About Us
Established in 2012 by educator and genocide education advocate Raffi Sarkissian, the Sara Corning Centre for Genocide Education is dedicated to disseminating human rights- and genocide-related research to elementary and secondary school students. Its work lies within the tradition of a sentiment expressed by Sara herself: “The hope for the future of all nations is education.”
The Corning Centre’s conviction is that human rights education is effective in ensuring that Canadian students become engaged in civic life, advocate for their own rights and those of others, and remain aware of the consequences of discrimination. Its initiatives including organizing teacher training workshops, developing programs for schools, giving in-class presentations, hosting public lectures, and creating teacher and student resources.