“…..there is a profound need to focus on the values and hopes that unite all human beings.”
His Highness the Aga Khan
“In a…democratic society, tolerance must be the norm…but tolerance has its limitations…Tolerance stops where harm begins.”
The Right Honourable Beverley McLachlin
On May 28, 2015, the Chief Justice of Canada Beverley McLachlin delivered the Centre’s fourth annual lecture in Toronto, reflecting on the interface between tolerance and intolerance in Canadian society. Opening remarks were offered by His Highness the Aga Khan and closing remarks by the Right Honourable Adrienne Clarkson.
Read the full remarks at http://pluralism.ca/images/PDF_docs/APL2015/APL2015_HH_IntroductionEN.pdf
About the Global Centre for Pluralism
The Global Centre for Pluralism is an independent, not-for-profit international research and education centre located in Ottawa, Canada. Inspired by the example of Canada’s inclusive approach to citizenship, the Centre works to advance respect for diversity worldwide, believing that openness and understanding toward the cultures, social structures, values and faiths of other peoples are essential to the survival of an interdependent world.
In 2006, His Highness the Aga Khan and the Government of Canada formed a partnership to launch the Global Centre for Pluralism – a private, not-for-profit institution founded in Canada with a global mission to serve the world.
In October 2010, His Highness the Aga Khan outlined his vision of pluralism at the LaFontaine-Baldwin Symposium in Toronto, an annual conversation on citizenship and the public good hosted by the Institute of Canadian Citizenship.
“The world we seek is not a world where difference is erased, but where difference can be a powerful force for good, helping us to fashion a new sense of cooperation and coherence in our world, and to build together a better life for all.”
His Highness the Aga Khan, October 15, 2010, Toronto
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