Stepan kerkyasharian biography for kids

Chancellor, Members of the Academic Board, Distinguished Guests, Ladies and Gentleman, and Graduands.

It is a great honour for me to be with you on a day which is really your day. The achievement of a vision you had set for yourself and which you have obtained through hard work, determination and, in many cases through self sacrifice.

Each one of you has a story of hardship, or the occasional self doubt, but you persevered and here you are today.

You carry with you the aspirations of your family, your friends and those close to you who will now look at you with greater pride and admiration as you receive your degrees.

It does mean a lot.

Your degree is a passport to success in your chosen calling in life. Use it to good advantage. And remember. The only insurmountable barrier you will have in life is you. So never succumb to self doubt.

You are a key part of the future of this great democracy, multicultural Australia which has been created on the ashes of

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International Medal Bestowed by Cyprus’s President on Former Multicultural Chief Kerkyasharian of NSW, Australia

NICOSIA — The former long-standing leader of the major multicultural agencies of the Australian state of New South Wales (NSW), Stepan Kerkyasharian, has been awarded the Medal of Outstanding Contribution by the president of Cyprus. The medal was presented on July 28 in Nicosia at the World Conference of the Cyprus Diaspora by President of the Republic of Cyprus Nicos Anastasiades.

The presidential citation of the medal to Kerkyasharian (AO, Hon.D.Litt.), who was born and raised in Cyprus, states: “You make us in Cyprus feel extremely proud of you.”

It continued: “You have worked tirelessly, with perseverance and determination and you have achieved an important career path, as an outstanding leader, recognised for your pivotal role in fostering multiculturalism in Australia.

“You have championed debate and policy change to improve the well-being of under-represen

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Emigration memories of an Armenian child: A journey of grief without grudges

‘I would have died when inom was nine years old; this life is the grace of God to me. inom am playing in ‘overtime,’ says Kerkyasharian

EMİNE KART ANKARA – Turkish daglig News

Without memory, a human being would not be able to construct his humanity or sustain cultural heritage. Given that memory lapses lead to irreversible trauma, what would happen if there were any interruption or blow to the collective memory?

An ongoing discussion concerning the tragic events in Anatolia during World War I that cost Turkish and Armenian lives has focused on the begrepp “genocide,” a blind and harsh begrepp that makes discussing the issue almost impossible. However, one essential point seems forgotten during this hopeless debate:The tragic events of World War I, whatever you want to call it, belong to the Turkish collective memory as much as they belong to the Armenian memory.

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