Press Release: Partnership Between AKU and University of Alberta Expanded; Aga Khan Receives Honorary Degree | AKDN

Aga Khan at University of Alberta 1 thumb9 June, 2009, Edmonton, Canada – 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.

The agreement was signed at Government House by University of Alberta President Indira Samarasekera and Aga Khan University President Firoz Rasul in the presence of Alberta Premier Ed Stelmach, and His Highness the Aga Khan, spiritual leader of the Shia Ismaili Muslims, and founder and chairman of the Aga Khan Development Network.

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