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The Sara Corning Centre for Genocide Education is proud to announce that it will be co-sponsoring an academic conference titled Genocide: Prevention to Justice, which is being held on the occasion of the centennial of the Armenian Genocide. The conference, organized by the Armenian Genocide Centennial Committee of Canada and hosted by the Armenian Students’. . .

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The Sara Corning Centre for Genocide Education is proud to announce the official launch of Speak Out, an essay, creative writing and visual arts contest dedicated to the themes of genocide and human rights on the occasion of the 100th Anniversary of the Armenian Genocide.  The contest will run until December 31, 2015 and is. . .

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April 24, 2015, will mark the 100th anniversary of the Armenian Genocide. As we commemorate this important date, please join us for a workshop that will prepare educators to bring this history into classrooms.   We will be joined by, Marsha Skrypuch who will discuss the research and background of her newest novel, Dance of the Banished,. . .

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The Corning Centre launched its 100 Voices project today with a news article from the Canadian press and a student interview. Over the next 100 days leading up to the centenary of the Armenian Genocide, the centre will continue to release a video clip representing themes of survival, memory and justice every day. Other materials featured will. . .

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Join the Department of Political Science, the Political Science Students’ Association, the Armenian Students’ Association, the Jewish Student Life and the Greek Students’ Association, for a very informative and interactive discussion featuring Raffi Sarkissian, founder and chair of the Sara Corning Centre for Genocide Education.Sarkissian will discuss the challenges faced by Armenians in their pursuit. . .

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Toronto’s annual Pomegranate Film Festival will kick off on Wednesday, November 5, with Oscar nominee Edet Belzberg’s Watchers of the Sky. It will be screened in the Armenian Youth Centre’s Hamazkayin Theatre at 7 PM.  The film is a documentary on the history of genocide inspired by Samantha Power’s Pulitzer Prize-winning book A Problem from Hell: America in the. . .

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In 2015, people around the world will be commemorating the 100th anniversary of the Armenian Genocide. This event, which took place between 1915 and 1923, is considered one of the first modern genocides in human history, becoming an example for others that followed. It was initiated by the extreme wing of the Committee of Union and. . .

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Welcome back to school!  The Corning Centre would like to congratulate all parents, teachers and students on the start of a new academic year — a new year full of new opportunities to make a difference! This month, we return to the school communities where we look to learn, grow and leave a positive impact. . .

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July 1, 2014, marks Canada’s 147th birthday and the 91st anniversary of the arrival of the first 46 Armenian genocide orphans at Georgetown, Ontario. A group of 50 were collected from the London, UK-based Armenian Refugees (Lord Mayor’s) Fund Orphanage in Corfu, Greece, and traveled via Marseilles to Cherbourg, France. Four were held back for several weeks, with the. . .

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The Corning Centre has had a busy month! As mentioned in a previous post, on April 3, we co-sponsored an event titled “From Remembrance to Action Student Conference: Exploring Upstanders Facing Difficult History” with the Toronto District School Board and Facing History and Ourselves. The conference reached 120 students from 6 schools and was an all-round success. The. . .

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