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John Sotos fonds
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1986 Greek Community budget

File consists of correspondence, meeting agendas, reports, budgets, and expenditures related to the activities of the GCMT Social Services Centre for the 1986-1987 fiscal year.

1988 Diocese-Community proposal

File consists of a draft memorandum of agreement and draft by-laws between the Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of Toronto and the Greek Community of Toronto.

Accountant’s proposal

File consists of an outline of a proposal from KPMG for the Hellenic Heritage Foundation, the curriculum vitae of George Christopoulos, and a list of national firm members.

Application : new / amended : final

File consists of copies of the Application for Incorporation of a Corporation Without Share Capital for the Hellenic Heritage Fund and the Hellenic Heritage Foundation, as well as copies of General By-Law No. 1 and other related documents. File also contains a copy of the Hellenic Heritage Foundation’s Strategic Plan.

Application for Supplementary Letters Patent

File consists of signed and draft copies of a resolution to apply for supplemental Letter Patent by the Directors of the Hellenic Heritage Fund, as well as a meeting agenda, and a copy of the application form for Application for Supplementary Letters Patent registered with the Ontario Ministry of Consumer and Commercial Relations.

Articles

File consists of an undated and untitled newspaper clipping discussing a calendar compiled by the European Travel Commission. Added to the file is a photocopy of an chapter titled “How to Raise Money for Worthwhile Causes and NonProfit Organizations” by Al Whitman.

Board meetings

File consists of memos, handwritten notes, and meeting agendas for the Greek Community of Metropolitan Toronto (GCMT)’s Social Services Centre Board of Directors.

Budget and stats

File consists of correspondence, meeting agendas, handwritten notes, reports, budgets, and expenditures related to the financial activities of the GCMT Social Services Centre.

Canada-Greece relations

File consists of a newsletter from the Friends of the Canadian Archeological Institute of Athens, correspondence from the Canadian Embassy in Athens and the Law Offices of John M. Tripidakis, and a transcribed article from Kathimerini newspaper dated July 28, 1996.

Canadian Ethnocultural Council

Series consists of records documenting the activities of the Canadian Ethnocultural Council (CEC) and John Sotos’ membership, involvement, and contributions.

Canadian Ethnocultural Council : Membership applications of Macedonian groups

File consists of memorandums, meeting agendas and correspondence related to the membership application of two Macedonian associations, Macedonian Canadian Society and United Macedonians. File also includes a letter addressed to Sotos from the Pan-Macedonian Society in regards to these membership applications and conflicting definitions of Macedonian identity.

Canadian Ethnocultural Council : Brief on Bill C-34

File consists of a brief prepared by the Canadian Ethnocultural Council on Bill C-34 (the Canadian Centre for Management Development Act). File also includes a report developed by the CEC in March 1990 titled “On the Sidelines of Her Majesty’s Service: A Survey of Employment Equity for Visible Minorities in the Federal Public Service (1988)”.

Canadian Ethnocultural Council : Correspondence with the Minister of Multiculturalism and Citizenship

File consists of correspondence between Hon. Gerry Weiner, Minister of State (Multicultualism and Citizenship) and the members of the Executive Committee of the Canadian Ethnocultural Council (CEC) regarding Bill C-18 and federal funding for multiculturalism projects. File also includes a copy of the Minutes and Porceedings and Evidence of the Legislative Committee on Bill C-18, as well as a news releases from the Office of the Minister of State, Multiculturalism and Citizenship Canada.

Canadian Ethnocultural Council : Executive committee and board of presidents

File consists of meeting agendas, meeting minutes, and conference agendas documenting the activities of the Canadian Ethnocultural Council (CEC)’s Executive Committee and Board of Presidents. File also includes a Brief prepared by the CEC to the Minister of Employment and Immigration on immigration planning ranges for 1990 and beyond, as well as a Bienial Report (1986-1988) prepared for the Biennial General Assembly of the CEC in May 1988.

Canadian Ethnocultural Council : Executive committee and board of presidents

File consists of meeting agendas and meeting minutes documenting the activities of the Canadian Ethnocultural Council (CEC)’s Executive Committee and Board of Presidents. File also contains a copy of the House of Commons Minutes of Proceedings and Evidence of the Standing Committee on Multiculturalism and Citizenship, as well as correspondence and newspaper clippings related to the CEC’s actions protesting the elimination of the Heritage Language Supplementary School program, and the CEC’s concerns regarding Bill C-18.

