Day of the Girl – 2019
130 million girls do not attend school today. In 2012, the United Nations declared that October 11th will be known as the International Day of the Girl. This day was not only established to recognize and address the needs and challenges girls face from all corners of the world, [...]
Imamat Day Mubarak 2019
Today Ismailis around the world will gather and celebrate Imamat Day, which marks that day that His Highness Prince Karim Aga Khan succeeded his grandfather and became the 49th hereditary spiritual leader of the Shia Ismaili Muslims. I still vividly remember following my dad around as he organized His Highness [...]
Canada Day 2019
Every year on Canada Day I remind myself how fortunate I am to call myself a Canadian. 47 years ago my family went from being Ugandans to being stateless overnight. We lost everything. We lost our belongings, we lost our homes and, most of all, we lost our country. [...]
World Refugee Day 2019
Every minute, eight people leave family and possessions to escape war, conflict and persecution. Today, June 20, the international community observed the United Nations World Refugee Day. I reflected on my own experiences as a refugee and said a prayer for all those men, women and children around the [...]
On The North Coast Protecting the Water is a Matter of Survival
Protecting the resources is a matter of survival for the first nations that live on the on the remote pacific north coast of British Columbia. For the communities that line the shore, the ocean is where they source their food and generate income. Without Bill C-48 safeguarding the land [...]
Canadian Environment Week – The Spirit Bear
Photo Credit: Jon Rawlinson - https://www.flickr.com/photos/london/15185520222/ Sheltered within the ancient red cedar trees of the Great Bear Rainforest is a rare white bear that is neither polar bear nor albino but a “spirit bear,” a black bear with a vanilla coat so mystically beautiful it is revered by the First [...]