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Akaash Maharaj
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Peacemaking, Pluralism, and Conservation 🕊️

• Ambassador-at-Large, GOPAC
• Head of Policy, Nature Canada
• Senior Fellow, Munk School of Global Affairs
• Governor, Royal Canadian Geographical Soc
• Canadian Equestrian Team 🥇🥇🥇🥉

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It is just as well that there are few occasions when Canadians are called to wear public honours: all the metal makes me feel like a discount Mr T.

I was moved that my peers nominated me for Canada's Coronation Medal, and I thank the @rcgssgrc.bsky.social for hosting a lovely investiture ceremony.
The @uofguelph.bsky.social is hosting its 10th anniversary Equine Industry Symposium. It will draw together Canada’s equestrians, to advance the wellbeing of horses and horsepeople.

📅 18 & 19 November 2025
⏰ 18h00-19h30 EST
🎟️ via.maharaj.org/eis25

The #EIS25 is free, with advance registration.
November 13, 2025 at 2:18 PM
Congratulations to MarkDuggan, on being selected as our new Director at @utoronto.ca’s Munk School of Global Affairs.

The School’s faculty, fellows, staff, and students look forward to welcoming him in person.

His work on the economics of health care and national public programmes is very timely.
New constellation of academic stars headed to #UofT.

Innovation scholar Jacquelyn Pless, economist Mark Duggan & astrophysicist Sara Seager will join the university next year ➡️ uoft.me/bZu
November 12, 2025 at 5:07 PM
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On this #RemembranceDay, please join us as we take a moment to pause, reflect and remember the eight million horses, donkeys and mules who lost their lives while bravely serving in World War One 🧡💜🐴

‘A Soldiers Kiss’ by Henry Chappell, narrated by Mil Nicholson

#EveryHorseRemembered #WarHorse
November 11, 2025 at 10:59 AM
How does Bluesky’s decentralised approach to content moderation set it apart from other social media platforms?

I spoke with @aaron.bsky.team, @bsky.app Head of Trust & Safety, with the #Reddit Mod Council, on combatting online disinformation, election interference, & hate.

youtu.be/8Jx0WhWPPd0 🖥️
A Conversation with Bluesky's Head of Trust and Safety, with the Reddit Mod Council
YouTube video by Akaash Maharaj
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November 10, 2025 at 12:55 PM
The Explorers Club founded the Global Exploration Summit, on the 500th anniversary of the Magellan’s circumnavigation of the globe.

The @rcgssgrc.bsky.social hosted this year’s summit at our HQ in Ottawa.

It was an inspiring gathering of explorers, from astronauts to cave divers.

🧭 glexsummit.com
November 4, 2025 at 1:24 PM
Canadians have spoken.

Nature and our parks are the two most important components of Canada's national identity: more than medicare; more than the Charter of Rights; more even than hockey!

Love of nature unites our country. It triumphs over polarisation.

ekospolitics.com/index.php/20... 🍁
October 30, 2025 at 1:35 PM
The greatest peril for the #Gaza peace plan, is that every party at the negotiating table has an incentive to see peace fail, to perpetuate its hold on power.

I spoke with
@ctvyourmorning.bsky.social on the prospects for an enduring détente between Israelis and Palestinians.

youtu.be/c5eYu3hkas 🕊️
What's Next for Israel & Gaza | Your Morning
YouTube video by CTV Your Morning
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October 28, 2025 at 1:00 PM
Ministers often plead ignorance during revelations of corruption in their ministries. That is no defence; it is a confession.

Public accountability is a Minister's key responsibility.

I spoke with WTP Radio about the public procurement scandal in Antigua and Barbuda.

🎙️ via.maharaj.org/broncogate
22 comments | THE SUNDAY FORUM on WTP 93.5/7 FM! | WTP MEDIA
THE SUNDAY FORUM on WTP 93.5/7 FM!
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October 26, 2025 at 7:24 PM
The trade war is a moment of crisis for Canada.

Eventually, the moment will pass. But the effects of government decisions during this crisis will shape our country for generations.

@naturecanada.bsky.social is trying to make the voices of Canadians heard, above the clamour of corporate lobbyists.
New analysis of Prime Minister Mark Carney’s first 100 days after the federal election show oil and gas, mining and other industrial groups made up about 60 per cent of lobbying records. Environmental groups couldn’t get a word in. thenarwhal.ca/carney-natur...
Carney welcomed industry lobby, ignored environmental groups: records | The Narwhal
Records show resource industry lobbyists had regular access to Prime Minister Mark Carney in his first 100 days, while environmental groups were shut out
thenarwhal.ca
October 17, 2025 at 1:24 PM
The #Gaza peace plan is exceptionally fragile. It may prove to be only a fleeting ceasefire, rather than an enduring end to hostilities.

Yet, it is a glimmer of hope amidst profound darkness.

I spoke with @chchnews.bsky.social about what it will take to sustain peace.

via.maharaj.org/gzpp 🕊️
Israel-Hamas ceasefire deal marks major breakthrough
Akaash Maharaj, fellow at Munk School of Global Affairs & Public Policy, joins Trending Now to talk more about the Israel-Hamas ceasefire.
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October 10, 2025 at 1:02 PM
I look forward to being part of the Sport Diplomacy Conference, with athletes, diplomats, and legislators.

