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Commemoration of the events of the Greek Polytechnical School organized by the Hellenic Stud. Assoc. of U.W.O.

Poster advertising a commemoration event regarding the Greek Polytechnical School Uprising held at the Central Secondary School Auditorium located at 508 Waterloo Street in London, Ontario. Speakers and performers include: George Papadatos, Yannis Bourikos, Haris Polatos, Domenico, Fotis Zavitsanos, Pandelis (bouzouki), Lambros Vasiliou, Ant. Mihailiois, N. Lolis (composer), P. Krias and Yannis Haranas.

Commonwealth of Dominica family vacation

Item consists of a Black-Canadian family’s home movie featuring a plane on the tarmac; children enjoying sugarcane and an adult milking a cow; adults and children drinking from a freshly-picked coconut; children swimming at a beach; cityscapes in parts of Dominica, with streets, buildings and mountains in the background; children playing in a shallow river; a family carrying beach supplies and walking on a path surrounded by a tropical forest.

Donor(s) and project contributed description follows: "Heather and her siblings met and visited her paternal grandparents for the first time in 1978. "My grandfather was born in 1898. He lived to about 105, so he got to see three centuries – the late 1800’s, the 1900’s and he died in the early 2000’s." This was the family’s first vacation overseas, a memorable time in the Commonwealth of Dominica where Heather’s parents were born and raised - her father in Vieille Case and her mother in Portsmouth. In the travel clips, various footage shows the time Heather and her family swam at Purple Turtle Beach, enjoyed sugarcane, fresh coconut water and watched her Dad milk a cow on her grandparents’ property in La Haut. There’s also footage of their visit to a busy city. Then back in the countryside, Heather notes, "That’s just us walking with a relative through a village in Dominica" as the relative carries a load of laundry, washed in the river, in a basket on her head. In those days, there was no plumbing or electricity in the rural area where her grandparents lived, so Heather remembers it being pitch-black at night, with only lanterns, candles and the moon to light the way. Using the outhouse there at night was scary for her as a child."

Community picnic

Item consists of a Japanese family's home movie featuring a community picnic.

Project and donor(s) contributed description follows: "Terry Watada became interested in his family history when he realized his parents were forced into internment camps by the Canadian government during World War II. The youngest of two boys and with an 18-year age gap, he only came to know this history in his late teens. The footage selected shows glimpses of Terry’s childhood and features community members with whom he grew up. A small clip shows Terry wearing his cub scout uniform. In 1959, he was eight-years-old and was part of the 45th cub scout "wolf pack"; he later became a scout until the age of 17.

The families on the farm near the beginning of the footage feature the Watada family visiting the Itos in Cooksville, Ontario. Mr. Ito had connections with Terry’s father when he lived in BC; Mr. Ito was a former employee of Matsujiro Watada. Because his father helped with the down payment of their farm, the Watadas would receive bushels of vegetables every season during Terry’s childhood.

A prominent feature of his childhood, Terry and his family attended organized community picnics along with other members of the Japanese Canadian community in Toronto. A game played was the catching of mochi balls. A coveted gift since the process to make it by hand was time consuming. The picnic near the end of the selected home movies depicts a Shinto lion dance (around 68’ or 69’). There were always religious undertones at these picnics, either Buddhist or Shinto along with the Obon festival that would take place every year. The religious undertone would shift as they became an event that no longer only catered to a Japanese audience."

Community picnic

Item consists of a Japanese family's home movie featuring a community picnic and includes footage of dancing and children playing. Footage of flowers is also included.

Project and donor(s) contributed description follows: "Terry Watada became interested in his family history when he realized his parents were forced into internment camps by the Canadian government during World War II. The youngest of two boys and with an 18-year age gap, he only came to know this history in his late teens. The footage selected shows glimpses of Terry’s childhood and features community members with whom he grew up. A small clip shows Terry wearing his cub scout uniform. In 1959, he was eight-years-old and was part of the 45th cub scout "wolf pack"; he later became a scout until the age of 17.

The families on the farm near the beginning of the footage feature the Watada family visiting the Itos in Cooksville, Ontario. Mr. Ito had connections with Terry’s father when he lived in BC; Mr. Ito was a former employee of Matsujiro Watada. Because his father helped with the down payment of their farm, the Watadas would receive bushels of vegetables every season during Terry’s childhood.

