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Event - 1987-05-15

Posted June 3rd, 2008 by heritage
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Friday, 1987, May 15
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CIDA's participation in the AKF activities.

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H.H. Prince Karim Aga Khan IV
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Speech by His Highness Aga Khan at McMaster University, Canada 1987-05-15

Posted December 25th, 2025 by librarian-hd
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H.H. The Aga Khan IV conferred with Honoray Degree of Laws from McMaster university, Hamilton, Ontario
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Speech by His Highness The Aga Khan IV at McMaster University, Canada

(His Highness The Aga Khan was conferred with an honorary Doctor of Laws degree (LLD) honoris causa in recognition of his leadership in the advancement of health and education in the third world)

May 15, 1987

Hamilton, Ontario, Canada

……………..The great bulk of the 7 million people of Karachi and the 100 million people of Pakistan are not ruled by the assumptions of science. Their lives are bounded by family, tradition, and belief

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CANADIAN UNIVERSITY CONFERS HONORARY DEGREE UPON H. H. The Aga Khan - 1987-05-15

Posted March 24th, 2010 by heritage
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Canada's McMaster University, on Friday May 15th, 1987 conferred upon Mawlana Hazar Imam an honorary degree (LLD) in recognition of Mawlana Hazar Imam's leadership in the advancement of health and education in the third world.
At a colorful ceremony at Hamilton Place in Hamilton Ontario, attended by over 2,000 people and estimated to be the University's largest-ever Health Sciences Convocation, the President of the University, Mr. Alvin Lee paid handsome tribute to Islam and to Mawlana Hazar Imam.

CIDAS ACTIVE PARTICIPATION - 1987-05-15

Posted March 24th, 2010 by heritage
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CIDA has pledged $4.4 million to the McMaster-Aga Khan University nurse training program which has enabled Pakistani nurses and nursing teachers to attend McMaster to upgrade their skills in the past four years. The agreement that was signed on May 15th is an extension of the previous one involving a commitment of over $6 million and will not only facilitate the training of nurses from the Aga Khan University but also nurses from the Pakistani Government medical institutions.

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