Ismailis in the News - Calgary's Dr. Kabir Jivraj appointed to University of Calgary Presidential Search Committee

 Kabir Jivraj MBBS, FRCPC, FCCP, ICD.D

 Founding Director, Age Care Investments Ltd. Board Member

  Dr. Kabir Jivraj has been a clinical professor at the University of Calgary, Faculty of Medicine since July 2001 and had taught undergraduate and graduate students at the University of Calgary since 1988. Prior to being in his present role, Dr. Jivraj was the Senior Vice-President and Chief Medical officer of the Calgary Health Region and the Vice Dean of the Faculty of Medicine.

  Dr. Jivraj served as the president of the Alberta Medical Association in 1996/1997 and received the Association's Medal of Distinguished Service in May 2000. He also servPreviewed as the Honorary Treasurer of the Canadian Medical Association. He is an active member of the Ismaili Muslim community and is the Chair of Focus Humanitarian Assistance Canada.

 He is currently a Governor on the University of Calgary, Board of Governors. As well, he has recently been appointed to the Board of Directors of the newly formed Calgary Homeless Foundation. He is also a Trustee on the Board of Northern Property REIT, a TSX listed income trust and a director of Elluminate Technologies Inc., a Calgary based private technology company.

  Dr Jivraj was recently honored in 2005 as one of the 100 Alberta's Physicians of the Century by the Alberta Medical Association and the College of Physicians and Surgeons of Alberta.

Princess Yasmin Aga Khan in New York - October 27, 2009

NEW YORK - OCTOBER 27: Actress Brooke Shields and Princess Yasmin Aga Khan attend the 2009 Alzheimer's Association Rita Hayworth Gala at The Waldorf Astoria on October 27, 2009 in New York City.

by Vanity Fair

October 28, 2009, 5:15 PM

 

Last night at the Alzheimer's Association Rita Hayworth Gala, in New York City, Brooke Shields was photographed alongside Princess Yasmin Aga Khan, the second daughter of Hollywood beauty Rita Hayworth. (The Princess gets her royal title from her father, Hayworth's third husband, Prince Aly Khan.) Started by Princess Yasmin in 1985, the galas have helped the Alzheimer's Association raise more than $250 million. Hayworth, who died in 1987, suffered from Alzheimer's in later years, and Princess Yasmin tirelessly worked to raise awareness about the disease at a time when it was little known and even less discussed.

Ismailis in the News - Food drive bridges the divide - Toronto Star

Abdulsultan Madhani and Helena Houldcroft sort food donations. (Oct. 11, 2009)

RICK MADONIK/TORONTO STAR FIL

The Sunni and Ismaili Muslims of Flemingdon Park share the same faith and pray a few blocks from each other in Thorncliffe Park.
But it took a crisis at the local food bank to bring the two branches of Islam to work together in a common cause, alongside their Christian neighbours, in the East York community.

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Ugandan Vice President speaks at the Ismaili Centre, Burnaby

Gathered at the Ismaili Centre, Burnaby (L to R): His Excellency George Abola, High Commissioner for Uganda in Ottawa; Samira Alibhai, President of the Ismaili Council for British Columbia; His Excellency Professor Gilbert Bukenya, Vice President of Uganda; Malik Talib, Vice-President of the Ismaili Council for Canada; and John Halani, Honorary Consul for Uganda in BC. Photo: Riyaz Lalani

On 25 October 2009, His Excellency Professor Gilbert Bukenya, Vice President of Uganda visited the Ismaili Centre, Burnaby. Accompanied by His Excellency George Abola, High Commissioner of Uganda in Ottawa, he sought to reach out to the Canadian Ismaili community — many of whom were born in Africa — with an invitation to invest in the future of Uganda.

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