A prominent feature of his childhood, Terry and his family attended organized community picnics along with other members of the Japanese Canadian community in Toronto. A game played was the catching of mochi balls. A coveted gift since the process to make it by hand was time consuming. The picnic near the end of the selected home movies depicts a Shinto lion dance (around 68’ or 69’). There were always religious undertones at these picnics, either Buddhist or Shinto along with the Obon festival that would take place every year. The religious undertone would shift as they became an event that no longer only catered to a Japanese audience."

Companeros Concert –Danforth Music Hall

Companeros Concert at the Danforth Music Hall. With them Nancy White in translation and George Papadatos in translation and narration. Συναυλεία του συγκροτήματος Κομπανιέρος στην Μουσική Αίθουσα της Ντάνφορθ. Μαζί τους η Νάνσυ Γουάιτ στη μετάφραση και ο Γιώργος Παπαδάτος σε μετάφραση και αφήγηση.

Compilation of home movies

Item consists of a Barbadian- and Guyanese-Canadian family's home movie and includes footage featuring a Popeye cartoon, Alvin and the Chipmunks cartoon, children playing, a birthday celebration, a crowd outside and a man speaking into a microphone, a parade with cars as floats, adults hanging out, a hall filled with adults eating and dancing, a picnic at a park, gatherings with Christmas decorations in the background, a family dog wearing a hat, and a family gardening.

Donor(s) and project contributed description follows: "Its 1974 or 1975 in Sydney, Nova Scotia, Mike Nobrega, cousins, aunts, extended family and friends are seen in domestic settings. They are also pictured sharing a picnic in the summertime. Mike was born in Toronto, and moved to Nova Scotia when he was young. His father is from Guyana and mother is from Barbados. The community around where he grew up was very diverse, including people from the Ukraine, Poland, Carribean, Italy. Many came to work in steel and coal mines."

Compilation of home movies

Item consists of a Barbadian- and Guyanese-Canadian family's home movie featuring two adults and a baby in the kitchen, children and adults dancing, a child unwrapping Christmas presents and playing with a doll, children riding bicycles and playing on swing sets, the family driving in a car, and snowy streets with adults shovelling and children playing.

Donor(s) and project contributed description follows: "Its 1972 in Sydney, Nova Scotia. Shot on 8mm film, Mike Nobrega, his brother Richard, and aunt Beryl are seen inside their home and backyard on Tupper Street.

Mike was born in Toronto, and moved to Nova Scotia when he was young. His father is from Guyana and mother is from Barbados. The community around where he grew up was very diverse, including people from the Ukraine, Poland, Carribean, Italy. Many came to work in steel and coal mines."

Concert at the Greek Community Centre of Toronto

On stage Pantelis on the bouzouki among the musicians and the singer (unknown). Συναυλεία στην Ελληνική Κοινότητα του Τορόντο. Στη σκηνή ο Παντελής στο μπουζούκι ανάμεσα στους μουσικούς καιι η τραγουδίστρια (ανώνυμη).

Concert at Titania Music Hall - Leontis and his group. The banner reads "Art Belongs to the People"

Concert at Titania Music Hall of composer Christos Leontis, himself on stage with his musicians ans singers. The banner reads "Art Belongs to the People". Συναυλία στην Μουσική Αίθουσα Τιτάνια του συνθέτη Χρήστου Λεοντή. Στη σκηνή ο ίδιος, οι μουσικοί και καλλιτέχνες του. Το πανό αναγράφει "Η Τέχνη Ανήκει στο Λαό".

Concert hosted by the Greek Canadian Cultural Workshop at Titania Music Hall presenting composer Christos Leontis

The Greek Canadian Cultural Workshop of Toronto presenting composer Christos Leontis for the first time in Toronto. On stage the composer directs his musicians. On the background a banner reads “art belongs to the people” in Greek. Συναυλεία του Ελληνο-Καναδικού Πολιτιστικού Εργαστηρίου του Τορόντο στην Μουσική Αίθουσα Τιτάνια, παρουσιάζει για πρώτη φορά τον μουσικοσυνθέτη Χρήστο Λεοντή στο Τορόντο. Στη σκηνή ο συνθέτης διευθύνει τους μουσικούς με φόντο ένα πανό που αναγράφει "Η Τέχνη Ανήκει στο Λαό".