🗓️ Wed 08 October
📍 @globalpluralism.bsky.social
🎟️ via.maharaj.org/sptdip

We will chart a course for Canada to press intl sport into the service of development, trade, and peacemaking.
October 7, 2025 at 1:48 PM
Our discussions were on the future, but I felt much nostalgia at the Couchiching Conference.

It was heartening to reunite with many friends, optimistic about the good we can do in the world.

Jean Chrétien recounted Canada’s role creating the Intl Criminal Court and Ottawa Treaty against landmines.
October 3, 2025 at 4:47 PM
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Tomorrow, as we observe the National Day for Truth and Reconciliation, also known as #OrangeShirtDay, we honour and remember the First Nations, Inuit and Métis children who suffered at the hands of government-sanctioned residential schools.

Learn more at the links in our bio.
September 29, 2025 at 7:11 PM
I thank @moorefound.bsky.social for convening marine conservation institutions in Vancouver, on how to press our work forward in a time of international turmoil.

My @naturecanada.bsky.social colleagues and I were heartened by the deep collaboration between Indigenous and non-Indigenous Canadians.
September 29, 2025 at 11:37 AM
Sport has a unique potential to project Canadian values into the international system and to draw allies to us.

I look forward to joining my colleagues at the Canadian Sports Diplomacy Conference on 08 October 2025, to begin realising that potential.

via.maharaj.org/csdc 🍁
September 18, 2025 at 12:56 PM
PM @mark-carney.bsky.social announced his first “Projects of National Interest”, industrial initiatives granted accelerated federal approval.

They are certainly in the interests of the corporations backing them. But do the benefits to Canadians outweigh the risks of reduced environmental oversight?
From Finance to Politics: Carney’s Challenge in Delivering Nation-Building Projects

@AkaashMaharaj, @munkschool, @UofT, discusses political challenges faced by @MarkJCarney and whether the PM is up to it.
#canada #cdnpoli
youtu.be/A8-bVGptUm0
From Finance to Politics: Carney’s Challenge in Delivering Nation-Building Projects
YouTube video by Energi Media
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September 16, 2025 at 3:44 PM
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Nature Canada Reacts to PM Carney’s First List of “Projects of National Interests” 🗞️ Read more: https://bit.ly/42jKWDk
Statement: Nature Canada Reacts to PM Carney’s First List of “Projects of National Interests" - Nature Canada
Protecting and restoring nature must stand alongside clean energy and infrastructure as a national priority.
naturecanada.ca
September 11, 2025 at 5:09 PM
The ideal that to lead is to serve, is as old as civilisation itself.

That we live in a time when such ideals are often sneered at, diminishes none of their power.

I felt energised by my visit with Alfredo Martínez Serrano @embespcanada.bsky.social, who has spent his life serving the public good.
September 10, 2025 at 3:19 PM
I had a lovely afternoon hosting a welcome luncheon for new students at @UToronto.ca #MunkSchool.

L to R: Natasha Rehan; Olivia Daley; Diego Martínez; Aisha Assan-Lebbe

I was impressed by their breadth of experiences and depth of commitments to vocations in public affairs.

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September 8, 2025 at 2:01 PM
The bitterest irony of the terrible bloodshed in #Gaza is that Israelis and Palestinians desperately need one another, to endure in a region that is home to them both.

Neither can survive if the other perishes

This is my full radio interview on Gaza, with CBC Metro Morning.

via.maharaj.org/gaza 🎙️
War in Gaza: A Conversation on CBC Radio's Metro Morning
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September 3, 2025 at 12:07 PM
I spoke with David Common on @cbcradiocanada.bsky.social Metro Morning about escalating bloodshed in Gaza.

Ultimately, Israelis need a democratic, peaceful, and secure Palestine, just as Palestinians need a democratic, peaceful, and secure Israel.

Neither people can survive, if the other perishes.
August 28, 2025 at 12:19 PM
Last year, the then-Minister of Sport declared that Canada’s sport system “is in crisis”.

She created the Future of Sport in Canada Commission to remedy institutional abuse & misgovernance. I thank the Commissioners for meeting with me.

Please consider taking their survey.

via.maharaj.org/fscc 🐴
August 20, 2025 at 12:08 PM
(1/2) Earlier this year, I joined the launch of the SINAA Conservation Agreement, with @inuittapiriit.bsky.social President Natan Obed.

It will protect vast swathes of Nunavut.

This will be the front line in struggles to uphold our sovereignty, as foreign powers covet Canada’s Arctic territories.
August 18, 2025 at 3:13 PM
It is just as well that there are few occasions when Canadians are called to wear public honours: all the metal makes me feel like a discount Mr T.

I was moved that my peers nominated me for Canada's Coronation Medal, and I thank the @rcgssgrc.bsky.social for hosting a lovely investiture ceremony.
August 13, 2025 at 3:10 PM
The Oxford Union recently celebrated its 200th anniversary, as @ox.ac.uk’s debating society.

Its assets are safeguarded by Trustees, who protect the institution for successive generations of #Oxford students.

I am delighted to have been elected a Director of the Trust Corp.

via.maharaj.org/ousl 🎓
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August 12, 2025 at 1:26 PM