Canadian Ethnocultural Council : Executive committee and general

File consists of records related to the activities of the Canadian Ethnocultural Council’s (CEC) Executive Committee and other initiatives by the CEC. File includes memorandums, meeting agendas and minutes, as well as a funding application. Topics covered in the file notably include Bill C-37. Bill C-18, and the 1991 Census, among others.

Canadian Ethnocultural Council : general materials

File consists of memorandums, meeting agendas, and incoming and outgoing correspondence related to the activities of the Canadian Ethnocultural Council (CEC). File also contains copies of newspaper articles criticizing multiculturalism, as well as draft copies of the CEC’s constitution and documents related to its incorporation. File futher contains a copy of the CEC’s 1988-1989 Annual Report.

Canadian Ethnocultural Council : immigration and employment

File consists of correspondence related to a study on the benefits of immigration to Canada by Ather H. Akbar, as well as two bound government publications: “The employment effects of immigration: a balance sheet approach” by T.J. Samuels and T. Conyers, Employment and Immigration Canada, and “Charting Canada’s Future: A Report of the Demographic Review” by Health and Welfare Canada.

Canadian Ethnocultural Council : Legislative brief on Bill C-40 (Broadcasting Act)

File consists of drafts of the Multiculturalism in Broadcasting Brief to the Legislative Committee on Bill C-40 prepared by the CEC, as well as copies of letters to MP Gerry Weiner by the CEC and press releases on budget cuts to the department of Secretary of State and Multiculturalism and Citizenship. Added to the file is the final draft of the Multiculturalism in Broadcasting Brief to the Legislative Committee on Bill C-40 prepared by the CEC, in addition to a memorandum to CEC members on the development of the brief.

Canadian Ethnocultural Council : Media committee general

File consists of media releases, memorandums, meeting notes, and conference materials related to the activities of the CEC’s Media Committee. Also included in the file is a newspaper article from the Toronto Star on racism in the media. Added to the file is a letter to the former Premiere of Ontario, David Peterson from the National Congress of Italian Canadians on the publication of two inflammatory articles in the Toronto Sun by McKenzie Porter, and meeting minutes of the CEC’s Media Subcommittee meeting held on April 10 1990, with John Sotos’ handwritten notes.

Canadian Ethnocultural Council : Media committee projects

File consists of records related to the activities of the CEC’s Media Committee projects, including Bills C-40 and C-136, and the implementation of media sensitization. File consists of memorandums, correspondence meeting agendas and minutes, media releases and copies of newspaper clippings, as well as records related to John Sotos’ attendence as a CEC Media Committee representative at Sharing the Message: Multiculturalism in Media conference that took place in Edmonton Alberta February 16-17 1990. File also includes copies of funding applications for the projects.

Canadian Ethnocultural Council : Minorities and the Charter Conference

File consists of a final conference agenda, list of participants, workshop materials, a copy of an article from the Alberta Law Review on Charter cases, newspaper articles on Charter criticisms, and a draft conference agenda for the Minorities and the Charter conference organized by the Canadian Ethnocultural Council. File also includes a publication titled “A Guide to the Charter for Equality-Seeking Groups” by the Canadian Council on Social Development.

Canadian Ethnocultural Council : Publications and reports

File consists of two publications, “Proposal to Establish A National Multicultural Institute on Media for Ethnic and Visible Minorities” published by the Canadian Ethnocultural Council, and “Visible Minorities and Native Canadians in National Television News Programs: A Content Analysis Conducted in August and September 1989” by Barry Lazar and Ross Perigoe. File also includes a list of the Canadian Ethnocultural Council’s Board of Presidents, listing the contact information of presidents of a variety of ethnocultural organizations throughout Canada.

Canadian Ethnocultural Council : Response to budget cuts of the Ministry of Multiculturalism and Citizenship

File consists of drafts of letters sent to Hon. Gerry Weiner, Minister of State (Multicultualism and Citizenship) by John Sotos and Lewis T. Chan in response to the budget cuts to the Department of State and Multiculturalism and Citizenship, which affected the CEC’s Media Committee’s proposed Multiculturalism Institute on the Media. File also includes a copy of Weiner’s speaker’s notes for a speech delivered at an event to commemorate the International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination, as well as copies of newsclippings on the CEC’s reponse to the budget cuts. File also contains internal correspondence on the issue.

