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Volume 13, No. 2 (146), DECEMBER 2017 Toronto Armenian Community Newspaper
The Great Humanitarian Sara Corning Honoured With Armenian Communitys Outstanding Canadian Award On the occasion of the 150th anniversary of Canadian Confederation, the Armenian Community Centre of Toronto honoured a great Canadian humanitarian who, early in the last century, travelled to far away Asia Minor to save victims of a genocide during The Great War. Sara Corning, a nurse from Nova Scotia, who is credited with saving over 5000 Armenian and Greek orphans in 1922, was posthumously named this year s Outstanding Canadian by the Armenian Community Centre of Toronto in recognition of her selfless work. The award and recognition were given on November 26th during a gala event at the Toronto Community Centre s main hall. Attendees included politicians, academics, community and church representatives, members of Sara Corning s family, and representatives of The Sara Corning Society. Corning s grandniece Kristina Csukly, relatives Emily Csukly A'Court, and Merewyn Wagner, and representatives David Chown and his wife Jennifer, and Richard Pothier of the Sara Corning Society all came from Nova Scotia. Featured guests were educator and former politician, the keynote speaker Dr. Jean Augustine; Hon. Melanie Joly, Minister of Canadian Heritage; Geng Tan, MP for Don Valley North; Councillor Shelley Carroll and former Ontario Parliament speaker David Warner, an outstanding Canadian in his own right. Also present were Jean Yip, Liberal candidate in Scarborough-Agincourt byelection and widow of former MP Arnold Chan, Dr. Isabel Kaprelian-Churchill, Dr. Stacey Churchill, Dr. Alan Whitehorn and Dr. Ani Demirjian. Master of ceremonies Shahen Mirakian introduced the guests and talked about why the community centre decided to revive the award and why to bestow it posthumously. Since 2002, when the award was last presented, both the Parliament of Canada and the Government of Canada have recognized the Armenian Genocide. And since 2010 the Armenian community in Canada has welcomed around 5000 Iraqi and Syrian refugees. A half century after her death, Sara Corning continues to add to her sterling legacy of faith, devotion and sacrifice, he said. She remains an
Photo by Ishkhan Ghazarian
Corning s grandniece Kristina Csukly presents a painting of hers representing her aunt holding a baby to Sara Corning Genocide Education Centre chairs Raffi Sarkissian and Vache Iskedjian, Nov 26, 2017.
Outstanding Canadian, and for this reason, we honour her today, added Mirakian. Among the previous recipients of the Outstanding Canadian Award from 1985 to 2002 are literary giant Margaret Atwood, humanitarian and diplomat Stephen Lewis, former Prime Minister Jean Chretien, Canada s first female astronaut Roberta Bondar, journalist and author Knowlton Nash, politician and academic Lloyd Axworthy and film director Atom Egoyan. After dinner was served with the Arax Band playing in the background, Minister Joly took to the stage and praised the Armenian Canadians especially Montreal s Armenian community whose institutions are centred in her riding of Ahuntsic-Cartierville. She acknowledged the remarkable efforts of all Armenian communities in accepting large numbers of Syrian Armenian refugees and helping them transition into active roles in their new country. At the end of her message, Minister Joly announced an allocation of $58,000 to the Armenian Community Centre Empowering Cultural Diversity in the Classroom project, which funds community engagement programs that promote intercultural understanding. Joly also introduced Dr. Jean Augustine, who was the first AfricanCanadian woman to be elected to the Canadian House of Commons and the first to serve in the federal Cabinet. Dr. Augustine spoke about the calling Sara Corning must have heeded when
she embarked on a journey to a far away land and put her life in danger and rescue people in need. She counted lessons that we can draw from her example such as the indomitability of the human spirit, the great capacity to serve others, and the conviction of purpose. Augustine gave her own life s example - she came to Canada in 1960 at a very young age with a dream. But she learned that only hard work and determination can make things happen and to impact change. She pointed out that her life too was influenced by her race, that she wasn t immune to discrimination and prejudice. The freedom rights and liberties we enjoy today are the result of bravery and sacrifice of people who came before us like Sara Corning, she said and added: to truly honour Sara Corning s legacy, we should all ask ourselves how best we can do in our part to build upon that legacy. She concluded that Corning was an exceptional human being, worthy of being recognized for the Outstanding Canadian award. Corning s grandniece Kristina Csukly recalled how a kind and caring person her great aunt Sara was. She recounted instances where she would visit her and learn about her service in saving thousands of orphans who were trapped in Smyrna in 1922. She showed old family pictures which included an elderly Sara Cont. on page 22