“Communities are built on common interest, shared histories, need for information, the desire for connection and for a safe place to disagree,” said Professor Stephen J. Toope, President and Vice-Chancellor of the University of British Columbia, speaking at the Ismaili Centre, Burnaby, on Tuesday, 31 January 2012.
President Toope’s address marked the inauguration of The Ismaili Centre Lectures, a series of intellectually stimulating speaker-based events held at the Centre. The lectures encourage exchange and mutual understanding between diverse peoples, communities and faiths, while broadening intellectual horizons and fostering an appreciation of pluralism.
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