HHF Presents
The Hellenic Heritage Foundation (HHF) is committed to supporting Hellenic education, culture and heritage initiatives across Canada. Its award-winning History Committee creates public history projects for a diaspora audience. This podcasting channel “HHF Presents” seeks to inform and narrate stories from our Greek past.
Podcasting since 2020 • 27 episodes
HHF Presents
Latest Episodes
Cyprus: An Island Divided. Episode Five: The Future of The Green Line
Cyprus and its politics and economics since 1974. The role Canadian peacekeepers played in Cyprus and efforts to bring lasting peace through a bizonal bicommunal federation.
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Season 5
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Episode 5
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41:10
Cyprus: An Island Divided. Episode Four: The Cypriot Diaspora
The 1974 invasion created many Cypriot refugees – both Greek and Turkish. This episode examines the Cypriot diaspora across the globe, how it maintains its ethnicity and ties with the island.
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Season 5
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Episode 4
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59:20
Cyprus: An Island Divided. Episode Three - 1974.
The events that led to the Turkish invasion of Cyprus on July 20, 1974 and what happened to Cypriot citizens on both sides of the Green Line.
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Season 5
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Episode 3
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47:26
Cyprus: An Island Divided. Episode Two - Nation Building
The Republic of Cyprus gained its independence from Great Britain in 1960. This episode looks at the road to nationhood and how coexistence between the ethnic Greek and ethnic Turkish populations was troubled from the start.
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Season 5
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Episode 2
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40:59
