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Firdaus Kharas
{{Infobox person
|name = Firdaus Kharas
|image =
|caption=Firdaus Kharas addresses the Game Changers Summit at the Opryland Hotel in Nashville, Tenn
|birth_date = {{birth date and age|1955|11|18|df=y}}
|birth_place = [[Calcutta|Calcutta, India]]
|nationality = Canadian
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In 1978 Dr. John Sigler offered him a full scholarship to complete a master's degree at [[Carleton University]]’s [http://www1.carleton.ca/npsia/ Norman Paterson School of International Affairs] (MA, 1980) in Ottawa. His thesis was on human rights and human security and he wrote a draft international [[Convention Against Torture]]. Since graduation he has continued his studies: in marketing and law at the [http
s://www.uottawa.ca/ University of Ottawa];  in senior management at [http://www.hks.harvard.edu/ Harvard University’s J.F. Kennedy School of Government]; in social innovation at [http://csi.gsb.stanford.edu/ Stanford University’s Centre for Social Innovation]; and in climate change at the [[London School of Economics]].

(contracted; show full)on 90 international awards for his film and video work (the major ones are listed below). In 2007 he received an honorary Doctorate of Humanities from [https://www.thiel.edu/ Thiel College]; in 2009 he was named an Honorary Fellow at the [[American InterContinental University]]; and in 2015 he received an [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dlxr7Yp0TOU honorary Doctorate of Laws] from [https://carleton.ca Carleton University] and in 2016 during the university's 75th anniversary was named one of its [http
s://carleton.ca/fpa/fpa75/ 75 most-distinguished alumni.] In 1985 he was awarded a United Nations Peace Medal for his efforts at the [https://unac.org United Nations Association of Canada]; in 2009 he received the End Malaria Award from the [http://www.malaria.org Malaria Foundation International]; in 2013 he was recognized by The Guardian newspaper’s International Achievement Award; and in 2015 was named one of the world’s 50 most-talented social innovators by the [http://www.worldcsrcongress.com World CSR (contracted; show full)[[Category:1955 births]]
[[Category:Canadian television producers]]
[[Category:Canadian television directors]]
[[Category:People from Ottawa]]
[[Category:Parsi people]]
[[Category:Social entrepreneurs]]
[[Category:Living people]]
[[Category:Cathedral and John Connon School alumni]]