On December 9, 2025, I hosted an event at my school, Upper Canada College, in collaboration with the internationally recognized non-profit organization, the Zoryan Institute , timed to coincide with the International Day of the Victims of the Crime of Genocide. Rooted in the recognition that intergenerational trauma is one of the tragic legacies of genocide, I approached the Zoryan Institute with my idea to bring their program to my school and designed a graphic to promote th

During my Year 10 English class, one of our assignments was to make a podcast by interviewing someone - anyone - of interest. For this course, we had been listening to the podcast “ Stolen ,” which explored intergenerational trauma, and I realized that I could share my own family history by speaking to my grandparents. I interviewed my grandmother, whose grandparents were Armenian Genocide survivors as well as my grandfather, whose father Vartan Nersessian was a survivor. Thi

Hi, I’m Ara Sagharian and I’m in Year 11 at Upper Canada College . I started this blog to showcase my experiences as I enter the diploma...

If a boat with 1,000 planks of wood had one plank replaced every year for 1,000 years, is it the same boat at the end of those 1,000...