Dinner The Women’s Gala and Conference – March 2016
January 21, 2017 Rukhsana Khan

I received an amazing request! It was a woman’s empowerment event being keynoted by none other than Sophie Gregoire Trudeau and Katie Couric along with Jean Augustine (Canada’s first black female member of parliament) and other luminaries! Would I be interested in sharing the stage with them at the star-studded Gala event? Of course! I would have a short time on stage at the Gala and an hour workshop the next day at the conference. The proceeds of the Gala were going to benefit the Because I am a Girl foundation, and I had an inkling of what I wanted…

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Dinner Touring Pakistan and dinner with the High Commissioner of Canada – February 2016
March 13, 2016 Rukhsana Khan

The High Commissioner of Canada in Pakistan’s name is Heather Cruden, and she’s a wonderful lady who was a teacher. It was because of her generosity that I was touring Pakistan. The High Commission was paying all expenses. So while I was setting up the Roses in My Carpets powerpoint, she was talking to the young adults sitting all prim and proper, waiting for me to begin. And I learned something. The High Commissioner is basically the Canadian Ambassador to Pakistan, but because Pakistan is part of the British Commonwealth as is Canada, we have high commissioners not ambassadors! As…

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