Canadian Ethnocultural Council : Response to Meech Lake Accord

File consists of a faxed copy of a CEC media release on the Meech Lake Accord and McKenna resolution dated April 17 1990, memorandums to CEC board members on the CEC’s response to the Accord, as well as a copy of a petition to Parliament circulated by the CEC calling to increase funding to the Heritage Language Supplementary School program. File also includes a CEC Executive Committee meeting agenda. Added to the file is a faxed copy of a CEC media released on the Meech Lake accord dated March 23 1990 and an additional faxed media release dated May 1 1990.

CEC : Executive committee and general

File consists of general records and records related to the Canadian Ethnocultural Council’s executive committee, including a copy of the CEC’s constitution, memorandums, a copy of a presentation on Manitoba and the Meech Lake Accord, correspondence and meeting agendas, as well as a copy of a proposed event “A Celebration of Freedoms”.

CEC : Membership committee

File consists of memos, meeting agendas and meeting minutes, and correspondence related to the activities of the Canadian Ethnocultural Council’s membership committee.

CEC Media watch committee

File consists of records documenting the activities of the Canadian Ethnocultural Council’s Media Watch Committtee, including a newsletter from the CEC’s Race Relations Committee, a brief prepared by the CEC Media to the Legislative Committee on Broadcasting Bill C-136, correpondence, copies of newspaper articles, a resume, meeting agendas and meeting minutes, as well as a copy of the Proposal to Establish a National Media Watch for Ethnic and Visible Minorities.

CEC Media watch committee

File consists of records documenting the activities of the Canadian Ethnocultural Council’s Media Watch Committtee, including correspondence, memorandums, media releases, copies of newspaper articles, meeting agendas, and personal notes by Sotos. File also includes a list of CEC Board of Presidents as of June 9 1989, as well as a copy of A Proposal to Establish a Nationa Multicultural Institute on Media for Ethnic and Visible Minorities.

CEC Media watch committee

File consists of records documenting the activities of the Canadian Ethnocultural Council’s Media Watch Committtee, including a copy of A Proposal to Establish a National Media Watch for Ethnic and Visible Minorities, anonymized resumes, correspondence, copies of newspaper articles, contact information, as well as a copy of a Questionnaire on National Media Monitoring System. File further includes copies of case law, handwritten notes by Sotos, meeting agendas and memorandums.

CEC Media watch committee

File consists of records documenting the activities of the Canadian Ethnocultural Council’s Media Watch Committtee, including reference documents, contact information, handwritten notes by Sotos, correspondence, copies of newspaper and magazine articles, and correspondence.

CEC- Membership applications

File consists of copies of membership applications to the Canadian Ethnocultural Council by ethnocultural organizations.

CEC- Membership applications

File consists of copies of membership applications to the Canadian Ethnocultural Council by ethnocultural organizations.

CEC- Membership applications

File consists of copies of membership applications to the Canadian Ethnocultural Council by ethnocultural organizations.

CEC- Membership applications

File consists of copies of membership applications to the Canadian Ethnocultural Council by ethnocultural organizations.

Citizenship

File consists of correspondence, a newspaper article, and materials from the Department of the Secretary of State of Canada related to a citizenship drive organized by the GCMT Social Services Centre as part of the 40 Years of Canadian Citizenship commemoration by the Department of the Secretary of State of Canada. Added to the file is a program from the event.

Citizenship party

File consists of records related to the event organizing of a citizenship ceremony as the result of a citizenship drive by the Greek Community of Metropolitan Toronto’s Social Services Centre. File includes correpondence and notes, as well as the June 26 1987 issue of the Εβδομαδα (Greek Canadian Weekly) newspaper covering the event. File also includes copies of John Sotos’ resignation letter from the Social Services Centre.

