In November 2024, Canadian veterans went on a special trip to Cyprus to commemorate 60 years of peacekeeping on the island. We learn more about that trip and the role Canada’s peacekeepers played in Cyprus. Guests include Walter Dorn, of the Royal Military College of Canada, Lieutenant General Marc Caron (ret), Lieutenant Colonel Ron Bragdon (ret) and Colin Stewart, Special Representative of the U.N. Secretary-General in Cyprus and Head of United Nations Forces in Cyprus.
Jan 28, 2025•58 min•Season 5Ep. 6
Cyprus and its politics and economics since 1974. The role Canadian peacekeepers played in Cyprus and efforts to bring lasting peace through a bizonal bicommunal federation. With guests Iasonas Rodopoulos, York University, Professor Erol Kaymak, Centre for Applied Turkey Studies at the German Institute for International and Security Affairs and Dr. Rita Severis, Centre of Visual Arts & Research (CVAR.)
Jul 18, 2024•41 min•Season 5Ep. 5
The 1974 invasion created many Cypriot refugees – both Greek and Turkish. This episode examines the Cypriot diaspora across the globe, how it maintains its ethnicity and ties with the island. With guests Theo Xenophontos, York University, Neophytos Loizides, the University of Warwick, Sophia Papastavrou, World Vision Canada and Filiz Hilmi.
Jul 11, 2024•59 min•Season 5Ep. 4
The events that led to the Turkish invasion of Cyprus on July 20, 1974 and what happened to Cypriot citizens on both sides of the Green Line. With guests Prof. Sakis Gekas, the HHF Chair in Modern Greek History at York University, and George Soleas.
Jul 04, 2024•47 min•Season 5Ep. 3
The Republic of Cyprus gained its independence from Great Britain in 1960. This episode looks at the road to nationhood and how coexistence between the ethnic Greek and ethnic Turkish populations was troubled from the start. With guests Triadafilos Triadafilopoulos, the Munk School of Global Affairs and Public Policy and Professor Erol Kaymak, Centre for Applied Turkey Studies at the German Institute for International and Security Affairs.
Jun 27, 2024•41 min•Season 5Ep. 2
Everything you need to know about Cyprus: its distinctiveness, culture, history and how it fits into a larger Hellenic world. With guests Neophytos Loizides, the University of Warwick, and Elisseos Kyrillou.
Jun 20, 2024•42 min•Season 5Ep. 1
The aftermath of the Athens Polytechnic student uprising and the return to democracy.
Nov 20, 2023•34 min
On November 14, 1973, students barricade themselves inside the Athens Polytechnio. In the end, there would be bloodshed, but history was made.
Nov 13, 2023•30 min
How people in the arts reacted to the military dictatorship and how counterculture tried to drown out that resistance.
Nov 06, 2023•25 min
As many Greeks flee the military dictatorship, places like Toronto take on an important role in the resistance.
Oct 30, 2023•33 min
Trying to protest the new military dictatorship was a dangerous thing to do. How the Colonels silenced their opponents...
Oct 22, 2023•29 min•Season 4Ep. 4
Greeks awake on Friday, April 21, 1967 to a new reality .
Oct 16, 2023•22 min•Season 4Ep. 3
To understand the student occupation of the Athens Polytechnio, you have to understand Greece in the Post-WWII years.
Oct 08, 2023•28 min•Season 4Ep. 2
Hosts Bill Molos and Sandra Gionas start the 50th anniversary retrospective journey into the events at the Athens Polytechnio in November 1973.
Oct 08, 2023•26 min•Season 4Ep. 1
Exodus: The Stories of 1922 is a five-part podcast exploring the Great Catastrophe, a seminal chapter in Greek history which led to the expulsion of Greeks from Asia Minor and Thrace. Learn the entire story of the Asia Minor refugees. Episode Five: "A New Greece" Hosts Sandra Gionas and HHF History Committee volunteer Natasha Bourliaskou discuss how the Greek refugees from Asia Minor and Thrace changed Greece, in terms of politics, sports, language, literature, food and music. This podcast is pr...
Jun 21, 2022•1 hr 7 min•Season 3Ep. 5
Exodus: The Stories of 1922 is a five-part podcast exploring the Great Catastrophe, a seminal chapter in Greek history which led to the expulsion of Greeks from Asia Minor and Thrace. Learn the entire story of the Asia Minor refugees. Episode Four: "Strangers" Hosts Sandra Gionas and HHF History Committee volunteer Jason-Nikolaos Rodopoulos examine how the refugees were absorbed into Greece and Turkey, what efforts were made to help settle them and what they experienced as they tried to start th...
Jun 13, 2022•1 hr•Season 3Ep. 4
Exodus: The Stories of 1922 is a five-part podcast exploring the Great Catastrophe, a seminal chapter in Greek history which led to the expulsion of Greeks from Asia Minor and Thrace. Learn the entire story of the Asia Minor refugees. Episode Three: "Uprooted" Hosts Sandra Gionas and HHF History Committee historian Terry Gitersos take a look at rising tide of nationalism, the breakdown of the Ottoman Empire and the how the Greco-Turkish War of 1920-22 ultimately led to the mass expulsion of Chri...
Jun 06, 2022•1 hr 6 min•Season 3Ep. 3
Exodus: The Stories of 1922 is a five-part podcast exploring the Great Catastrophe, a seminal chapter in Greek history which led to the expulsion of Greeks from Asia Minor and Thrace. Learn the entire story of the Asia Minor refugees. Episode One: "Ta Meri Mas/Our Homelands" Hosts Sandra Gionas and Prof. Sakis Gekas take a look at what life was like for the Greeks of Asia Minor, from daily life and culture to how the Ottoman politics affected them. This podcast is produced by the award-winning H...
