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In the Aga Khan Garden: Seeking paradise in a garden 2024-01-21
Posted January 21st, 2024 by librarian-hdToronto park inspired by Mughal gardens
Toronto's newest park, designed by Vladimir Djurovic, is a serene seven-hectare garden inspired by Islamic gardens, featuring more than a thousand trees, reflecting pools and a walking path.
It might be buried in snow right now, but there's a unique garden in Toronto that's worth a visit at any time of year, even in winter. The Aga Khan Park is Toronto's newest park, designed by Lebanon-based landscape architect Vladimir Djurovic.
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Road to Toronto
Video displays the excerpts of speech by His Highness The Aga Khan. Also the museum's collections that are shown around the world
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Prince Amyn Aga Khan attended the Lapis Ball at the Aga Khan Museum, Toronto 2023-09-27
2023, September 27: Prince Amyn Aga Khan met Elizabeth Dowdeswell on Wednesday. The Honourable Elizabeth Dowdeswell is the 29th Lieutenant Governor of Ontario. As the representative of His Majesty The King, Ms. Dowdeswell carries out constitutional and ceremonial duties and facilitates healthy citizen and community engagement. In the past, The Lieutenant Governor has addressed the opening the Aga Khan Museum’s exhibition, The World of the Fatimids. Her Honour is honorary patron of the museum.
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BMO partners with the Aga Khan Museum to provide barrier-free access to the arts 2023-04-26
Posted April 26th, 2023 by librarian-hdTORONTO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--BMO today reaffirmed its commitment to supporting arts and culture in the community with new funding support to provide free admission to the Aga Khan Museum every Wednesday evening from 4–8 pm. BMO Free Wednesdays provides the community with barrier-free access to arts and culture, allowing the Museum to further expand its ability to provide a truly inclusive environment for all.
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Generations Project Brings Best Practices in Multi-Generational Community Campus to Toronto 2022-09-27
Posted September 30th, 2022 by librarian-hdGroundbreaking today brings not-for-profit community-based model of support within an intergenerational framework.
TORONTO, Sept. 27, 2022 /CNW/ - Today, Premier Doug Ford, Mayor John Tory, and the leadership of Canada's Ismaili Community broke ground on a new multigenerational community campus in Toronto. Prince Amyn Aga Khan was also present for the ceremony.
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Generations Project Brings Best Practices in Multi-Generational Community Campus to Toronto 2022-09-27
Posted September 30th, 2022 by librarian-hdGroundbreaking today brings not-for-profit community-based model of support within an intergenerational framework.
TORONTO, Sept. 27, 2022 /CNW/ - Today, Premier Doug Ford, Mayor John Tory, and the leadership of Canada's Ismaili Community broke ground on a new multigenerational community campus in Toronto. Prince Amyn Aga Khan was also present for the ceremony.
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His Highness the Aga Khan honoured with a Key to the City and ceremonial street renaming 2022-09-25
Posted September 25th, 2022 by librarian-hdToday, Toronto’s Mayor honoured humanitarian His Highness the Aga Khan with a Key to the City, at an event at the Ismaili Centre. Accepting the Key on his behalf was Prince Amyn Aga Khan, His Highness’ brother.
The City of Toronto has also renamed the portion of Wynford Drive, between Don Mills Road and the east side of the Don Valley Parkway overpass, to Aga Khan Boulevard. This is in commemoration of the 65th anniversary of the Aga Khan’s accession as the 49th hereditary Imam of Shia Ismaili Muslims and 50 years since the Ismaili community settled in Canada.
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His Highness the Aga Khan honoured with a Key to the City and ceremonial street renaming 2022-09-25
Posted September 25th, 2022 by librarian-hdToday, Toronto’s Mayor honoured humanitarian His Highness the Aga Khan with a Key to the City, at an event at the Ismaili Centre. Accepting the Key on his behalf was Prince Amyn Aga Khan, His Highness’ brother.