Coalition on Multiculturalism

File consists of correspondence, draft press releases, and copies of letters sent to various government ministers by the Canadian Coalition on Multiculturalism in response to proposed budget cuts to the Minister of State for Multiculturalism and Citizenship. File also includes a copy of a media release by the Canadian Ethnocultural Council on the budget cuts, as well as correspondence related to the Agreement for the Alexander the Great Statue on the Danforth.

Conference : Sharing the Message: Multiculturalism in the Media

File consists of materials from the Sharing the Message: Multiculturalism in the Media conference where John Sotos was a workshop speaker. File includes an advertisement for the conference from the Grant McEwan Community college Office of Multicultural and Native Programming “Kaleidoscope” newsletter, a conference program with annotations from Sotos, speaker’s notes for Sotos on the work of the Canadian Ethnocultural Council, a list of workshop attendees, a conference evaluation form, as well as copies of news articles and recommendations from a similar conference held in Edmonton the year before, a copy of Bill C-40, and a copy of the Prairie Link newspaper containing an article on the conference. File also includes a photograph of Sotos that was used in the conference program.

Constitution committee : HHF

File consists of a list of Hellenic Heritage Foundation (HHF) Constitution Committee members, as well as a memo to the file.

Corporate matters 1998 : HHF

File consists of a final copy and drafy version of a notice of annual meeting with a poxy voting form, as well as Executive and Council Election Information from the Canadian Bar Association Ontario chapter.

Council minutes

File consists of minutes from the Hellenic Canadian Congress’ National Council meetings and related documents. File also includes a copy of a conference programme f, contact information, and an agenda for the Conference on Human Rights and the Media.

Cypriot Federation of Canada

File consists of records related to the development of the Cypriot Federation of Canada’s constitution and bylaws.

Draft lease

File consists of draft and annotated copies of the lease for the Hellenic Heritage Foundation office space at 9251 Yonge Street, Suite 303, in Richmond Hill, Ontario.

Draft MOU : HHF and York University

File consists of correspondence surrounding the development of a Memorandum of Understanding between York University, the Hellenic Heritage Foundation and the Greek Community of Metropolitan Toronto for the establishment of the Chair in Hellenic Studies.

Drafts

File consists of draft Application for Incorporation of a Corporation Without Share Capital for the Hellenic Heritage Foundation, as well as draft copies of General By-law no. 1. File also contains associated correspondence.

Enomeni Koinotita conference

File consists of records related to the Enomeni Koinotita Conference (United Community Conference), including correspondence, a summary of the Greek Community of Metropolitan Toronto’s hostory, conference program and schedule, as well as meeting minutes.

Executive HHF minutes

File consists of meeting minutes for the Hellenic Heritage Foundation (HHF)’s Executive Committee.

Finances

File consists of expense reports and grant applications for the Greek Community of Metropolitan Toronto’s Social Services Centre .Added to the file is financial statements for the Greek Community of Metropolitan Toronto dated December 31 1989, and a list of recommendations for short-term grants.

General files

Series consists of records documenting a variety of activities John Sotos was engaged in that fall outside or are tangentially related to the associations in the other series.

Golf : HHF

File consists of invitations, flyers, and calls for sponsorship for the second annual Hellenic Heritage Foundation Golf Classis.

Greek Community : General

File consists of records documenting the activities of the Greek Community of Metropolitan Toronto (GCMT)’s Executive, including correspondence, meeting agendas, meeting minutes, budget reports and expense reports. File also contains correspondence and related records concerning an election dispute.

Greek Community : General

File consists of records documenting the activities of the Greek Community of Metropolitan Toronto (GCMT)’s Executive, including a correspondence, meeting agendas, budget and expense reports, election by-laws, and a copy of the GCMT’s Letters Patent and By-laws.

Greek Community of Metropolitan Toronto

Series consists of records documenting the activities of the Greek Community of Metropolitan Toronto (GCMT) and John Sotos’ contributions and involvement with the Community.

Greek Community of Metropolitan Toronto : historical

File consists of a summary of the history of the Greek Community of Toronto, a copy of a publication by Dr. Leonidis Polymenakos “Η ΕΛΛΗΝΙΚΗ ΚΟΙΝΟΤΗΣ ΤΟY ΜΗΤΡΟΠΟΛΙΤΙΚΟy ΤΟΡΟΝΤΟ ΚΑΙ ΤΑ ΠΡΟΒΛΗΜΑΤΑ ΤΗΣ” (The Greek Community of Toronto Inc. and its problems), as well as financial statements and financial reports.

