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Akaash Maharaj

  • Ambassador-at-Large, Global Organization of Parliamentarians Against Corruption, Freelance
Canada
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Covers:  international affairs, global affairs, diplomacy, politics, Canada, sport, corruption, anti-corruption, democracy, pluralism, inclusion, peace, conflict resolution
Peacemaking & Pluralism 🕊 Ambassador‑at‑Large @GOPAC_Eng • Sr Fellow @MunkSchool • Policy @NatureCanada • Governor @RCGS_SGRC • Equestrian #TeamCanada 🥇🥇🥇🥉

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Akaash Maharaj’s Biography

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Akaash Maharaj is a Canadian peacemaker, athlete, and conservationist. He serves as Ambassador-at-Large for the Global Organization of Parliamentarians Against Corruption (GOPAC), and as Head of Policy for Nature Canada. He was leader of the Canadian Equestrian Team and a triple gold medallist in Equestrian Skill-at-Arms.

As GOPAC's Ambassador-at-Large, he represents the international alliance of democratically-elected legislators in its work combatting corruption, strengthening good government…

Akaash Maharaj’s Journalist Portfolio

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Archbishop Desmond Tutu was right: The Truth and Reconciliation Commission proved to be ...

Archbishop Desmond Tutu was right: The Truth and Reconciliation Commission proved to be ...

Whoever coined the adage "never meet your heroes" could not have met Archbishop Desmond Tutu.

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World News Reddit Talks: Conversations with people who shape our world

World News Reddit Talks: Conversations with people who shape our world

My colleagues and I hosted a series of live‑audio conversations at the World News subreddit, with people acro…

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Canada wildfires affect air quality before World Cup final

Canada wildfires affect air quality before World Cup final

More than 800 wildfires are burning across Canada, including around 190 in northern Ontario, with the surge i…

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What I would do as Mayor of Toronto

What I would do as Mayor of Toronto

More parks and returning to a city that dares to dream: Akaash Maharaj and other Torontonians tell us what th…

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Blockade of the Strait of Hormuz

Blockade of the Strait of Hormuz

The Iran war staggers between tragedy and farce. Both states insist that the Strait of Hormuz must be open to…

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The Iranian-Canadian Diaspora and the Iran War

The Iranian-Canadian Diaspora and the Iran War

Anyone who claims that the Iranian-Canadian diaspora is of one mind on the Iran war is deceived, dishonest, o…

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Articles

Time is Running Out: Protecting Nature Must Be a Priority

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By Akaash Maharaj
| naturecanada.ca
The sixteenth Conference of the Parties (COP16) to the United Nations Convention on Biological diversity was held from 21 October to 01 November 2024 in Cali, Colombia. Nature Canada participated in COP16, both as a member of Canada’s state delegation at the negotiations, and as a member of the community of citizen environmentalists who gathered in parallel events, to ensure that nature’s voice is heard above the clamour of powerful interests.
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Good News on the High Seas!

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By Akaash Maharaj
| naturecanada.ca
Often in our work to protect and conserve nature, we have to measure progress in small, incremental steps. Only very occasionally are we able to experience a great leap forward. Canada’s decision to sign the UN High Seas Treaty is one of those leaps. And our voices for nature helped make it possible! This treaty, the UN Biodiversity of Areas Beyond National Jurisdiction Treaty, is one of the most consequential conservation instruments of all time.
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Canada’s Leaders Against Antisemitism and Islamophobia

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By Akaash Maharaj
| maharaj.org
Canada’s Leaders Against Antisemitism and Islamophobia 09 April 2023, 17h00 EDT (UTC-4) https://www.maharaj.org/blog/2023_04_09.shtml Our Upcoming Live-Audio Conversation Click image to join the Twitter Space Next week, I will moderate a Canadian Interfaith Conversation live-audio discussion, on Twitter Spaces, with Canada’s federal leaders against antisemitism and islamophobia: Irwin Cotler and Amira Elghawaby, respectively.
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King Charles III Coronation Medal

2024 - Services to the Exploration and Conservation of Nature

A state honour for significant contributions to Canada or outstanding achievement abroad that brings credit to Canada

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Kentucky Colonel

2017 - Services to Global Affairs

The state of Kentucky's highest honour

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Queen Elizabeth II Diamond Jubilee Medal

2012 - Services to the Integrity of National and International Sport

A state honour, awarded to Canadians on the sixtieth anniversary of the coronation of Elizabeth II as Canada's head of state

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Freedom of the Township of Uxbridge

2008 - Services to International Child Welfare

Presented to me in my then-capacity as Captain of UNICEF Team Canada, the national Equestrian Skill-at-Arms team, for combatting the enslavement of children in mounted sports

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Queen Elizabeth II Golden Jubilee Medal

2002 - Service to Humanity

A state honour, for contributions to peacebuilding in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict

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