Tag: past news & miscellaneous messages

Yesterday and today, we collectively commemorate and observe the UN’s International Day of Commemoration and Dignity of the Victims of the Crime of Genocide and of the Prevention of This Crime (December 9) and UN Human Rights Day (December 10). On this occasion, the Sara Corning Centre for Genocide Education would like to announce an. . .

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Today, Raffi Sarkissian, founder of the Corning Centre, published an article titled “Canada Must Strongly Condemn Aggression against Armenia” in The Hill Times. It discusses the urgent need for Canadian action against the war crimes and ethnic cleansing taking place against Armenia and the Republic of Artsakh. To read it, click here.

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On September 27, 2020, the Republic of Azerbaijan launched a large-scale military operation against the Republic of Artsakh (Nagorno-Karabakh) in the South Caucasus. The attack, which is the largest violation to date of a ceasefire agreement signed in 1994, has already cost more than 1,000 Armenian and Azerbaijani lives. Throughout, there have been worries that. . .

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The Sara Corning Centre for Genocide Education was honoured to participate in a series of events that commemorated the life of its namesake nurse, teacher, and humanitarian. The events took place in Yarmouth, Nova Scotia, between September 13 to 15, 2019, and were hosted by the Sara Corning Society. On September 14, our founder, Raffi. . .

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On March 2, 2019, the Sara Corning Centre for Genocide Education, in partnership with Facing History and Ourselves, organized a free teachers’ conference for Ontario educators called “Teaching the Armenian Genocide in Ontario Classrooms.” The workshop started with a session by Facing History and Ourselves facilitator Ben Gross, who discussed the resources available to teachers. . .

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July 1, 2017, marks Canada’s 150th birthday and the 94th 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. . .

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July 1, 2017, marks Canada’s 150th birthday and the 94th 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 had the honour of introducing Bared Maronian’s inspiring and powerful documentary, Women of 1915 for the second time at Hamazkayin Toronto Pomegranate Film Festival Committee’s special encore presentation in benefit of the A.R.S. Armenian School annual Telethon on Saturday, February 25. Corning Centre Founder and Chair Raffi Sarkissian introduced the film stating. . .

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We are excited to announce the publication of Understanding Atrocities: Remembering, Representing, and Teaching Genocide, edited by Scott W. Murray and published by the University of Calgary Press. The book includes a chapter by Corning Centre Founder and Chair Raffi Sarkissian. “Understanding Atrocities is a wide-ranging collection of essays bridging scholarly and community-based efforts to understand and. . .

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The Corning Centre had the honour of participating in Toronto’s Holocaust Education Week this year with a presentation titled Memory and Justice: The Armenian Genocide in partnership with Temple Kol Ami. The event took place on Friday, November 4, 2016, at 7:30pm at Temple Kol Ami during the Friday night service. Raffi Sarkissian, founder and chair of the. . .

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