Through a motion passed unanimously in 2013, the Toronto District School Board declared April as Genocide Awareness Month. On April 24, 2015, the Canadian Parliament also unanimously passed Motion M-587, declaring April of each year as Genocide Remembrance, Condemnation and Prevention Month and April 24 of each year as Armenian Genocide Memorial Day. Click here for more information.
Read the speech presented by Corning Centre Founder and Chair Raffi Sarkissian at the 101st Commemoration of the Armenian Genocide held in Hamilton, Ontario, on April 17, 2016. Click here to read
On Tuesday March 8, the Corning Centre co-organized a TDSB student conference at the Central Technical School, in cooperation with Alpha Education, Facing History and Ourselves, Holodomor Research and Education Consortium and the TDSB Aboriginal Education Centre. Click Here for more information.
The Corning Centre, in partnership with the Armenian Genocide Centennial Committee of Ontario, hosted two book launch event for "The Call From Armenian: Canada's Response to the Armenian Genocide" by Aram Adjemian. Both events, one held in Cambridge on Friday, February 19 and the second in Toronto on Sunday, February 21, had successful turn outs.Click Here for more information.
