Capacity Attendance Expected and Henry Theriault Announced as Keynote Speaker at “Armenian Genocide: A Just Resolution,” Corning Centre’s 2017 Student Conference

The conference has already reached its capacity attendance with 230 students and 12 teachers registered from six Ontario schools and four school boards! We are still taking requests, since we may be able to accommodate more students. Please visit our registration page to submit your school information.

The conference has already reached its capacity attendance with 230 students and 12 teachers registered from six Ontario schools and four school boards! We are still taking requests, since we may be able to accommodate more students. Please visit our registration page to submit your school information. 

We are happy to announce Henry C. Theriault  as our keynote speaker for the 2017 Student Conference, The Armenian Genocide: A Just Resolution. Henry C. Theriault is a Professor and Chair of the Philosophy Department at Worcester Sate University. He has taught there since 1998. Theriault’s expertise is focused on Genocide and Human Rights studies, and he is the chair of the Armenian Genocide Reparations Study Group. The study group published their report in 2015 titled Resolution with Justice: Reparations for the Armenian Genocide. He has published a number of papers focused on genocide denial, prevention, violence, and reparations. 

We look forward to collectively commemorating Genocide Remembrance, Condemnation and Prevention Month and the official remembrance day of the Armenian Genocide on Monday, April 24, 2017.