Concert in support of the people of Nicaraugua. Companieros performing with Nancy White

The band Companeros performing at a concert for the support of Nicaragua at Titania Music Hall. On stage with them Nancy White on the piano and George Papadatos. Εμφάνιση του συγκροτήματος "Κομπανιέρος" στην συναυλία για την υποστήριξη της Νικαράγουα στη Μουσική Αίθουσα Τιτάνια. Μαζί τους στη σκηνή η Νάνσυ Γουάιτ στο πιάνο, και ο Γιώργος Παπαδάτος.

Cornwall Police Practices, Akwesasne

Item consists of audio recording of on the street interviews with Aboriginal youth of Cornwall Island regarding their experiences with discrimination at the hands of the police on the island. This is followed by an interview with an unidentified man and woman regarding the economic, environmental, and social problems with mass tree plantings, using Piper Townshp as a specific example.

Correspondence

File consists of mostly e-mail correspondence pertaining to the editing of "Between Gods" and Pick's literary appearances, including as host of the Rogers Writers' Trust Shortlist Readings and jury member for the prize. Also included is a grant application to the Canada Council for the Arts and a 28 March 2012 recording of "Two-faced Sky" from the Manhattan School of Music, featuring Pick's poetry.

Couvrette Street, St. Laurent, Quebec

Item consists of a Black-Canadian family’s home movie featuring a child brushing the teeth of a younger child. Footage also features children playing on a swing set in a park, a boy riding a bicycle and a girl riding a tricycle, and playing on a slide.

Donor(s) and project contributed description follows: "Daily life in Montreal, Quebec. This footage shows Heather trying to teach her younger sister Hazel how to brush her teeth. Heather describes this footage as "normal kids doing normal things." Heather recalls playing at the park across from her family home a lot and riding their bikes. She describes the home in this footage as her "first family home in Montreal," located on Couvrette Street in St. Laurent, which is a borough in Montreal, Quebec."

D. Destreichen

Item consists of an oral history interview with D. Destreichen on May 26 1992for the purposes of Posluns book\, "Voices from the Odeyak".

Dance at the Greek Community Centre

Dance at the Greek Community Centre. A man with a grey suit and a woman with a brown top and glasses are having a meal beside two women. Behind them other guests are visible. Χορός στην Ελληνική Κοινότητα Τορόντο. Ένας άνδρας με γκρι κοστούμι και μια γυναίκα με καφέ μπλούζα και γυαλιά τρώνε δίπλα σε δυο γυναίκες. Πίσω τους διακρίνονται και άλλοι καλεσμένοι.

Dance performance

Item consists of two girls in matching outfits dancing to the "Eye of the Tiger" with dolls as props.

Project and donor(s) contributed description follows: "We’re in a suburban backyard in Ottawa, ON and it’s summer time in 1984. Sonia, age 4 and her younger sister, age 2 are playing with a swing set and an inflatable tipi likely from Canadian Tire. The inflatable has a small hole to pop your head in, and has imagery of the trope of the "Indian" and the "cowboy." This was strange for Sonia to see when revisiting the footage, because this type of imagery likely wouldn’t be sold anymore.

She and her sister are singing songs in Japanese (her mother’s mother tongue) and Marathi (her father’s mother tongue). The Japanese songs are ones she still recalls and sings to her own children. The Marathi songs are familiar, and Sonia recalls her father teaching them to her, but she doesn’t remember their titles, or know what they mean.

Sonia grew up in Ottawa, and moved to Toronto as an adult. Although she was the minority in school as one of two non-white children, she doesn’t remember feeling out of place. Her parents said that other children called her "blacky" but she doesn’t recall this happening.

In relation to Home Made Visible, Sonia says, "The process of drawing out pieces of history and indicating its value, [and] that it deserves to be preserved is incredible""

Dancing the wave

Item consists of a Filipino-Canadian family's home movie featuring children interacting with the camera and two women in the background setting a picnic table for a barbecue in the backyard.

Darwin : hour 3

Item is an audio recording of the CBC Ideas program, "The Evolution of Charles Darwin: Part 3," hosted by Seth Feldman.

Darwin : hour 4

Item is an audio recording of the CBC Ideas program, "The Evolution of Charles Darwin: Part 4," hosted by Seth Feldman.

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