Raffi Cavoukian (, born July 8, 1948), known professionally by the

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singer-lyricist and author born in Egypt best known for his

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. In 1992, ''

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'' called him "the most popular children's singer in the English-speaking world".Lei, Richard, ''

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May 31, 1992. Retrieved on May 23, 2019. He developed his career as a " global troubadour" to become a

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, author,

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, and founder of the Raffi Foundation for Child Honouring, an initiative focused on promoting children's rights and well-being. He has also been involved in advocacy for environmental and social causes, often addressing issues like commercial exploitation of children and climate change through his music and public appearances.

Early life

Raffi was born in

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, to

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Christian parents who fled Turkey during the

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. His mother Lucie Cavoukian named him after the Armenian novelist

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. He was exposed to music at a young age, as his mother sang to him and his father sang and played accordion. In a 2024 interview, he noted that "In my early childhood, growing up in a fairly authoritarian family, my parents loved me greatly. But it was at times a coercive love, not exactly a respectful love". The family left Egypt in 1952, living in

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and

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before immigrating to Canada in 1958, eventually settling in

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. His father, Arto (Artin) Cavoukian, was a well-known portrait photographer with a studio on Bloor Street in Toronto. His older brother, Onnig Cavoukian, known as Cavouk, is also a famous portrait photographer. His younger sister is

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, Ontario's former Information and Privacy Commissioner. His parents died within twelve hours of each other, his mother dying first of abdominal cancer. He visited

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once in 1972.

Career

Children's entertainer

In the early 1970s, Raffi frequented a Toronto guitar store near Yonge and Wellesley called Millwheel, where he met other developing Canadian musicians such as David Wilcox and John Lacey. He befriended Lacey, a folk guitarist from

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, who helped Raffi improve his

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. Raffi continued playing folk guitar in coffee houses in Toronto and Montréal before hitchhiking to

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in 1972 to find "fame and fortune." His first performance for children was in 1974, at a nursery school run by his mother-in-law. His first album, ''Singable Songs for the Very Young'', was produced in his friend's basement and released in 1976. The album was influenced by three educators, including his then-wife. Most of Raffi's children's albums include small, simple, folk instrumentations featuring Raffi's

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and guitar work. Early works included contributions from Toronto-area folk musicians, including Ken Whiteley, The Honolulu Heartbreakers, and

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. Raffi also incorporated many world music sounds into his records, including "Sambalele" (More Singable Songs, 1977) and "Anansi" (The Corner Grocery Store, 1979). Some of Raffi's best-known children's songs are "

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", "All I Really Need", and " Down by the Bay". In 1979, he wrote " Baby Beluga", possibly his most famous song, after meeting a beluga whale named Kavna at the

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. In 1989, his album ''Raffi In Concert With The Rise And Shine Band'' was listed on the RPM Top 100 Albums chart. He took a break from music from 1989 to 1990. In 1999, he released his autobiography, ''The Life of a Children’s Troubadour''. After a seven-year gap in publishing, Raffi released an album, ''Let's Play'', in 2002. Between 2003 and 2013, he took a hiatus from touring. He is currently the president of Troubadour Music Inc., a triple-bottom-line company he founded to produce and promote his work. He released recordings for a number of other artists, including Caitlin Hanford and Chris Whiteley. As of 2017, Raffi continues to perform and appears occasionally across Canada and the United States. His most recent album is "Penny Penguin", a collaboration album with Canadian trio The Good Lovelies which was released in 2024.

Advocacy

Raffi's recent musical work focuses on social and environmental causes and appeals to the generation who grew up with his children's music ("Beluga Grads") to effect change in the world. He also promotes those causes through his books, academic lectures and as a speaker. Raffi has been involved with environmental advocacy since 1989, releasing a music album for adults about climate change, ''Evergreen, Everblue'', the following year. In 2004, he released "Salaam Shalom," a song calling for the end of the

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. In 2007, Raffi wrote, recorded and produced the single "Cool It", a

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"call to action" on

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with Dr.

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in the chorus. "Cool It" was the theme song for Dr. Suzuki's recent Canadian tour to promote action on climate change. In February 2016, Raffi released the song "Wave of Democracy" in support of American Senator

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run to be the Democratic nominee for US Presidency. In September 2019 he released song "Young People Marching", which was written for

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. In August 2020, Raffi released a song titled "For All You Do," featuring Lindsay Munroe and cellist

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. The song honoured frontline and essential workers during the

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. Proceeds from downloads and streams were donated to Direct Relief to support healthcare workers globally. Raffi is a member of the Canadian charity Artists Against Racism.

