• Denise Dwyer and Sheherazade Hirji led a discussion on pluralism that included Professor Ali Asani of Harvard and Dr Ruba Kana’an of the Aga Khan Museum, among other participants. Ismaili Council for Canada
    07 February 2016 | Ismaili Centre Toronto

    Government of Ontario and Ismaili Council discuss pluralism in education

    Denise Dwyer and Sheherazade Hirji led a discussion on pluralism that included Professor Ali Asani of Harvard and Dr Ruba Kana’an of the Aga Khan Museum, among other participants. Ismaili Council for Canada
7:00 PM
9 February 2016
6:45 PM
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The Ismaili Centre Toronto
Canada

Toronto, 8 February 2016 — Representatives from the Ontario Ministry of Education and the Ismaili Council for Ontario held a policy discussion on pluralism at the Ismaili Centre, Toronto.

Led by Denise Dwyer, Assistant Deputy Minister, Leadership and Learning Environment Division, and Sheherazade Hirji, President of the Ismaili Council for Ontario, the gathering included international experts and leaders in civil society.
 
Working within the aegis of the Agreement of Cooperation signed between the Province of Ontario and the Ismaili Imamat in May 2015, the group shared ideas for a conference on pluralism that they plan to co-host.
 
The discussion centred on the importance of fostering a pluralist disposition among young people, who will interact with people of different and competing values throughout their lives. It was agreed that a 21st century citizen should be able to understand and appreciate the varying norms and views that they will encounter both in person and through virtual mediums.