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Ancestry and assimilation in North America

First Immigrants

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We journey to the USA and Canada. While Greeks have long migrated to both countries the Greek diaspora still face significant challenges


How easy is it for the Greek language to flourish in the USA where even the church is delivering mass in English? Why are there  communication breakdowns between Greek organisations in Canada? How can the two counties cooperate to promote the Greek culture?

Featured:

Nicholas Alexiou, Chancellor’s Lecturer of Sociology, University of New York

Kostas Flegas, Director of Education for the Greek Community of Toronto

 

Producor: Odysseas Kripotos

Interviews: Alexandros Logothetis & Dina Gerolymou

Technical Production: Qazim Menxhiqi


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