The City of Toronto has also renamed the portion of Wynford Drive, between Don Mills Road and the east side of the Don Valley Parkway overpass, to Aga Khan Boulevard. This is in commemoration of the 65th anniversary of the Aga Khan’s accession as the 49th hereditary Imam of Shia Ismaili Muslims and 50 years since the Ismaili community settled in Canada.
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Hazar Imam visits Aga Khan Museum, Toronto
Hazar Imam waves to the many Ismailis who had gathered at the Aga Khan Museum in Toronto for a glimpse of the Imam
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Aga Khan Museum acquires massive Lego sculpture of an ancient African metropolis 2021-02-23
Posted February 24th, 2021 by librarian-hdThe conceptual work by the Ghanian-Canadian artist Ekow Nimako addresses the cultural impact of Kumbi Saleh, the centre of the trans-Saharan trade route
The Aga Khan Museum in Toronto has acquired a colossal sculpture made from 100,000 pieces of Lego by the Ghanian-Canadian artist Ekow Nimako, who is known for his Afrofuturist reimaginings of Black histories built from Lego bricks.
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Ismaili CIVIC hosts collection drive for local shelters 2020-10-04
Posted October 6th, 2020 by librarian-hdThis year Ismaili CIVIC Day was observed on Sunday, September 27, 2020, in Ontario. More than three hundred volunteers gathered to run a collection drive for supplies for local women’s and youth shelters. Over 7,500 items were collected, ranging from toiletries, non-perishable food items, bedding and much more. In a bid to ensure safety given the current global pandemic, volunteers ran a drive-thru drop-off of supplies over two hours across thirteen locations in the region. The items collected were then delivered to local shelters.
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Aga Khan receives honorary degree from Trinity College 2013 - Video 2013-11-25
Posted May 25th, 2020 by librarian-hdhttps://www.dailymotion.com/video/x35w5jp
2013, November 25: Toronto, Canada. The University of Toronto’s Trinity College held a special convocation this evening, to bestow upon Mawlana Hazar Imam the degree of Doctor of Sacred Letters, Honoris Causa. IThe Right Honorable Adrienne Clarkson, presented Hazar Imam before the Chancellor of Trinity College
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Aga Khan Park Toronto Opening 2015-05-25
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His Highness The Aga Khan with Prime Minister Stephen Harper of Canada at the Global Child Care Summit in Toronto
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A Note of Appreciation and Well Wishes from Prince Amyn Mohammed 1983-10-28
Posted April 21st, 2020 by librarian-hd9 April 2020
Dear Staff and Volunteers,
A Note of Appreciation and Well Wishes
When we opened Don’t Ask Me Where I Am From one month ago, I did not realize how quickly
the measures for containing COVID-19 would come into place and how soon, thereafter, the
Museum would have to close to the public. I feel great sadness that we have had to close after
five and half years of continuous and I believe successful operations. My hope is that this crisis
will pass swiftly.
Our priority at this moment is to contain the virus, and keeping the Museum closed is part of this
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Groundbreaking Aga Khan exhibit shows how Africa shaped world history
Posted September 15th, 2019 by librarian-hdAfrican stories often left out of western textbooks, writes Henry Kim
The wealthiest person of all time may have been Mansa Musa, the 14th-century ruler of the West African Empire of Mali.
His riches were so famed that a European world map featured a portrait of him, adorned with a golden crown and holding a sceptre and golden ball.
According to accounts, when Mansa Musa made the Hajj (pilgrimage) to Mecca he brought with him 8,000 courtiers, 12,000 slaves, and 100 camels, each carrying up to 300 pounds of gold.
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Prince Aly Muhammad at the Toronto Partnership Walk June 17, 2018
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Hazar Imam receives Honorary Degree from Toronto's Pontifical Institute of Medieval Studies 2016-05-20
Aga Khan receives Honorary Degree from Toronto’s Pontifical Institute of Mediaeval Studies 2016-05-20
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