Questions for Alumnae
 

Hi everyone,

I have a blog, and I am looking to do a series on alumna life. I have a great deal of many Alpha Gam alumnae to ask but I would love to have input from different organisation's. It would be a set of eight short questions, and I would leave your answers as is (edit only for typo/grammar)! If you would like to see a similar post, this is the first post from my "Greek Life in Canada" series from this past summer:https://anhistorianabouttown.wordpre...canada-part-i/

If you are willing to answer them, or have any questions, please feel free to send me a message! Thank you in advance!

As an update, here are the first four parts of this series; some are GreekChatters!

Part I:
https://anhistorianabouttown.wordpre...alumna-part-i/

Part II:
https://anhistorianabouttown.wordpre...lumna-part-ii/

Part III:
https://anhistorianabouttown.wordpre...umna-part-iii/

Part IV:
https://anhistorianabouttown.wordpre...lumna-part-iv/

I hope you enjoy!

Part V:
Fraternity Friday: Life as a Sorority Alumna, Part V - http://wp.me/p5B41J-1tT

Part VI:
Fraternity Friday: Life as a Sorority Alumna, Part VI - http://wp.me/p5B41J-1ue

Clearly, I no longer come on here that often but, I liked reading these. What a great idea. I have to say, I do not know which GCer is Monica featured in Part I but, I was able to check out her blog and she seems pretty cool! She seems like a fun person! I also loved reading about everyone else as they all appeared very interesting. This is a cute idea!

More GC'ers will be featured again!! I think what truly stands out to me is that the same threads/themes run through all of the interviews despite our organisations all approaching alum life differently! Week VII:
Fraternity Friday: Life as a Sorority Alumna, Part VII - http://wp.me/p5B41J-1BW

Part VIII! Fraternity Friday: Life as a Sorority Alumna, Part VIII - http://wp.me/p5B41J-1DB

Oops, double post!

Score! I look forward to reading these each Friday!

This is such a neat idea! I loved reading it, and sent you a pm

Here is Part IX: Fraternity Friday: Life as a Sorority Alumna, Part IX - http://wp.me/p5B41J-1HR

I need to send a big thank you to everyone who has taken the time to answer these questions!! I am truly grateful for it!!

And here we have part X with another Greekchatter: Fraternity Friday: Life as a Sorority Alumna, Part X - http://wp.me/p5B41J-1Nq

And part XI! Fraternity Friday: Life as a Sorority Alumna, Part XI - http://wp.me/p5B41J-1Lt

I have learned so much from this series, and it has been absolutely wonderful to hear from so many women. I hope that everyone has enjoyed it!

This is so much fun to read - thanks for doing this!

Question about Greek life in Canada: are most chapters unhoused?

Like the US, it all depends on the school! UBC has Panhellenic Suites in the dorms, U of A has houses, University of Manitoba doesn't, U of T does, the Halifax chapters don't (to list a few)! They will typically never be on campus, aside from exceptions like UBC :)

Adding on to ColdInCanada's response, a lot of chapters who are officially unhoused will often have unofficial 'sorority houses', basically a house that a group of sisters have lived in that's passed down to new sisters as old sisters graduate. We certainly get jealous of the gorgeous houses in the US though!

I just went with those that I knew had official houses for Alpha Gam! Most every chapter will have a house where a larger concentration of members live, but I figured that was true in the US, too :) I find that in Canada there are less students who go away for post secondary, so more students will continue to live at home. While we would have loved to have a house, the benefit of living at home is not paying rent (in a lot of cases). It's the one aspect that I always wonder about!

I definitely agree, a lot of students live at home. At my school though, it seems like the majority of Greeks are students who've moved away for school. However, I'm an active in the Ottawa Greek communtiy and we do have one of the most unique systems in Canada, with all of our local sororoties, so take my experiences with a grain of salt!

I know a few Greeks from Carleton, the Ottawa Greek system is thriving!! I love seeing everything growing there, it makes me happy to know that interest is building :)

Part XII: Fraternity Friday, Life as a Sorority Alumna, Part XII - http://wp.me/p5B41J-1UC