Articles - Aga Khan Visits Officials in Edmonton, Canada - 2009-06-07 to 09
Build of new Aga Khan Garden reaches halfway point
Posted July 7th, 2017 by librarian-hdIslamic-inspired garden is driving transformation at University of Alberta Botanic Garden
By Helen Metella on July 6, 2017
With construction of the huge Aga Khan Garden approaching the halfway mark, the site looks like one might imagine the Great Pyramids did as they were assembled.
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Islamic garden coming to University of Alberta Botanical Garden in 2018
Posted April 17th, 2017 by librarian-hdThe University of Alberta Botanical Garden will receive an Islamic garden set to bloom in 2018 as a gift.
The new Islamic garden will be the first in Western Canada supported by a more than $25 million donation from the the Aga Khan, who leads the second-largest Shia Islam branch. Known as the Aga Khan Garden, it will combine historic Islamic garden elements with the western Canadian landscape. The garden will reside within the University of Alberta Botanical Garden, which is about a 15-minute drive southwest of Edmonton.
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Aga Khan University, University of Alberta expand partnership - 2009-06-09
Posted June 23rd, 2009 by heritageJune 9, 2009 - Edmonton--The University of Alberta and the Aga Khan University signed a memorandum of understanding Tuesday that advances their respective goals to increase global engagement and to promote equitable human advancement and social justice throughout the world.
It's a partnership that can make a difference, said His Highness the Aga Khan, who celebrated his golden jubilee as the spiritual leader of the world's Ismaili Muslims the same year as the U of A's centenary celebrations.
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Aga Khan becomes sixth person in history to become honorary Canadian citizen - 2009-06-09
Posted June 10th, 2009 by heritageOTTAWA - Canada will grant the Aga Khan honorary citizenship for what Prime Minister Stephen Harper describes as his exemplary humanitarianism and long friendship with Canada.
Born in Geneva, Shah Karim al-Hussayni is the 49th hereditary imam of the Shia Ismaili Muslims and is widely recognized for his work against poverty and his promotion of tolerance.
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Now 72, he is the founder and chairman of the Aga Khan Development Network, which works in Asia and Africa and is one of the world's largest private development networks.
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Aga Khan University, University of Alberta expand partnership - 2009-06-09
Posted June 10th, 2009 by heritageJune 9, 2009 - Edmonton--The University of Alberta and the Aga Khan University today signed a memorandum of understanding that advances their respective goals to increase global engagement and to promote equitable human advancement and social justice throughout the world.
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Premier Ed Stelmach attends the Aga Khan University memorandum of understanding signing ceremony with the University of Alberta
Posted June 10th, 2009 by heritageThe Aga Khan University signed a memorandum of understanding that strengthens ties with the University of Alberta. Cooperation between both institutions promises to bring great advances to world knowledge in diverse areas of study from health sciences to culture to resource conservation to business. The Aga Khan also received an honorary doctor of laws degree from the U of A
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Aga Khan receives honorary degree from University of Alberta - 2009-06-09
Posted June 10th, 2009 by heritageEDMONTON — The Aga Khan signed a memorandum of understanding Tuesday during a visit to Edmonton that will strengthen ties with the University of Alberta.
The spiritual leader of the Shia Ismali Muslims was in town to deliver the convocation, as well as receive an honorary doctor of laws.
Tuesday's memorandum of understanding builds on a collaboraton between the U of A and the Aga Khan University first signed almost exactly three years ago.
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