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The center is located in Ottawa, on what the center notes is “the unceded territory of the Algonquin Anishinaabe, near the confluence of the Ottawa, Rideau and Gatineau Rivers.” Events are offered throughout the year, as is an annual lecture series and pluralism forum. But the center operates in the following countries: Australia, Bolivia, Brazil, Canada, Columbia, Cote d’Ivoire, France, Germany, India, Kenya, Kyrgyzstan, Malaysia, Nigeria, Portugal, Singapore, South Africa, Spain, and Sri Lanka.
The center recently founded its Innovation Lab, comprised of a group of international education experts that will support education programming. The goal of the lab is to have each member contribute their personal understanding and experience to the following initiatives:
• A “School Reflection Tool” to empower schools around the world to examine how inclusion and equity currently figure in their existing policies and practices, and determine the actions required to model pluralism in policy and practice, at all levels of the school environment.
• Online professional development comprising six weeks of moderated, self-paced, sessions through its forthcoming learning platform, MOAIKO, using its Learning Framework to collaborate on concrete strategies that support pluralism in the classroom.
Aga Khan University
The Aga Khan University is an autonomous institution, primarily serving the developing world and Muslim societies. Its mission is “committed to the development of human capacities through the discovery and dissemination of knowledge, and application through service.”
The Aga Khan University realizes the mission by focusing on four core principles: Impact, Quality, Relevance and Access. “Inspired by Islamic ethics, humanistic ideals and the philosophy of Aga Khan Development Network, the University is committed to building an environment that fosters intellectual freedom, distinction in scholarship, pluralism, compassion, and humanity's collective responsibility for a sustainable physical, social and cultural environment.”
The chartered university offers undergraduate, graduate, and doctoral programs. Campuses are located in Pakistan, East Africa, and the United Kingdom. Depending upon location, programs of study include:
Pakistan – School of Nursing & Midwifery, Medical College, Institute for Educational Development, and Faculty of Arts & Sciences.
East Africa – School of Nursing & Midwifery, Medical College, Institute for Educational Development, Graduate School of Media & Communications, Institute for Human Development, and Faculty of Arts & Sciences.
United Kingdom – Institute for the Study of Muslim Civilizations.
University of Central Asia
The University of Central Asia (UCA) was founded in 2000 as a private, not-for-profit, secular university. It was created through an International Treaty signed by the Presidents of Tajikistan, the Kyrgyz Republic, and Kazakhstan, and His Highness the Aga Khan. The treaty was ratified by respective
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What is Pluralism
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