Global Centre for Pluralism

The Global Centre for Pluralism is an independent charitable organization founded by His late Highness the Aga Khan IV and the Government of Canada. The Centre works with policy leaders educators and community builders around the world to amplify and implement the transformative power of pluralism. It is headquartered in Ottawa Canada. The Centre’s programs inform decisions and actions that advance respect for diversity. By publishing analyses convening educational opportunities and recognizing pluralism leaders the Centre builds understanding of the choices and policies that enable societies to live peacefully and productively with diversity. This year the Centre successfully completed the nominations and due diligence process for 300+ candidates from 64 countries for the 2025 Global Pluralism Award. The Centre co-hosted events featuring our 2023 Award laureates including a live podcast taping of This Being Human at the Aga Khan Museum; a side event at the 17th session of the UN Expert Mechanism on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples and; a high level plenary at PeaceCon in Washington D.C.. The Education Program offered pluralism training and workshops to practitioners from an expanded range of global contexts the development of anti-racism materials for Francophone educators from across Canada and a training program for young leaders in partnership with UNESCO. With 20 Global Pluralism Monitor assessment reports completed or underway the Global Analysis program focussed on utilizing report findings to deepen programming with in-country partners. Engagements in Colombia and Ghana continued with new initiatives underway with partners in Sri Lanka and Malaysia. The Centre also continued to expand its programming in Peace and Conflict with training for teams working on community development initiatives in Afghanistan for journalists in South Sudan and a training and resource on alliance-building for Sudanese civil society organizations. In 2024 the Centre