Child Honouring

In 1997, Raffi developed the idea of "Child Honouring," which he described in 2021 as "a vision of an extraordinary social-change revolution with the universal human at its heart, and that universal human is the human child". In 2006, he described the Child Honouring ethic is described as a "vision, an organizing principle, and a way of life—a revolution in values that calls for a profound redesign of every sphere of society." His "Covenant for Honouring Children" outlines the principles of this philosophy. In 2006, with Dr. Sharna Olfman, he co-edited an anthology, ''Child Honouring: How to Turn This World Around'', which introduces Child Honouring as a philosophy for restoring communities and ecosystems. It contains chapters by Penelope Leach,

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, Mary Gordon,

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, Jean-Daniel Ó Donncada, and others. The book's foreword is by the

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. The musical album ''Resisto Dancing: Songs of Compassionate Revolution'' was released as a tie-in for the book. In a 2006 speech,

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, Lieutenant Governor of

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, referred to Child Honouring as a "vast change in the human paradigm." Raffi advocates for a child's right to live free of commercial exploitation and he has consistently refused all commercial endorsement offers. Raffi's company has never directly advertised nor marketed to children. In 2005, he sent an open letter to Ted Rogers of

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, urging them to stop marketing cell phones to children. He also turned down a film proposal for "Baby Beluga" because of the nature of the funding, which was based on exploitative advertising and marketing. Raffi has been hailed for his work as "Canada's all time children's champion". In October 2006, Raffi was presented with the

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Integrity Award by the Campaign for a Commercial-Free Childhood at the Judge Baker Children's Center in Boston, for his consistent refusal to use his music in endorsements that market products directly to children. In 2012, after learning details surrounding the online bullying, exploitation and ultimate suicide of teenager Amanda Todd, Raffi and his Raffi Foundation for Child Honouring co-founded the Red Hood Project with business owner, former Crown prosecutor, community and arts philanthropist and advocate Sandy Garossino and design professional, writer, educator and community activist Mark Busse. Red Hood Project is a movement for consumer protection for children online that launched in November 2012. In June 2013, Raffi published the book ''Lightweb Darkweb: Three Reasons to Reform Social Media Before it Re-forms Us'', which examines both the benefits and the dangers present on the internet and in social media.

Personal life

In 1975, Raffi married Deborah Pike, a kindergarten teacher and high school classmate; they divorced in 1991. He became a vegetarian in 1980. He owned a home on

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in British Columbia from 2008 until 2024, when he put the property on the market. He has been an outspoken critic of American President

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, especially regarding the effects of his policies on children and youth.

Awards and memberships

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(1983) *

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(2001) *

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, from the

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(honorary degree) *

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, from the

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(honorary degree) * Doctor of Letters, from

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(honorary degree) *

Integrity Award (2006) * Special Achievement Award at the

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Awards in Toronto in 2000. *2010 Top 25 Canadian Immigrant Award Winner. * Honorary Doctorate of Letters,

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(2014)

Works

Discography

Studio albums

* ''Good Luck Boy'' (1975) * ''Singable Songs for the Very Young'' (1976) * ''

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'' (1977) * ''More Singable Songs'' (1977) * ''The Corner Grocery Store'' (1979) * '' Baby Beluga'' (1980) * ''Rise and Shine'' (1982) * ''Raffi's Christmas Album'' (1983) * ''One Light, One Sun'' (1985) * ''Everything Grows'' (1987) * ''Raffi in Concert with the Rise and Shine Band'' (1989) * '' Evergreen Everblue'' (1990) * ''Raffi on Broadway'' (1993) * ''

'' (1994) * '' Raffi Radio'' (1995) * ''Country Goes Raffi'' (2001) (tribute album) * ''Let's Play'' (2002) * ''Where We All Belong'' (2003) * ''Song for the Dalai Lama'' (2004) (commemorative CD) * ''Resisto Dancing – Songs of Compassionate Revolution'' (2006) * ''Communion'' (2009) * ''Love Bug'' (2014) * ''Owl Singalong'' (2016) * ''Dog on the Floor'' (2018) * ''Nursery Rhymes For Kinder Times'' (with Lindsay Munroe) (2022) * ''Penny Penguin'' (with The Good Lovelies) (2024)

