Toronto, Canada, 15/10/2010 – His Highness the Aga Khan, the 49th hereditary Imam (spiritual leader) of the Shia Ismaili Muslims, delivered the prestigious 10th Annual LaFontaine-Baldwin Lecture, at the invitation of the Institute for Canadian Citizenship (ICC), which was founded by the Right Honourable Adrienne Clarkson in 2005 as her legacy project. The ICC is co-chaired by Clarkson and John Ralston Saul.
Speaking on the lessons of Canadian pluralism, His Highness noted: “As societies come to think in pluralistic ways, I believe they can learn another lesson from the Canadian experience, the importance of resisting both assimilation and homogenization -the subordination and dilution of minority cultures on the one hand, or an attempt to create some new, transcendent blend of identities, on the other.”
via http://www.akdn.org.
Lecture by His Highness the Aga Khan: The LaFontaine-Baldwin Lecture (Toronto, Canada)
Recorded video: http://events.digitalmedia.telus.com/icc/101510/index2.php
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