A 26-minute documentary about how the Georgetown Boys were brought to Canada in the 1920s as part of a humanitarian undertaking. It uses archival materials and interviews with the Boys (now men) to tell...
Pages from Armenian-Canadian History is the Corning Centre’s first book-length publication. It brings together all known issues of Ararat Monthly and Արարատ ամսաթերթ, two newsletters published by the...
This academic article by our director of research Daniel Ohanian is about the migration of the Georgetown Boys and Girls—children and women who had survived the Armenian Genocide—to Canada. Its full title...
The Armenian Genocide Reparations Study Group had four members: professors Henry Theriault, Alfred de Zayas, and Jermaine McCalpin and Ara Papian. In 2015, the group published a book called Resolution...
This long essay by Professor Uğur Üngör is the best overview of the Armenian Genocide of this length. It explains why and how the genocide happened and what its legacies are. The text is too advanced...
100 Voices was a project launched in 2015 for the centennial of the Armenian Genocide. It was completed in partnership with senior students and teachers at ARS Armenian Private School in Toronto. It explored...
This is a Microsoft Excel database created by our director of research Daniel Ohanian. It lists approximately 130 boys and 40 girls and women who came to Canada as humanitarian refugees between 1923 and...
A 13-minute documentary about daily life at the Georgetown Armenian Boys’ Farm Home and about the boys’ experiences of being sent out to farms in Ontario. Created by Isabel Kaprielian in 1987.
This is our founder Raffi Sarkissian’s MEd thesis about the benefits of genocide education and the challenges teachers face while advocating for its implementation. It explores the history and development...
Aram Adjemian’s The Call from Armenia: Canada’s Response to the Armenian Genocide is a wonderful book full of historical newspaper articles and private government correspondence. It traces Canadian reactions...
This is the Ontario Heritage Trust’s write-up about the Armenian Boys’ Farm Home in Georgetown, Ontario (in the Town of Halton Hills). It provides the text of the English-and-French, bilingual plaque...
This booklet introduces readers to the concept of genocide, the Armenian Genocide, Canadian connections, and issues related to collective commemoration. It was created by Daniel Ohanian, Raffi Sarkissian,...