Official Opening of the Global Centre for Pluralism, May 16, 2017
On May 16th, His Highness the Aga Khan and His Excellency the Right Honourable David Johnston, Governor General of Canada officially opened the Centre’s new permanent headquarters at 330 Sussex Drive in Ottawa.
Their thought-provoking speeches underscored that pluralism is critical to the long-term peace and prosperity of societies worldwide and addressed Canada’s important role in the world as a leader for respecting and valuing diversity.
The ceremony featured a powerful opening song by the First Nations’ Ottawa River Singers and a moving performance by OrKidstra’s young musicians, as well as remarks by the Hon. Mélanie Joly, Minister of Canadian Heritage; the Rt. Hon. Adrienne Clarkson, Chair of the Centre’s Executive Committee and Secretary General John McNee.
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The Global Centre for Pluralism is an independent, not-for-profit international research and education centre located in Ottawa, Canada. Inspired by the example of Canada's inclusive approach to citizenship, the Centre works to advance respect for diversity worldwide, believing that openness and understanding toward the cultures, social structures, values and faiths of other peoples are essential to the survival of an interdependent world.
Highlights of the 2019 Global Pluralism Awards
The Global Centre for Pluralism, founded by His Highness the Aga Khan and the Government of Canada, recognised the recipients of the 2019 Global Pluralism Award at a ceremony on 20 November 2019 in Ottawa, Canada at the Delegation of the Ismaili Imamat with His Highness the Aga Khan and the Centre’s Board members including the Rt. Hon. Adrienne Clarkson, Canada’s 26th Governor General. The three award winners are granted CAN $50,000 and in-kind support to advance their work.
330 Sussex Drive Flag Raising - Global Centre for Pluralism
330 Sussex Drive
The Global Centre for Pluralism has now moved to our new global headquarters at 330 Sussex Drive in Ottawa. On January 23rd, 2017 the Centre raised the Canadian flag at its new home.
The Global Centre for Pluralism is an independent, not-for-profit international research and education centre located in Ottawa, Canada. Inspired by the example of Canada's inclusive approach to citizenship, the Centre works to advance respect for diversity worldwide, believing that openness and understanding toward the cultures, social structures, values and faiths of other peoples are essential to the survival of an interdependent world.
GLOBAL PLURALISM AWARD CEREMONY 2019 - OTTAWA, CANADA ON 20 NOV,.2019
GLOBAL PLURALISM AWARD CEREMONY 2019
OTTAWA, CANADA ON 20 NOV,.2019
His Highness The Aga Khan presided over the Global Pluralism Award ceremony on Wednesday 20 November 2019,
A Biennial event hosted by the Global Centre for Pluralism.
The Award recognises the extraordinary achievements of organisations, individuals, and governments around the world who exemplify living peacefully and productively with diversity.
His Highness The Aga Khan Said :
“ The Award should serve as a reminder that we can all take steps, in both our personal and professional lives, to foster a more positive and productive response to the changing diversity in our world......
The ceremony was held at the Delegation of the Ismaili Imamat in Ottawa, Canada in the presence of Princess Zahra, government officials, diplomats, civil society, and Jamati leaders. The ceremony recognised the three winners of the award as well as seven honourable mentions, each chosen by an international jury, chaired by the Right Honourable Joe Clark, former Prime Minister of Canada.
This year’s award recipients, who will each receive a $50,000 grant to further their work, are the Center for Social Integrity, an organisation that provides youth from Myanmar’s conflict-affected regions with the skills to be leaders for change; Deborah Ahenkorah, a Ghanaian social entrepreneur and book publisher; and ‘Learning History that is not yet History’, a network in the Balkans developing a new approach to teaching the history of conflict.....
What is pluralism? - Global Centre for Pluralism
The Global Centre for Pluralism is an independent, not-for-profit international research and education centre located in Ottawa, Canada. Inspired by the example of Canada's inclusive approach to citizenship, the Centre works to advance respect for diversity worldwide, believing that openness and understanding toward the cultures, social structures, values and faiths of other peoples are essential to the survival of an interdependent world.
