Raffi Sarkissian, Author at The Armenian Weekly

Raffi Sarkissian

Raffi Sarkissian is the principal of the ARS Armenian Private School of Toronto. He is the founder and former chair of the Sara Corning Centre for Genocide Education (www.corningcentre.org). He is an educator, human rights advocate, public speaker and poet. He holds a BA Hons. in history and a MEd from York University, and a BEd from Trent University. Raffi is also a Doctorate in Education Candidate from Western University (2022).

Opinion

An emboldened Aliyev perpetuates violence

April 15, 2021

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I write this with great outrage, as an unplanned second installment to my 2016 article published in the Armenian Weekly…

Op-Eds

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May 26, 2017

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From the Armenian Weekly 2017 Magazine Dedicated to the 102nd Anniversary of the Armenian Genocide As we have seen…

Op-Eds

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When Azerbaijani military officer Ramil Safarov hacked Armenian lieutenant Gurgen Markarian to death in 2004 during a NATO Partnership for…

Opinion

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March 11, 2014

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Special for the Armenian Weekly Genocide education remains a strong medium for showing students the importance of safeguarding and understanding…