Aga Khan Canada Visit - Summary

MHI arrival at Pan Pacific Hotel in Vancouver - Nov 24th, 2008

Youtube Video by Adil Chagani



CBC News - Vancouver



CTV News - Vancouver




GLobal TV - Calgary



YouTube - Flag raising at Burnaby Darkhana (at dawn)



YouTube - Welcome Calgary style



YouTube Video on Calgary Preparations and Celebrations

YouTube Video on Toronto Prepararations and Celebrations






http://www.theismaili.org/cms/622/Canada-visit - the best summary of the visit.


An unforgettable occasionBurnaby Now, Canada - 19 hours agoNatasha Rajan can't remember the first time she saw the Aga Khan as a four-year-old in her native Tanzania. But she won't forget the most recent time, ...

Q and A with the Aga KhanVancouver Sun, Canada - 28 Nov 2008... and founder and chairman of the Aga Khan Development Network (AKDN), and Don Cayo of The Vancouver Sun. The interview took place Nov. 23 in Toronto. ...

Golden JubilationSouth Asian Post, Canada, Canada - 27 Nov 2008Vancouver was the final stop on the Aga Khan’s eight day, four-city Canadian tour, which began in Ottawa last Tuesday, with stops in Toronto and Calgary. ...

Gallery: Aga Khan's arrival in VancouverCanada.com, Canada - 25 Nov 2008VANCOUVER - She was only nine, but Almira Bardai remembers the day the Aga Khan came to dinner at her mother's family home. She didn't get to join the 200 ...

Ismaili Muslim leader says Canada's diversity is a model for the worldThe Canadian Press, B.C. - 25 Nov 2008VANCOUVER, BC — The leader of the world's 15 million Ismaili Muslims says Canada's pluralism is a model to the world. The Aga Khan thanked Canada for ...

Muslim leader draws crowds in VancouverCBC.ca, Canada - 25 Nov 2008The Aga Khan was greeted by a crowd of thousands as he arrived at the Pan Pacific Hotel in Vancouver on Monday night. (CBC) Thousands of people turned up ...

Aga Khan's devotion to humanity revealed during Calgary visitCalgary Herald, Canada - 25 Nov 2008Unlike his father, a notorious playboy who had an eye for racehorses and Hollywood starlets, his highness Prince Karim Aga Khan IV--the highness part was ...

Crowd of thousands greets arrival of spiritual leaderVancouver Sun, Canada - 25 Nov 2008VANCOUVER - Thousands of Ismaili Muslims from across North America took to the streets of downtown Vancouver Monday evening to welcome their spiritual ...

The Aga Khan reflects on the world best hopes and worst dangersVancouver Sun, Canada - 24 Nov 2008It’s something I hear a lot from people who know far more about international development than I do. Enough pieces of the puzzle have been found and fitted ...

Aga Khan sees hope for Muslim-West relationsCanada.com, Canada - 24 Nov 2008The spiritual leader of the world's 15 million Ismaili Muslims says he sees real prospects for new bridges and better relations between Muslim states and ...

Welcome to an honoured visitorCalgary Herald, Canada - 24 Nov 2008The Aga Khan's visit to Calgary today marks a significant event for the city's small but influential Ismaili community. For the first time in 16 years, ...

Spiritual leader brings out followers' emotionsCalgary Herald, Canada - 24 Nov 2008With tears in his eyes and his voice quivering, Nash Jetha speaks quietly when asked why he came to see the Aga Khan's arrival Sunday night in Calgary. ...

Aga Khan takes a personal interest in empowering womenVancouver Sun, Canada - 24 Nov 2008There are Golden Jubilee flags flying high in our great city this week denoting the visit of the great spiritual leader of the Shia Ismaili Muslim Community ...

Aga Khan holds up Canada as model for the worldCanada.com, Canada - 23 Nov 2008TORONTO - What may often sound to Canadians like a discordant cacophony of voices from our diverse cultures and interest groups is apparently music to the ...

Thousands expected for Aga Khan's visit in CalgaryCanada.com, Canada - 22 Nov 2008CALGARY - Calgary's close-knit Ismaili Muslim community is on pins and needles in anticipation of Sunday's visit by the Aga Khan, spiritual leader for the ...

Thousands expected to attend gatheringsVancouver Sun, Canada - 22 Nov 2008VANCOUVER - Two large events will be held by religious organizations downtown in the next few days, despite BC's reputation as one of the most secular ...

Leader walking 'road of hope' salutedThe Province, Canada - 26 Nov 2008The Aga Khan's golden jubilee tour of BC made two stops yesterday -- one rubbing elbows with BC leaders, another mixing with his Ismaili supporters. ...

Aga Khan praises Canadian pluralism during Vancouver visitMetro Canada - Vancouver, Canada - 25 Nov 2008The spiritual leader of 15 million Shia Ismaili Muslims and head of the world’s largest NGO, the Aga Khan, thanked Canadians yesterday for our contribution ...

Aga Khan's message of plurality a lesson for us allThe Province, Canada - 25 Nov 2008Two year-old Rose Mwaka had her foot amputated last August after an intern misdiagnosed her illness and gave her the wrong injection. ...

Thousands give Aga Khan a rock star greetingCTV British Columbia, Canada - 25 Nov 2008Thousands lined Vancouver streets Monday night for a brief glimpse of the Aga Khan as he arrived in BC for a quick stop. The leader of the world's 15 ...

Thousands welcome Aga KhanThe Province, Canada - 25 Nov 2008More than 25000 people will flock into BC Place today to greet the Aga Khan, spiritual leader of the world's 15 million Ismaili Muslims. ...

Royal hello for Muslim leaderCanoe.ca, Canada - 25 Nov 2008By DAVE DORMER, SUN MEDIA Thousands of the city's Ismaili Muslim community turned out at the Roundup Centre yesterday to hear words of wisdom and ...

Ismailis prepare to celebrate Vancouver visit of Aga Khan to BC PlaceGeorgia Straight, Canada - 24 Nov 2008By Shadi Elien Tomorrow (November 25) will mark an important day for the estimated 15000 members of the Ismaili community in Vancouver as they celebrate Aga ...

Aga Khan Marks Golden Jubilee In CanadaSouth Asian Link, Canada - 24 Nov 2008OTTAWA – Ismaili Muslims’ spiritual leader Aga Khan, the Founder and Chairman of the Aga Khan Development Network (AKDN) arrived in Vancouver this week as ...

Thousands gather to hear Aga KhanCalgary CTV, Canada - 24 Nov 2008Thousands are filling the Round Up Centre for their opportunity to hear the Aga Khan. The spiritual leader of more than 15-million Ismaili Muslims is in ...

Aga Khan, spiritual leader to Ismaili Muslims, in Canada for eight ...Daily Gleaner, Canada - 22 Nov 2008By LAUREN LA ROSE TORONTO - Canadian Ismaili Muslims are marking a half-century of leadership of the Aga Khan, as the spiritual leader to millions around ...

The Aga Khan after 50 years: We may yet set the world rightVancouver Sun, Canada - 25 Nov 2008Despite the West's "big, big, big failure" in Iraq and continuing conflict in much of Afghanistan, the Aga Khan says the world has made great strides ...

Ismaili Muslim leader says Canada's diversity model for the worldWhistler Question, Canada - 25 Nov 2008British Columbia Premier Gordon Campbell, right, shares a laugh with spirtual leader Aga Khan during a photo op in the Premiers office during a visit to ...