Global Centre for Pluralism (Doors Open Ottawa 2018)
Come visit a photo exhibit at the Global Centre for Pluralism, as part of the Doors Open Ottawa 2018, which happened on June 2nd & 3rd, 2018.
Doors Open Ottawa is a free annual architectural event that celebrates our community’s built heritage. It is the second-largest Doors Open event in Canada, and one of the largest in the world!
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The Global Centre for Pluralism, formerly the Public Archives 1905 to 1967 and Canadian War Museum 1967to 2005, has been transformed by a $35 million investment from His Highness the Aga Khan into the home of an organization that seeks to deepen understanding about the sources of inclusion and exclusion around the world through analysis, education and dialogue.
Global Centre for Pluralism
His Highness the Aga Khan and The Honourable Beverley J. Oda, Minister of Canadian Heritage, signed a funding agreement for the Global Centre for Pluralism in the presence of The Right Honourable Stephen Harper, Prime Minister of Canada.
Aga Khan says to embrace differences at opening of Global Centre for Pluralism
His Highness the Aga Khan, spiritual leader of Shia Ismaili Muslims around the world, opened the new headquarters in Ottawa alongside Governor General David Johnston.
The Global Centre for Pluralism will officially open on May 16, 2017 in Ottawa.
The Global Centre for Pluralism will officially open on May 16, 2017 in Ottawa. Diversity is a benefit and not a risk.
Ottawa Peace Talks -- Full Video
This is the full webcast of the Ottawa Peace Talks, which took place at the Delegation of Ismaili Imamat building on April 19th, 2016.
The Ottawa Peace Talks were co-presented by the Global Centre for Pluralism and Interpeace.
The speaker order is as follows:
1- The Rt. Hon. Adrienne Clarkson
2- Roberta Jamieson
3- The Hon. Maryam Monsef
4- Michele Brandt
5- Roméo Dallaire
6- Emmanuel Jal
7- Alaa Murabit
8- Giovanna Mingarelli
9- Désirée McGraw
10- Hamoon Ekhtiari
11- Erum Hasan and Nisreen Ismail
THE THREE WINNERS OF THE 2019 GLOBAL PLURALISM AWARD AT OTTAWA - CANADA
THE THREE WINNERS OF THE 2019 GLOBAL PLURALISM AWARD AT OTTAWA - CANADA :
The three winners of the 2019 Global Pluralism Award: Aung Kyaw Moe on behalf of the Centre for Social Integrity, an organisation that provides youth from Myanmar’s conflict-affected regions with the skills to be leaders for change; Deborah Ahenkorah, a Ghanaian social entrepreneur and book publisher; and Igor Radulović on behalf of Learning History that is not yet History, a network in the Balkans developing a new approach to teaching the His Highness The Aga Khan Presided over The Global Pluralism Award 2019 Ceremony on Wednesday 20 November, a biennial event hosted by the Global Centre for Pluralism. The Award recognises the extraordinary achievements of organisations, individuals, and governments around the world who exemplify living peacefully and productively with diversity.
“The Award should serve as a reminder that we can all take steps, in both our personal and professional lives, to foster a more positive and productive response to the changing diversity in our world,” His Highness The Aga Khan said during his address.
The ceremony was held at the Delegation of the Ismaili Imamat in Ottawa, Canada in the presence of Princess Zahra, government officials, diplomats, civil society, and Jamati leaders. The ceremony recognised the three winners of the award as well as seven honourable mentions, each chosen by an international jury, chaired by the Right Honourable Joe Clark, former Prime Minister of Canada.
This year’s award recipients, who will each receive a $50,000 grant to further their work, are the Center for Social Integrity, an organisation that provides youth from Myanmar’s conflict-affected regions with the skills to be leaders for change; Deborah Ahenkorah, a Ghanaian social entrepreneur and book publisher; and ‘Learning History that is not yet History’, a network in the Balkans developing a new approach to teaching the history of conflict.
