<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html charset=utf-8"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space;" class=""><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><span style="font-size: 12pt;" class="">Please note that the location of the conference for May 4<sup class="">th</sup> has been changed to:<o:p class=""></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><b class=""><span style="font-size: 13.5pt; border: 1pt none windowtext; padding: 0in;" class="">Campbell House Museum, 160 Queen Street West, Toronto <span style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);" class=""> <o:p class=""></o:p></span></span></b></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><b class=""><span style="font-size: 13.5pt; border: 1pt none windowtext; padding: 0in;" class=""><span style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);" class=""><br class=""></span></span></b></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><br class=""></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><div style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px;" class=""><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><o:p class=""> </o:p></div></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; background-color: white; vertical-align: baseline; box-sizing: border-box; outline: 0px; font-variant-ligatures: normal; orphans: 2; widows: 2;" class=""><b class=""><span style="font-size: 13.5pt; font-family: inherit, serif; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); border: 1pt none windowtext; padding: 0in;" class="">GREEK CANADIAN STUDIES CONFERENCE<br class="">MAY 3-4, 2018</span></b><span style="font-size: 13.5pt; font-family: Georgia, serif; color: rgb(102, 102, 102);" class=""><o:p class=""></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; text-align: justify; background-color: white; vertical-align: baseline; box-sizing: border-box; outline: 0px; font-variant-ligatures: normal; orphans: 2; widows: 2;" class=""><span lang="EN-CA" style="font-size: 13.5pt; font-family: inherit, serif; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); border: 1pt none windowtext; padding: 0in;" class="">The York University <a href="http://hellenicheritagefoundationchair.info.yorku.ca/" style="color: purple;" class="">Hellenic Heritage Foundation Chair</a> in Modern Greek History and Hellenic Studies and the <a href="http://archives.library.yorku.ca/gchp/" style="color: purple;" class="">Greek Canadian History Project</a> are pleased to announce the inaugural <a href="https://greekcanadianstudiesconference.wordpress.com/" style="color: purple;" class="">Conference on Greek Canadian Studies</a> </span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; text-align: justify; background-color: white; vertical-align: baseline; box-sizing: border-box; outline: 0px; font-variant-ligatures: normal; orphans: 2; widows: 2;" class=""><span lang="EN-CA" style="font-size: 13.5pt; font-family: inherit, serif; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); border: 1pt none windowtext; padding: 0in;" class="">The Conference will take place on May 3-4, 2018. We are delighted to host a number of researchers, writers and a film producer to share their perspectives on Greek Canada. </span><span style="font-size: 13.5pt; font-family: Georgia, serif; color: rgb(102, 102, 102);" class=""><o:p class=""></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; background-color: white; vertical-align: baseline; box-sizing: border-box; outline: 0px; font-variant-ligatures: normal; orphans: 2; widows: 2;" class=""><span style="font-size: 13.5pt; font-family: Georgia, serif; color: rgb(102, 102, 102);" class="">Join us for the opening day of the conference on </span><b class=""><span style="font-size: 13.5pt; font-family: inherit, serif; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); border: 1pt none windowtext; padding: 0in;" class="">Thursday, May 3, 6:00 p.m. at the historic Papermill Theatre at Todmorden Mills</span></b><span style="font-size: 13.5pt; font-family: Georgia, serif; color: rgb(102, 102, 102);" class="">. (67 Pottery Road, Toronto). The opening day coincides with the HHF Wine and Cheese Social event. We’re launching the HHF Public Lecture Series with special guest </span><b class=""><span style="font-size: 13.5pt; font-family: inherit, serif; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); border: 1pt none windowtext; padding: 0in;" class="">Professor </span></b><span style="font-size: 13.5pt; font-family: Georgia, serif; color: rgb(102, 102, 102);" class=""><a href="https://history.ucsd.edu/people/faculty/gallant.html" style="color: purple;" class=""><b class=""><span style="font-family: inherit, serif; border: 1pt none windowtext; padding: 0in;" class="">Thomas W. Gallant</span></b>,</a> holder of the Nicholas Family Endowed Chair in Modern Greek History at the University of California, San Diego and inaugural HHF Chair in Modern Greek History at York University (2002-2007), who will speak about the 1918 anti-Greek riots in Toronto and kick off the York University Greek-Canadian Studies Conference.<o:p class=""></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; background-color: white; vertical-align: baseline; box-sizing: border-box; outline: 0px; font-variant-ligatures: normal; orphans: 2; widows: 2;" class=""><span style="font-size: 13.5pt; font-family: Georgia, serif; color: rgb(102, 102, 102);" class="">The Conference will also present the research project <a href="https://immigrec.com/en" style="color: purple;" class=""><span style="font-family: inherit, serif; color: rgb(28, 124, 124); border: 1pt none windowtext; padding: 0in; text-decoration: none;" class="">“Immigrec”</span></a> on the history of Greek immigrants to Canada from the 1950s to 1970s, funded by the Stavros Niarchos Foundation.