May 30, 2022•51 min•Season 3Ep. 2
Exodus: The Stories of 1922 is a five-part podcast exploring the Great Catastrophe, a seminal chapter in Greek history which led to the expulsion of Greeks from Asia Minor and Thrace. Learn the entire story of the Asia Minor refugees. Episode One: “Loss” Hosts Sandra Gionas and Prof. Sakis Gekas look at the wider story of the Great Catastrophe and the population exchange that followed. They discuss the Pontian Genocide and talk to the descendants of refugees about memory, trauma and resilience. ...
May 19, 2022•1 hr 1 min•Season 3Ep. 1
KORE 670: The Podcast is a two-part podcast accompanying the Kore 670 Exhibit (March 12-September 25, 2022) at the Royal Ontario Museum. This podcast is produced by the Hellenic Heritage Foundation (HHF), the lead patron of the exhibit. EPISODE 2 The Parthenon Marbles & What Purpose Do Museums Serve? A discussion with Prof. Dimitrios Pandermalis, President of the Acropolis Museum on the Parthenon Marbles; also, what should museums be and what can they offer the public, with museum consultant...
May 13, 2022•37 min•Season 2Ep. 2
KORE 670: The Podcast is a two-part podcast accompanying the Kore 670 Exhibit (March 12-September 25, 2022) at the Royal Ontario Museum. This podcast is produced by the Hellenic Heritage Foundation (HHF), the lead patron of the exhibit. EPISODE 1 A Kore Comes to Toronto. Learn all about Kore 670, a Greek archaic antiquity at the Royal Ontario Museum (ROM), on exchange from the Acropolis Museum in Athens. With Paul Denis, Assistant Curator, Greek and Roman Galleries at the ROM. The HHF is a natio...
May 13, 2022•22 min•Season 2Ep. 1
The Idea of Greece is a seven-part podcast exploring the Greek Revolution of 1821. This podcast is produced by the Hellenic Heritage Foundation (HHF) and hosted by Georgia Balogiannis. The series is also under the auspices of the Greece 2021 Committee. Sponsored by Agape Greek Radio. Original music by Demetri Petsalakis. This is not the history you learned in Greek School! EPISODE 7 Georgia Balogiannis and Prof. Sakis Gekas, the HHF Chair in Modern Greek History at York University in Toronto, al...
Mar 25, 2021•41 min•Season 1Ep. 7
The Idea of Greece is a seven-part podcast exploring the Greek Revolution of 1821. This podcast is produced by the Hellenic Heritage Foundation (HHF) and hosted by Georgia Balogiannis. The series is also under the auspices of the Greece 2021 Committee. Sponsored by Agape Greek Radio. Original music by Demetri Petsalakis. This is not the history you learned in Greek School! EPISODE 6 Georgia Balogiannis, Professor Sakis Gekas, the HHF Chair in Modern Greek History at York University in Toronto, a...
Mar 15, 2021•43 min•Season 1Ep. 6
The Idea of Greece is a seven-part podcast exploring the Greek Revolution of 1821. This podcast is produced by the Hellenic Heritage Foundation (HHF) and hosted by Georgia Balogiannis. The series is also under the auspices of the Greece 2021 Committee. Sponsored by Agape Greek Radio. Original music by Demetri Petsalakis. This is not the history you learned in Greek School! EPISODE 5 Georgia Balogiannis and Professor Sakis Gekas, the HHF Chair in Modern Greek History at York University in Toronto...
Mar 01, 2021•43 min•Season 1Ep. 5
The Idea of Greece is a seven-part podcast exploring the Greek Revolution of 1821. This podcast is produced by the Hellenic Heritage Foundation (HHF) and hosted by Georgia Balogiannis. The series is also under the auspices of the Greece 2021 Committee. Sponsored by Agape Greek Radio. Original music by Demetri Petsalakis. This is not the history you learned in Greek School! EPISODE 4 Georgia Balogiannis and Professor Sakis Gekas, the HHF Chair in Modern Greek History at York University in Toronto...
Feb 15, 2021•32 min•Season 1Ep. 4
The Idea of Greece is a seven-part podcast exploring the Greek Revolution of 1821. This podcast is produced by the Hellenic Heritage Foundation (HHF) and hosted by Georgia Balogiannis. The series is also under the auspices of the Greece 2021 Committee. Sponsored by Agape Greek Radio. Original music by Demetri Petsalakis. This is not the history you learned in Greek School! EPISODE 3 Georgia Balogiannis and HHF History Committee historian Terry Gitersos look at the violence that permeated the Gre...
Feb 01, 2021•41 min•Season 1Ep. 3
The Idea of Greece is a seven-part podcast exploring the Greek Revolution of 1821. This podcast is produced by the Hellenic Heritage Foundation (HHF) and hosted by Georgia Balogiannis. The series is also under the auspices of the Greece 2021 Committee. Sponsored by Agape Greek Radio. Original music by Demetri Petsalakis. This is not the history you learned in Greek School! EPISODE 2 Journalist Georgia Balogiannis and Professor Sakis Gekas, the HHF Chair in Modern Greek History at York University...
Jan 18, 2021•25 min•Season 1Ep. 2
The Idea of Greece is a seven-part podcast exploring the Greek Revolution of 1821. This podcast is produced by the Hellenic Heritage Foundation (HHF) and hosted by Georgia Balogiannis. The series is also under the auspices of the Greece 2021 Committee. Sponsored by Agape Greek Radio. Original music by Demetri Petsalakis. This is not the history you learned in Greek School! EPISODE 1 Georgia Balogiannis and Professor Sakis Gekas, the HHF Chair in Modern Greek History at York University in Toronto...
Dec 24, 2020•39 min•Season 1Ep. 1
