Raffi Cavoukian
Canadian singer | British Columbia
About Raffi Cavoukian
Raffi Cavoukian, C.M., O.B.C., best known as Raffi, the renowned children’s troubadour, is founder and chair of the Raffi Foundation For Child Honouring. The recipient of four honorary degrees, the UNEP Earth Achievement Award and the Global 500 Award, and a longtime advocate for children and the Earth, Raffi has been active on the climate threat since 1989. His climate songs “Cool It” (2007), and “Young People Marching" and “Do We Love Enough” (2019), are for rousing people and governments to action.
Raffi on Barbie, patriarchy, and Taylor Swift
Recent blockbuster successes in film and pop music provide an opportunity to reconsider the P-word, patriarchy, and its ills.
Musicians want Trudeau to put climate crisis at the top of his playlist
As Canadian musicians, we are calling on Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and the new Parliament to deliver a green and just recovery.
Raffi asks fans to make a vow
I feel I must speak out for the sake of my beloved fans, the “beluga grads” and their kids, on the climate emergency we all face.
Raffi Cavoukian: On seeing a film about Armenian genocide
A hundred years ago, both my parents' families escaped certain death. That makes me the son of holocaust survivors, writes Canadian singer Raffi Cavoukian.
Raffi Cavoukian: B.C. needs a people's premier
Beloved Canadian singer Raffi Cavoukian tells voters why they may want to think twice about BC Liberal Premier Christy Clark when they head to the polls on May 9.