Compilations

* ''Raffi in Concert'' (1996) * ''The Singable Songs Collection'' (1996) * ''Raffi's Box of Sunshine'' (2000) * ''Quiet Time'' (2006) * ''Animal Songs'' (2008) * ''Songs of Our World'' (2008) * ''Fun Food Songs'' (2013) * ''Best Of Raffi'' (2017) * ''Motivational Songs'' (2019)

Singles

=''Singable Songs for the Very Young'' (1976)

= *"The More We Get Together" *"Down By the Bay" *"Brush Your Teeth" *"Robin in the Rain" *"I Wonder If I'm Growing" *"Bumping Up and Down" *"Willoughby Wallaby Woo" *"Spider on the Floor" *"Baa Baa Black Sheep" *"Peanut Butter Sandwich" *"The Sharing Song" *"Mr. Sun"

=''More Singable Songs'' (1977)

= *"Six Little Ducks" *"You Gotta Sing" *"Oh Me, Oh My!" *"He'll Be Coming Down the Chimney" *"Shake My Sillies Out" *"If I Had a Dinosaur" *"I've Been Working on the Railroad"

=''The Corner Grocery Store'' (1979)

= *"Knees Up Mother Brown" *"Cluck, Cluck, Red Hen" *"My Way Home" *"Anansi" *"The Corner Grocery Store" *"Y A Un Rat"/"Sur le Pont d'Avignon" *"Going on a Picnic" *"Goodnight Irene"

=''Baby Beluga'' (1980)

= *"Baby Beluga" *"

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" *"Thanks a Lot" *"All I Really Need" *"Morningtown Ride"

=''Rise and Shine'' (1982)

= *"Rise and Shine" *"Walk, Walk, Walk" *"

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" *"Daniel" *" Five Little Ducks" *"He's Got the Whole World" *"Big Beautiful Planet" *"I'm in the Mood" *"Something In My Shoe" *"

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=''Raffi's Christmas Album'' (1983)

= *"Frosty The Snowman" *"Up On The House-Top" *"On Christmas Morning" *" Petit Papa Noel" *"Jingle Bells" *"The First Noel / Deck The Halls" *"Every Little Wish" *"Rudolph The Red-Nosed Reindeer" *"Must Be Santa" *"Douglas Mountain" *"Old Toy Trains" *"Christmas Time’s A Coming" *"Silent Night / Away In A Manger" *"There Was A Little Baby" *"A Child’s Gift of Love" *"We Wish You A Merry Christmas"

=''One Light, One Sun'' (1985)

= *"Time to Sing" *"Apples and Bananas" *"Fais Dodo" *"Riding in an Airplane" *"Like Me and You" *"The Bowling Song" *"Tingalayo" *"De Colores" *"One Light, One Sun" *"Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star"

=''Everything Grows'' (1987)

= *"Everything Grows" *"Bathtime" *"Just Like the Sun" *"Haru Ga Kita" *"Teddy Bear Hug" *"Eight Piggies in a Row" *"Let's Make Some Noise"

='' Evergreen Everblue'' (1990)

= *"Evergreen Everblue" *"Big Beautiful Planet" *"Clean Rain"

Non-album singles

* ''On Hockey Days'' * ''Wave of Democracy'' * ''Song For Healing'' (featuring Lindsay Munroe) * ''For All You Do'' (featuring Lindsay Munroe and

) * ''Young People Marching'' (for Greta Thunberg)

Filmography

* ''A Young Children's Concert with Raffi'' (1984) * ''Raffi in Concert with the Rise and Shine Band'' (1988) * ''Ferngully: The Last Rainforest'' (1992) * ''Raffi on Broadway'' (1993) * ''Raffi Renaissance'' (2007)

Bibliography

Adult

* ''The Life of a Children's Troubadour'' (2000) * * ''Lightweb Darkweb'' (2013)

Children

* * ''Raffi Christmas Treasury'' (1988) * * ''Shake My Sillies Out'' (1988) * ''Tingalayo'' (1988) * * * ''Rise and Shine'' (1995) * ''One Light, One Sun'' (1995) * ''Like Me and You'' (1996) * ''Spider on the Floor'' (1996) * ''This Little Light of Mine'' (1997) * ''Wheels on the Bus'' (1998) * ''Five Little Ducks'' (1999) *

References

External links

RaffiNews.com

Child Honouring
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Article at thecanadianencyclopedia.ca

"A Day in the Life"
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