults- $65, Children- $25, Students (with student ID)- $45
The Cretans’ Association of Toronto are celebrating 50 years of being an association in Toronto. In celebration of their 50 years, and in recognition of the Greek youth in our city, they are giving a discounted price to admission when you show your university or student ID. The event will be featuring live music directly from Crete (John Sisakis and his orchestra).
For more information check out their website: Click Here
Date: Wednesday, January 26th
Time: 7-10pm
Location: Music Room @ Hart House
Join the GSA and experience a night of meet and greet at the largest university in Canada. The event will present an opportunity to bring together the Hellenic student body at the University of Toronto with professionals of Hellenic decent.
At this event, students will be able to interact with individuals in various professions in order to receive mentoring and advice for potential employment opportunities. The night will be concluded with a Lecture Series from two acclaimed professors including Professor Triandofilopoulos from UTSC speaking about the effect of immigration on Greek identity.
We hope that this event will not only build stronger ties between the Greek Students’ Association of the University of Toronto and individual professionals but also create a greater relationship and network between the Hellenic student body and the Hellenic community of Toronto at large. We look forward to your attendance on this night.
Date: Friday January, 28th
Location: HYDE Lounge (420A Wellington St. W)
Time: 10pm
HOSTED BY:
ERA Events, UofT GSA, Ryerson HSA and York HSA
Ladies and Gentlemen,
Hyde lounge is closing up shop at the end of the month…
But we managed to grab it for one last night before it’s gone forever!
Join the Greek Students of Toronto and Giorgio as he launches his new promotion company, ERA Events! The beginning of a new Era in clubbing!
$10 TICKETS
$15 @ the DOOR
CHEAP DRINKS
REDUCED BOTTLES
FULL DRESS CODE
19+
DJ Stoim [House,Dance,Top40,MashUps,R&B,HipHop] + Guest DJ’s
TICKETS:
George Gretes: 647.294.7244
BOTTLES/INFO:
Giorgio Papadakis: 647.403.1988
On Monday January 10th the GSA held their first event of the new year, a movie night! We screened the classic film ‘Never on Sunday’ featuring the well-loved Melina Mercouri. It was a remarkable love story between a Greek prostitute and an American philosopher. We had an awesome turnout and free pizza was provided! Keep your eyes open for upcoming movie nights!
Date: Monday January 10
Location: Hart House – North Dining Hall
Time: 7:00PM
Cost: FREE for all members! $5 for non-members (includes T-Shirt)
The GSA will be screening the classic film ‘Never on Sunday’ featuring the infamous and well loved Melina Mercouri. Pizza and drinks will be provided.
Synopsis:
Ilya is Piraeus’s most popular person: an energetic prostitute, full of life and good humor. Every day, she swims at the pier, entertaining the dock hands. Sundays she has an open house with food, drink and song. Homer Thrace, an amateur philosopher from America, arrives in town to find out why Greece has fallen from ancient greatness. He decides Ilya is a symbol of that fall, so he sets out to study and to save her.
Interesting Fact:
Never on Sunday featured the first song ever to win an Oscar from a foreign film. The song was ‘Never on Sunday’.
Quote:
Homer: It’s extraordinary! Where do you learn all those languages?
Ilya: In bed.
On December 22nd the Greek and Hellenic Students’ Associations from the University of Toronto, Ryerson University and York University, the Next Generation Department of the Greek Community of Toronto, and the Consulate General of Greece held their first ever Skate For Toys at Ryerson skating rink. We had an amazing response from the community and this will now become an annual tradition. The weather was perfect for skating and the turnout was incredible. We appeared on CP24 twice that night. A very big thank you goes to St. George Church for serving hot chocolate and collecting a huge amount of toys from their congregation. Another thank you goes to George Panagiotoglou, Stephen Smith, Enrico Nardozi, and John Hwang for together bringing a very generous toy donation. All toy donations were collected for CP24/CHUM Christmas Wish toy drive.
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