Deborah Ahenkorah is the co-founder of Golden Baobab, an organisation that encourages African writers to produce literature for children and youth across the continent. Each year Golden Baobab selects winners for the Golden Baobab prize. She also runs a children’s publishing house called African Bureau Stories that publishes children’s books from African writers.
“Stories for children are a window into the world. For African children to see windows into the world without seeing themselves, that shouldn’t exist,” Ahenkorah said. “For children in other parts of the world, if you grow up never reading stories from the continent because those stories aren’t being produced, we short-change you in understanding what the world looks like.”
During her acceptance speech, Ahenkorah said, “I started when I was a 20-year-old college student. I had no money, no experience, but I was going to build a prestigious literature prize for an entire continent. And we’ve done it. And I think for me, that shows that individual choices, and just the will to see the world be different, can reap rewards and can create change.”
‘Learning History that is not yet History’ is a group that has been working for over 16 years on creating a “responsible” approach to teaching about the recent conflict in the former Yugoslavia.
Igor Radulović, a history teacher from Montenegro, represented the group at the award ceremony in Ottawa. His organisation has seen that the history of the wars that took place in the region in the 1990s has been taught in a “national narrative” while other perspectives have been neglected.
“We wanted to create some kind of common ground on this topic — how we could teach this topic in a similar or in the same way in all the countries in this region,” Radulović said. “We are promoting pluralism. We are promoting diversity of thinking.”
During his acceptance speech, Radulović said of the award: “Your support and this award is an additional tailwind which shows us we are on the right road. Hopefully this will open some new doors for us, especially in the region.”
The Centre for Social Integrity has created a leadership programme for young people in Myanmar where groups, including the Rohingya, have been persecuted.
“Ordinary youth can do extraordinary work and contribute to a nation extraordinarily when they’re empowered,” said the group’s founder Aung Kyaw Moe.
He explained the impact that winning this year’s Pluralism Award will have on his team’s efforts: “It gives you a lot of hope knowing that there are people with expertise, knowledge, and experience to support you, and it doubles your momentum and velocity to the vision you’ve set.”
This year, the Global Centre for Pluralism received over 500 applications spanning 74 countries for the 2019 Global Pluralism Awards — more than double the submissions to the inaugural awards in 2017. All nominees undergo a rigorous review and jury selection process.
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The Global Centre for Pluralism (French: Centre mondial du pluralisme) is an international centre for research, education and exchange about the values, practices and policies that underpin pluralist societies. Based in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, the Centre seeks to assist the creation of successful societies and was founded on the premise that tolerance, openness and understanding towards the cultures, social structures, values and faiths of other peoples are now essential to the survival of an interdependent world.
The Global Centre for Pluralism is an international initiative of Aga Khan IV, 49th hereditary Imam of Ismaili Muslims, and was established jointly with the Government of Canada in 2006. It is located in the former Canadian War Museum building along Ottawa's Sussex Drive and was officially opened on May 16, 2017. The Centre draws inspiration from the Canadian experience and functions as a global repository and a source of knowledge and know-how about fostering pluralistic values, policies, and practices. It aims to work with countries to nurture successful civil societies in which every citizen, irrespective of cultural, religious or ethnic differences, is able to realize his or her full potential.
Will Kymlicka - Pluralism Forum – Global Centre for Pluralism, April 4, 2012
“The prospects for multicultural citizenship” - Will Kymlicka from the department of Philosophy at Queen’s University spoke at the Global Centre for Pluralism’s first Pluralism Forum on April 4, 2012.
A Landmark Transformed: the New Global Centre for Pluralism
A Landmark Transformed: The New Global Centre for Pluralism
La transformation d’un édifice patrimonial : le nouveau Centre mondial du pluralisme
Heritage Ottawa Annual Phillips Memorial Lecture
La Conférence annuelle à la mémoire de la famille Phillips
February 15, 2017 - Shirley Blumberg, KPMB Architects
UN Deputy Secretary-General Amina J. Mohammed delivers the 2019 Annual Pluralism Lecture
Hosted by the Global Centre for Pluralism, an Ottawa-based charitable organization founded by His Highness the Aga Khan in partnership with the Government of Canada, the Annual Pluralism Lecture provides an opportunity to learn from individuals whose work has made a practical difference in the world.
