Lalai Manjikian, Author at The Armenian Weekly

Lalai Manjikian

Dr. Lalai Manjikian is a humanities professor at Vanier College in Montreal. Her teaching and research interests are in the areas of immigration and refugee studies, media representations of migration, migrant narratives and diaspora studies. She is the author of Collective Memory and Home in the Diaspora: The Armenian Community in Montreal (2008). Lalai’s articles have been published in a number of newspapers and journals including The Armenian Weekly, Horizon Weekly, 100 Lives (The Aurora Prize), the Montreal Gazette, and Refuge. A former Birthright Armenia participant (2005), over the years, Lalai has been active in volunteering both within the Armenian community in Montreal and the local community at large, namely engaged in immigrant and refugee integration. She previously served as a qualitative researcher on the Armenian Diaspora Survey in Montreal. Lalai also serves as a board member for the Foundation for Genocide Education. She holds a PhD in Communication Studies from McGill University (2013).

Special Reports

On the importance of teaching genocide in high school: A case study from Quebec

May 24, 2023

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Special Issue: Genocide Education for the 21st Century The Armenian Weekly, April 2023 “You have to understand what caused genocide…

Reflections

Reflections on Hamazkayin’s Cultural Retreat

June 10, 2022

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I recently fell in love with being Armenian all over again during a trip to Boston, Massachusetts last month. It’s…

Opinion

Facing intergenerational wounds

October 15, 2020

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Like every member of the Armenian Diaspora, I have been glued to the news and to social media for updates…

Reflections

Carrying Genocide

April 24, 2020

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The original perpetrators of the Armenian Genocide are now long gone, and so are my ancestors, yet denial still persists.…

Photography

A Conversation With Photographer Diana Markosian on Migration and Her Latest Project

July 18, 2018

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Diàna Markosian, a 29-year-old Armenian-American photographer, has a firm grasp on what displacement can entail. At the age of seven,…

Headline

Manjikian: An Early March Morning

March 17, 2016

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It’s close to 4 a.m. I hear small cries as I emerge from a deep sleep. The sounds are not…

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Building Bridges: From Kayseri to Kigali

July 2, 2014

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Special for the Armenian Weekly Nothing makes genocide more real than looking into the eyes of someone who has survived…

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Kessab: Deep Roots Under Attack

March 25, 2014

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This article is the second in a two part series written by Armenian Weekly columnist Lalai Manjikian. To read part…

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Kessab: Deep Roots amid Fallen Leaves

March 24, 2014

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This article is the first in a two part series written by Armenian Weekly columnist Lalai Manjikian. Part II will…

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All Roads Lead to Refugees

February 10, 2014

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I have always been drawn to the themes of uprooting, displacement, border-crossing, and the ongoing connections between old and new…