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Zoryan Institute Launches New Syrian-Armenian Refugee Oral History Project

 November 9, TORONTO - The Zoryan Institute has officially launched its Syrian-Armenian Refugee Oral History Project conducting its first interview on November 7, 2016. With this project, the Institute seeks to interview Syrian-Armenian newcomers and document their lifestyle in Syria prior to the war, their migration, and their experience of ...
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A Genocide is Not an Accident, it is a Choice:  International Institute for Genocide and Human Rights Studies’ 2016 University Program

 “A Genocide is not an accident; it is a choice. It occurs because human beings make it happen and let it happen” said Roger Smith, the Chairman of the Board of Directors of the International Institute for Genocide and Human Rights Studies’, in his closing remarks following the 2-week seminar recently held in Toronto. The International ...
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Arsinee Khanjian on the recent events in Armenia, the diaspora’s response and what needs to be changed in our mindsets

   “For so many years we dreamt of this country...now it’s time we address its harsh realities” Interview by Karin Saghdejian Canadian filmmaker and actor Arsinée Khanjian was involved in the demonstrations this past summer in Yerevan during which she was briefly detained. In a Skype interview TorontoHye’s Editor-In-Chief, ...
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Zoryan Institute: Reflections on the 25th Anniversary of the Independence of the Republic of Armenia

 Today, on this 25th anniversary of Armenian independence, we can look back with pride and remember that Armenia was the first Soviet republic that through a referendum, declared its independence from the Soviet Union. During that turbulent period, Armenia had to start the challenging process of its own nation building and the formation of its own ...
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