Speeches

Speech at the Opening of the Ismaili Centre, Burnaby

17 September 2009

Speech made by The Right Honourable Brian Mulroney, Prime Minister of Canada, at the Opening of the Ismaili Centre, Burnaby, 23 August 1985.

Mawlana Hazar Imam and Dr Amani Abeid Karume, President of Zanzibar and Chairman of the Revolutionary Council, accompanied by Madame Shadya Karume, inaugurate the completion of the US$ 2.4 million restoration of Stone Town's Forodhani Park.

Speech by His Highness the Aga Khan at the inauguration of the revitalised Forodhani Park

29 July 2009

Mawlana Hazar Imam delivering his Convocation address at the University of Alberta in Edmonton on June 9, 2009.

Speech by His Highness the Aga Khan at the Graduation ceremony of the University of Alberta

8 June 2009

“Even when governments are fragile, or even nearly paralyzed in their functioning, strong civil society organizations can advance the social and economic order as they have done in Kenya and Bangladesh. Civil society is a complex matrix of influences, but its impact can be enormous, especially in rural environments, where, for example, the need for stronger secondary as well as primary schools is dramatically evident. We have also learned that effective civil progress involves a multiplicity of inputs and a variety of partners - including universities.”