Board of Directors
The Board of Directors of the Global Centre for Pluralism gathered for their inaugural meeting in Ottawa from October 7–8, 2010. Composed of renowned Canadian and international leaders and thinkers, the Board includes the following members:
- His Highness the Aga Khan, (Chairman of the Board) Founder and Chairman of the Aga Khan Development Network (AKDN) and 49th hereditary Imam of the Shia Ismaili Muslims;
- The Right Honourable Adrienne Clarkson, former Governor General of Canada;
- Kofi Annan, former Secretary-General of the United Nations;
- Princess Zahra Aga Khan, Head of the AKDN's Social Welfare department;
- Iain Benson, Canadian lawyer and Professor of Law at the University of the Free State in Bloemfontein;
- Yash Ghai, leading Kenyan constitutional expert;
- Rudyard Griffiths, co-founder of the Dominion Institute;
- Huguette Labelle, Chancellor of the University of Ottawa;
- Azim Nanji, Senior Associate Director for The Abbasi Program in Islamic Studies at Stanford University;
- Margaret Ogilvie, Chancellor's Professor of Law, Carleton University; and
- Khalil Shariff, Chief Executive Officer of the Aga Khan Foundation Canada.
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