SNF SUPPORTED VIRTUAL MUSEUM OF GREEK IMMIGRATION TO CANADA OPENS authored by TNH Staff Published in The National Herald, June 8, 2019 ------------------------------ I am excited that  The National Herald  has given Hellenic Genealogy Geek the right to reprint articles that may be of interest to our group.  ------------------------------ MONTREAL – The official unveiling of Immigrec, an impressive and cutting edge project documenting Greek immigration in Canada, took place on May 24. The project is supported by the Stavros Niarchos Foundation (SNF) and its heart is the virtual museum of Greek immigration which sets a new standard for the study of Greek diaspora communities.  The Virtual Museum of Greek Immigration to Canada is the outcome of a 2-year research effort (2017-2018) conducted by Immigrec, an interdisciplinary educational consortium, comprising research teams from four universities in Canada (McGill, Simon Fraser and York...

GREEK CANADIAN HISTORY PROJECT -  http://archives.library.yorku.ca/gchp/ ABOUT THE PROJECT The Greek Canadian History Project (GCHP) is an initiative designed and committed to identifying, acquiring, digitizing, preserving, and providing access to primary source materials that reflect the experiences of Canada’s Greek immigrants and their descendants. The collected sources, currently in the hands of private individuals and organizations in the Greek-Canadian community, will be placed in the care of the Clara Thomas Archives & Special Collections of York University Libraries. The Project’s stewards are Dr. Athanasios (Sakis) Gekas, HHF Chair in Modern Greek History at York University, and Christopher Grafos, Ph.D. in History, York University. The GCHP plans to be a continued repository for information, accessible for current and future research in broad thematic fields such as social, cultural, and economic practices of Greeks in Canada. We invite individuals to con...