<o:p class=""></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; background-color: white; vertical-align: baseline; box-sizing: border-box; outline: 0px; font-variant-ligatures: normal; orphans: 2; widows: 2;" class=""><span style="font-size: 13.5pt; font-family: Georgia, serif; color: rgb(102, 102, 102);" class="">We look forward to seeing you at the social event on May 3. </span><b class=""><span style="font-size: 13.5pt; font-family: inherit, serif; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); border: 1pt none windowtext; padding: 0in;" class="">Please RSVP to events@<span class="skimlinks-unlinked"><a href="http://hhf.ca/" style="color: purple;" class="">hhf.ca</a></span> or by calling (416) 447-7107</span></b><span style="font-size: 13.5pt; font-family: Georgia, serif; color: rgb(102, 102, 102);" class="">.<o:p class=""></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; background-color: white; vertical-align: baseline; box-sizing: border-box; outline: 0px; font-variant-ligatures: normal; orphans: 2; widows: 2;" class=""><span style="font-size: 13.5pt; font-family: Georgia, serif; color: rgb(102, 102, 102);" class="">The conference on </span><b style="font-size: 11pt;" class=""><span style="font-size: 13.5pt; border: 1pt none windowtext; padding: 0in;" class=""><span style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);" class="">May 4 </span></span></b><span style="font-size: 13.5pt; font-family: Georgia, serif; color: rgb(102, 102, 102);" class="">will take place at </span><b style="font-size: 11pt;" class=""><span style="font-size: 13.5pt; font-family: inherit, serif; border: 1pt none windowtext; padding: 0in;" class="">Campbell House Museum, 160 Queen Street West, Toronto, </span></b><b style="font-size: 11pt;" class=""><span style="font-size: 13.5pt; border: 1pt none windowtext; padding: 0in;" class=""><span style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);" class="">9.00am – 5pm.</span></span></b><b style="font-size: 11pt;" class=""><span style="font-size: 13.5pt; font-family: inherit, serif; border: 1pt none windowtext; padding: 0in;" class=""> <span style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);" class=""> </span></span></b></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; background-color: white; vertical-align: baseline; box-sizing: border-box; outline: 0px; font-variant-ligatures: normal; orphans: 2; widows: 2;" class=""><b class=""><span style="font-size: 13.5pt; font-family: inherit, serif; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); border: 1pt none windowtext; padding: 0in;" class="">Please visit the conference website for information and registration to the conference: </span></b><span style="font-size: 13.5pt; font-family: Georgia, serif; color: rgb(102, 102, 102);" class=""><a href="https://greekcanadianstudiesconference.wordpress.com/" style="color: purple;" class="">https://greekcanadianstudiesconference.wordpress.com/</a><o:p class=""></o:p></span></div><div style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px;" class=""><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><o:p class=""> </o:p></div></div><div style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; margin-bottom: 20.25pt; box-sizing: border-box; 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color: rgb(28, 124, 124); border: 1pt none windowtext; padding: 0in; text-decoration: none;" class="">Greek Canadian History Project </span></a> <a href="http://www.yorku.ca/index.html" style="color: purple;" class=""><span style="font-family: inherit, serif; color: rgb(28, 124, 124); border: 1pt none windowtext; padding: 0in; text-decoration: none;" class="">York University</span></a><o:p class=""></o:p></span></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 20.25pt; font-size: 11pt; background-color: white; vertical-align: baseline; box-sizing: border-box; outline: 0px; font-variant-ligatures: normal; orphans: 2; widows: 2;"><span style="font-size: 13.5pt; font-family: Georgia, serif; color: rgb(102, 102, 102);" class=""><img border="0" width="147" height="142" id="_x0000_i1025" src="https://greekcanadianstudiesconference.files.wordpress.com/2018/01/pastedgraphic-2.png?w=147&h=142" alt="PastedGraphic-2" style="width: 1.5312in; height: 1.4791in;" class=""> <img border="0" width="128" height="184" id="_x0000_i1026" src="https://greekcanadianstudiesconference.files.wordpress.com/2018/01/yorklogo.jpg?w=128&h=184" alt="yorklogo" style="width: 1.3333in; 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font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><b class=""><span style="font-size: 13.5pt; font-family: inherit, serif; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); border: 1pt none windowtext; padding: 0in;" class=""><o:p class="">sincerely and best wishes</o:p></span></b></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><b class=""><span style="font-size: 13.5pt; font-family: inherit, serif; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); border: 1pt none windowtext; padding: 0in;" class=""><o:p class="">Sakis Gekas</o:p></span></b></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><blockquote cite="mid:OF6929686D.DD66969A-ON85258005.00558032-85258005.0057C026@yorku.ca" type="cite" style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" class=""><br class=""></blockquote><br class=""><blockquote cite="mid:OF6929686D.DD66969A-ON85258005.00558032-85258005.0057C026@yorku.ca" type="cite" style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" class="">Associate Professor<br class="">Hellenic Heritage Foundation Chair of Modern Greek History<br class="">Department of History<br class="">York University<br class="">Vari Hall 2140, 4700 Keele st.<br class="">Toronto, Ontario<br class="">Canada M3J 1P3<br class="">(+1) 416-736-2100 ext.30423<br class=""><a href="http://hellenicheritagefoundationchair.info.yorku.ca/" class="">http://hellenicheritagefoundationchair.info.yorku.ca/</a> <br class=""><a href="http://www.berghahnbooks.com/title.php?rowtag=GekasXenocracy" class="">http://www.berghahnbooks.com/title.php?rowtag=GekasXenocracy</a></blockquote></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><b class=""><span style="font-size: 13.5pt; font-family: inherit, serif; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); border: 1pt none windowtext; padding: 0in;" class=""><o:p class=""> </o:p></span></b></div></body></html>