Human Rights and Global Citizenship: Canada and the World

Q&A with a Canadian Senator

Senator Salma Ataullahjan will be here to speak with students. There will be a student panel to ask questions, followed by questions from audience. 

Salma Ataullahjan was born in Mardan, Pakistan, in the northern province of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. Daughter of Saranjam Khan, a former Pakistani Senator, and Granddaughter of Khan Abdul Ghaffar Khan (“Bacha Khan”), leader of a non-violent Muslim movement for independence from British rule, Salma attributes her political aspirations to the environment in which she grew up.
She arrived in the early 80s in the Greater Toronto Area. Destined to follow in her family’s inspirational footsteps, Salma was appointed to the Canadian Senate in the summer of 2010 as a representative for the province of Ontario. As the first Canadian Senator of Pakistani origin, she stands for the ethnic diversity of all Canadians.

Please join us for this panel discussion and Q&A session. There will be a reception to follow.