2025 Global Pluralism Award Week
From November 24th – 28th, we celebrated the courageous work of 10 exceptional organizations through 2025 Global Pluralism Award week. Through a series of engagements in Ottawa and Toronto, the 2025 Global Pluralism Award laureates told their stories and spread hope through the hard work of pluralism.
Celebrating Pluralism in Action
The fifth Global Pluralism Award ceremony took place on November 25, 2025, in Ottawa, Canada. His Highness the Aga Khan, Board Chair of the Global Centre for Pluralism, delivered opening remarks by video. Foreign Minister the Honourable Anita Anand Meredith Preston McGhie, Secretary General of the Centre, alongside Marwan Muasher, Chair of the Jury, presented the Award to three winners and seven honourable mention recipients.
The 2025 laureates include:
- A Land For All (Palestine and Israel)
- Artistic Freedom Initiative (USA)
- Cesta von (Slovakia)
- Colombia Diversa (Colombia)
- Coordinadora Nacional de Mujeres Indígenas – CONAMI (Mexico)
- Mais Diferenças (Brazil)
- New Life Trust Organization (Afghanistan)
- Nonviolent Peaceforce (International)
- Southern Africa Litigation Center (regional)
- Sudanese Youth Network for Ending the War and Establishing a Democratic Civil Transformation (Regional)
“For me, this week was like breath; new energy. Now I have energy for my next work and new ideas.”
Pavel Hrica
Executive Director, Cesta von
For the first time, after the Award ceremony in Ottawa, we convened in Toronto to showcase pluralist solutions to key global challenges through the Awardees’ work. We organized a half-day conference exploring how minds change, how movements endure and how inclusive societies take shape with Canadian pluralism leaders and practitioners, in partnership with OCAD University and the DemocracyXChange and featuring a live recording for CBC Radio’s Ideas podcast. We concluded the week with a community screening of short films featuring the Award Laureates, in partnership with Hot Docs.
As the new laureates join a growing alumni network, they will embark on a program of support and engagement throughout 2026, amplifying their impact.