Event
Lecture: Tom Gallant (UC San Diego): Remembering Violent August: the 1918 anti-Greek riot in Toronto, 100 years on
Tuesday, November 13, 2018 18:30
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On a hot August night, as WWI was coming to an end 100 years ago – and for the next four consecutive nights – the good citizens of Toronto went crazy and ignited the largest riot in the city’s history – and one of the largest anti-Greek riots in the world.
Historian Tom Gallant tells that story but also reflects on its evolution over time in the collective memory of Greek-canadians but also Canada in general as well as on its significance 100 years on, in today’s world of the return of xenophobia.