National or International?

[MysticCat]

Well, Phi Mu Alpha Sinfonia isn't in the NIC (not yet, at least, although I understand it is being considered), but we are not international, nor do I think there is any desire for us to extend ourselves internationally. Our official name is Phi Mu Alpha Sinfonia Fraternity of America, and an American emphasis has always been part of our fraternity culture.

[SATX*APhi]

Originally posted by Aphigal
Alpha Phi's Xi Chapter at the University of Toronto was installed in 1906, thus making Alpha Phi and Interenational women's fraternity.

Ahh, she beat me to it!

[Greekgrrl]

I vaguely remember posting this on another thread, but I'll do it again.

Kappa Alpha Theta is international, and has been since 1887, when her Sigma chapter was established at the University of Toronto. Theta's other Canadian chapters were established at the University of British Columbia, University of Alberta, University of Guelph, University of Western Ontario, and McGill University.

The Alberta, UWO, and McGill chapters are still in operation, although the other three have been disestablished.

-Greekgrrl

[Senusret I]

Alpha Phi Alpha was also one of the many GLO's with it's first international chapter being seated at the University of Toronto. (The Original Delta Chapter, 1908)

Beta Psi Chapter in London, England was our first overseas chapter, chartered in 1938.

Our first overseas grad chapter was in Monrovia, Liberia...Eta Epsilon Lambda Chapter, 1958.

(Brothers please assist if any of the dates or facts are inaccurate)

[CutiePie2000]

Originally posted by aephi alum
The University of Toronto seems to have been a popular place for "first international chapters"

That's because Toronto is one of Canada's oldest cities (since Canada, like the USA, was populated from East to West.)

Canada's oldest university is University of Laval (a Francophone universtity)...no sororities there!

Originally posted by sailorpiphi
I would really like to know where in germany there is a tri sig chapter because i am here in germany studying right now. ITs really quite weird to try to explain to people the concept of a sorority. they just dont have it here. people ask me where i live and explainig that i live in a single house with 45 girls is also difficult to explain.

The Tri Sigma chapter in Germany is at the University of Maryland in Mannheim, Germany. If you tell Germans that fraternities and sororities are like "Student Corporations", they will actually understand this. I visited a "fraternity house" in Heidelberg and it was from a "Student Corporation". They do dueling and stuff like that (no lie!)...actually, it's a source of of pride to have a scar on your face from dueling (no, they don't duel to the death!) The one that I visitied was called "Vineta".

Originally posted by Greekgrrl
Kappa Alpha Theta is international, and has been since 1887, when her Sigma chapter was established at the University of Toronto. Theta's other Canadian chapters were established at the University of British Columbia, University of Alberta, University of Guelph, University of Western Ontario, and McGill University.

Actually Theta was the first NPC to "set up shop" in Canada ever and that was at the University of Toronto (that chapter has since closed). The oldest/longest continuing chapter in Canada is Alpha Phi at Univ. of Toronto. The Alpha Phi house at Univ. of Toronto is the former Delta Gamma house!!

[moe.ron]

also many countries that are in the commonwealth arrange their dorms as sort of like fraternities. If you go to South Africa, to get into residences, you need to apply before the membership committee of respected dorms. Most likely you will not get in unless your father or mother is was in the residence. (Hence the problem in University of STellenbosch where it is staunchly conservative and they let in token non-white to get the university of their back) They have initiation (or we call pledging) for the first year of your stay. I know that in STellenbosch, the university are trying to reform the system but it's being blocked by alumnis. Imagine pledging to live in the dormitories. They have something like homecomming (they call it venter), intramural between the reisdences (a very big rugby league, i belive most residence have 3 to 4 teams), they also have exeutive board, etc. Pretty much function like a fraternity.

[Lady Pi Phi]

Pi Beta Phi became international with it's first Canadian Chapter, Ontario Alpha...Yup, you guessed it...at UofT in 1908.

Pi Beta Phi has Ontario Beta at UWO (University of Western Ontario), Ontario Gamma (Yay, my chapter!!!) at the University of Guelph, and Alberta Alpha at the the University of Alberta.

There are 2 inactive Canadian chapters at the University of Manitoba and Dalhousie University in Halifax, Nova Scotia.

[sherbertlemons]

Kappa first became an international with our Beta Psi Chapter at the University of Toronto in 1911. It has been continously open since. We also have Gamma Upsilon, at the University of British Colombia, opened in 1929, as well as Delta Delta, located at McGill University and opened in 1930. There is also Zeta Omega, opened in 1994, at the University of Waterloo.

We also used to have Gamma Sigma, at the University of Manitoba, open from 1928-1976.

[texas*princess]

Originally posted by sailorpiphi
ITs really quite weird to try to explain to people the concept of a sorority. they just dont have it here. people ask me where i live and explainig that i live in a single house with 45 girls is also difficult to explain. It would be really cool if the system traveled to europe. A couple of my good friends here, after me explaining for a while the system have found it really cool and have wished that they could also experience greek life!

I completely agree with you! When I was in high school I met a foriegn exchange student from Scotland and since then we've kept in touch. I told him about how I joined ADPi and he didn't understand it, but was so intruiged with it he also said he wished he could have experienced greek life

[Lady Pi Phi]

The University of Manitoba has a lot of defunct chapters. Did something happen on that campus that madwe these chapters disband, or is there just a huge anti-greek sentiment on that campus? Does anyone know?

[AAgammagirl]

lady pi phi, that's so funny. i was just going to post the same question. i wonder what happened at u of manitoba. are there any sororities there now i wonder? they must've had at least 8-10 there before (if not more), according to the canadiangreeks.com website.
hmmmm.......does anyone know?

[CutiePie2000]

Originally posted by AAgammagirl
lady pi phi, that's so funny. i was just going to post the same question. i wonder what happened at u of manitoba. are there any sororities there now i wonder? they must've had at least 8-10 there before (if not more), according to the canadiangreeks.com website.
hmmmm.......does anyone know?

http://www.canadiangreeks.com/directory/uofm.html
Yes, they still have Greeks there....
Alpha Phi
Alpha Gamma Delta
Alpha Delta Pi.

You email NeonPi. She used to be the Panhellenic Advisor to University of Manitoba/University of Winnipeg and she could give her thoughts on it.

[FuzzieAlum]

Alpha Xi Delta is not international.

[BSUPhiSig'92]

Phi Sigma Kappa was (and I guess might still be considered) an international fraternity. We had chapters at Queen's College in the early 1900s, and a chapter at McGill in the 1980s. I think the chapter at McGill has closed down though. When I was an undergrad we always used to sing both the US and Canadian national anthems at convention, but I don't think they sing the Canadian one any more.

[shadokat]

We have chapters at Concordia, University of Ottawa and UBC now.

Originally posted by Cream
Delta Phi Epsilon has been an international sorority since we established the Epsilon chapter at McGill in 1922.