“It’s the complexity of different equipment. We started with vacuum tubes when I was in school. Then they moved to transistors, ICs, micro-processors, and now computers of course. It was gradual change over the years.”
Danny Karagiannis arrived in Canada from Greece in the mid-1960's. He has a degree in Electronics Technologies from George Brown College and a Masters of Divinity from the Ontario Theological Seminary. He has been working as an Electronics Technologist at UTSC since 1973. In the conversation, he recounts his experiences on campus for over 40 years and reflects on changes in technology.
Everything was new
It was gradual change over the years
There used to be a lot of people down here
Interview Participant: Daniel Karagianis
Interviewer: Scott Tsang
Location: UTSC campus
Photographer: Ken Jones
Date of Interview: June 16, 2015
To hear the full audio of the oral history interviews visit: Scarborough Oral History Project