Greek Community of Metropolitan Toronto : Executive

File consists of records documenting the activities of the Greek Community of Metropolitan Toronto (GCMT)’s Executive, including a newspaper clipping from the Toronto Star on feuding between the GCMT and Archbishop Sotirios, meeting agendas and meeting minutes, memorandums, and expense reports. File also contains a pamphlet for the Social Services Centre, and a bound booklet with the GCMT’s Letters Patent and By-laws.

Greek Community of Metropolitan Toronto : Executive committee

File consists of meeting agendas, correspondence with the Archbishop Sotirios regarding the Metamorphosis tou Sotiriou Greek Orthodox Church, as well as correspondence from the Social Planning Council of Metropolitan Toronto regarding the inclusion of the Greek Community of Metropolitan Toronto (GCMT)’s Social Services Centre in a study.

Greek Community of Metropolitan Toronto Inc.

File consists of correspondence between the Hellenic Heritage Foundation (HHF) and the Greek Community of Metropolitan Toronto regarding the development of the Chair of Modern Greek Studies at York University.

Greek Community of Metropolitan Toronto Social Services Centre : Danforth community centre, elder services program and grants

File consists of records related to the development of a space near the Danforth Avenue area to serve as an office and community centre for the Greek Community of Metropolitan Toronto, as well as records related to an elderly program for Greeks in Toronto, including a press release from the Ontario Ministry of Community and Social Services, as well as a meeting agenda and meeting minutes, and correspondence.

Greek Community of Metropolitan Toronto Social Services Centre : General

File consists of records related to the Greek Community of Metropolitan Toronto (GCMT)’s Social Services Centre, including correspondence between Sotos and the General Manager of the GCMT, Stathis Charilas, surrounding the administration of the centre, a copy of the application form for United Way funding, meeting agendas and meeting minutes, and correspondence from both the United Way and the Ontario Ministry of Community and Social Services. File also includes copies of the GCMT Social Service Centre’s Constitution and by-laws.

Greek Community of Metropolitan Toronto Social Services Centre : Grants and general

File consists of text in English and Greek for pamphlets describing the services of the Greek Community of Metropolitan Toronto (GCMT)’s Social Services Centre, an event flyer, meeting agendas, a report on grants received by the GCMT’s Social Services Centre in 1985, as well as information on the City of Toronto’d dental program. File also contains a pamphlet from the Greek Orthodox Family Services and Counselling Familt Violence and Wife Assault Program.

Greek Community Social Services

File consists of records documenting the activities of the Greek Community of Toronto’s Social Services Centre, including correspondence, memorandums, monthly reports, budgeting records, handwritten notes, as well as pamphlets for programs provided by the Toronto Board of Education.

HCFO : Corporate documents

File consists of a copy of draft by-law no. 2-05 and a bound copy of the Letters Patent, Constitution, Rules and Procedures concerning nominations and elections of members of provincial council and resolution concerning membership fees and other assessments.

Hellenic Canadian Congress

Series consists of records documenting the activities of the Hellenic Canadian Congress (HCC) and John Sotos’ membership and involvement.

Hellenic Canadian Congress : “Macedonia is Greece” articles and letters

File consists of records related to responses to a statement made by then-Minister of the State for Multiculturalism Mr. Gerry Weiner. File contains a response from the Hellenic Canadian Congress and Pan-Macedonian Association of Canada advertised in the Toronto Star, responses to the statement by the Macedonian Community of Windsor, and the reaction from the Greek Community of Windsor and the Pan-Macedonian Association of Canada. File further includes a newspaper clipping from the Globe and Mail covering the debate between the Greek Canadian and Macedonian Canadian communities over the inclusion of the term “Macedonian” on the 1991 Canadian Census.

Hellenic Canadian Congress : Evangelos Kofos

File consists of correspondence with Evangelos Kofos regarding the Hellenic Canadian Congress 1990 Annual Conference where Kofos was invited to speak, as well as his involvement in the Canadian Pan-Macedonian delegation. File also contains a copy of Kofos’ 1987 publication “The Macedonian Question: The Politics of Mutation”.

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