UN Deputy Secretary-General Amina J. Mohammed was instrumental in bringing about the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, in her role as Special Adviser to Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon on Post- 2015 Development Planning. A former Minister of Environment for Nigeria, she has served on numerous international boards and panels, including the Independent Expert Advisory Group on the Data Revolution for Sustainable Development, the Global Development Program of the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, the International Development Research Centre, the African Women’s Millennium Initiative, Girl Effect, 2016 African Union Reform and the ActionAid International Right Education Project. Ms. Mohammed is an Adjunct Professor in Development Practice at Columbia University.
HIS HIGHNESS THE AGA KHAN ADDRESS GLOBAL PLURALISM AWARD 2019 AT OTTAWA - CANADA ON 20 NOV. 2019
HIS HIGHNESS THE AGA KHAN ADDRESS GLOBAL PLURALISM AWARD 2019 AT OTTAWA - CANADA ON 20 NOV. 2019 :
“ The Award should serve as a reminder that we can all take steps, in both our personal and professional lives, to foster a more positive and productive response to the changing diversity in our world,”
In his remarks, His Highness The Aga Khan reminded us of the power of individual action in advancing pluralism, noting that “A more inclusive, understanding approach to diversity is needed more than ever today. The Award offers examples to inspire how we take on that challenge.”
* About the Award :
The Global Pluralism Award celebrates achievement and excellence in the field of pluralism. The Award is presented once every two years to individuals, organizations, governments and businesses of any nationality. Through their remarkable and sustained achievements, awardees contribute to building more inclusive societies in which human diversity is protected.
* What is Pluralism..?..
Pluralism is not simply diversity. Pluralism is a principle of respect for human diversity. A commitment to pluralism requires that diversity is protected and valued. Human differences become understood as a source of common good and an engine of social and economic innovation.
Diversity is not a burden to be endured, but an opportunity to be welcomed.
( His Highness The Aga Khan - Harvard University Nov. 2015 )
In pluralist societies, every person is valued and included as an equal member, regardless of ethnic, religious, gender or socio-cultural differences. This is the result of continued and deliberate choices and actions by individuals, civil society organizations, governments and businesses to promote respect, recognition and belonging.
Pluralism results when a society actively reorients its political, social, economic and educational systems to recognize and secure the equality of every person as a citizen. Pluralism does not erase human differences.
A wide range of disciplines are involved in promoting pluralism including legal reform, human rights, democracy promotion, social cohesion, diversity and inclusion, education, ethnic relations, conflict resolution, peacebuilding, migration and integration, etc.
Prime Minister Trudeau Opens the New Microsoft Canada Excellence Centre
Prime Minister Trudeau Opens the New Microsoft Canada Excellence Centre
2017 Global Pluralism Award
2017 Global Pluralism Award
Diversity Dividend: Canada's Global Advantage
THE DIVERSITY DIVIDEND: CANADA’S GLOBAL ADVANTAGE
Research Report Launch and Panel Discussion at the Global Centre for Pluralism, April 24, 2017
Panelists: Paul Davidson, President & CEO, Universities Canada Zabeen Hirji, Chief Human Resources Officer, Royal Bank of Canada Kamal Al-Solaylee, Associate Professor, Ryerson University School of Journalism Omar Sachedina, Ottawa News Bureau Correspondent, CTV National News
Introductory remarks by research leads: Dr. Bessma Momani and Jill Stirk
Opening by John McNee, Secretary General of the Global Centre for Pluralism
Over the past year, the Pluralism Project has explored the relationship between workplace diversity and business performance in Canada. The findings show a positive correlation between workplace diversity, revenue and productivity in Canada with important implications for both public policy and public discourse around issues of diversity, immigration, and the strength of the Canadian economy.
Read the research report:
Leadership and Diversity Conference, Gatineau, Canada
On his visit to Ottawa, The Aga Khan met with the Prime Minister and the Governor General o f Canada. He also announced the establishment of The Global Centre for Pluralism.