Akaash Maharaj
@maharaj.org
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 🥇🥇🥇🥉
🔗 https://maharaj.org/links
• Ambassador-at-Large, GOPAC
• Head of Policy, Nature Canada
• Senior Fellow, Munk School of Global Affairs
• Governor, Royal Canadian Geographical Soc
• Canadian Equestrian Team 🥇🥇🥇🥉
🔗 https://maharaj.org/links
No individual can thrive if he is caged. No society can flourish if its people are deprived of access to nature.
I enjoyed being part of the panel at the Canadian Parks and Recreation Association, on how increasing public green spaces could improve public health and reduce public medicare costs.
I enjoyed being part of the panel at the Canadian Parks and Recreation Association, on how increasing public green spaces could improve public health and reduce public medicare costs.
December 4, 2025 at 1:20 PM
No individual can thrive if he is caged. No society can flourish if its people are deprived of access to nature.
I enjoyed being part of the panel at the Canadian Parks and Recreation Association, on how increasing public green spaces could improve public health and reduce public medicare costs.
I enjoyed being part of the panel at the Canadian Parks and Recreation Association, on how increasing public green spaces could improve public health and reduce public medicare costs.
My old College @stedmundhall.bsky.social suggested I send a message to my fellow matriculants.
I initially thought it was a terrible idea.
My friends at @ox.ac.uk & I had a talent for causing authorities hysterical grief.
But perhaps the time has come for us to make amends.
🎓 via.maharaj.org/seh
I initially thought it was a terrible idea.
My friends at @ox.ac.uk & I had a talent for causing authorities hysterical grief.
But perhaps the time has come for us to make amends.
🎓 via.maharaj.org/seh
December 3, 2025 at 1:53 PM
My old College @stedmundhall.bsky.social suggested I send a message to my fellow matriculants.
I initially thought it was a terrible idea.
My friends at @ox.ac.uk & I had a talent for causing authorities hysterical grief.
But perhaps the time has come for us to make amends.
🎓 via.maharaj.org/seh
I initially thought it was a terrible idea.
My friends at @ox.ac.uk & I had a talent for causing authorities hysterical grief.
But perhaps the time has come for us to make amends.
🎓 via.maharaj.org/seh
Mark Carney says Canada will no longer describe itself as having “a feminist foreign policy”.
Is this a change in the deep substance or superficial branding of our diplomacy?
I spoke with @jeyantvo.bsky.social and @shannongormley.bsky.social on @therundowntvo.bsky.social .
📺 youtu.be/VW1VpdMwpI4
Is this a change in the deep substance or superficial branding of our diplomacy?
I spoke with @jeyantvo.bsky.social and @shannongormley.bsky.social on @therundowntvo.bsky.social .
📺 youtu.be/VW1VpdMwpI4
December 2, 2025 at 1:17 PM
Mark Carney says Canada will no longer describe itself as having “a feminist foreign policy”.
Is this a change in the deep substance or superficial branding of our diplomacy?
I spoke with @jeyantvo.bsky.social and @shannongormley.bsky.social on @therundowntvo.bsky.social .
📺 youtu.be/VW1VpdMwpI4
Is this a change in the deep substance or superficial branding of our diplomacy?
I spoke with @jeyantvo.bsky.social and @shannongormley.bsky.social on @therundowntvo.bsky.social .
📺 youtu.be/VW1VpdMwpI4
It was a cold day but a warm gathering for the @ox.ac.uk alumni in #Ottawa.
Between us, we speak different languages, profess different faiths, and come from different communities.
Nevertheless, we are all drawn together by a shared sense of identity as #Oxford graduates.
🎓 oxonian.ca
Between us, we speak different languages, profess different faiths, and come from different communities.
Nevertheless, we are all drawn together by a shared sense of identity as #Oxford graduates.
🎓 oxonian.ca
November 20, 2025 at 2:57 PM
It was a cold day but a warm gathering for the @ox.ac.uk alumni in #Ottawa.
Between us, we speak different languages, profess different faiths, and come from different communities.
Nevertheless, we are all drawn together by a shared sense of identity as #Oxford graduates.
🎓 oxonian.ca
Between us, we speak different languages, profess different faiths, and come from different communities.
Nevertheless, we are all drawn together by a shared sense of identity as #Oxford graduates.
🎓 oxonian.ca
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.
📅 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
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.
📅 18 & 19 November 2025
⏰ 18h00-19h30 EST
🎟️ via.maharaj.org/eis25
The #EIS25 is free, with advance registration.
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
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
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
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
“Canadians feel deeply connected to the land, water, and ocean — it’s part of who we are.
“Nature fuels our identity, culture, and economy. It’s not just scenery — it’s essential.
“We need leadership that sees this and puts nature in the budget.”
Sandra Schwartz
ED,
CPAWS
@cpaws-snap.bsky.social
“Nature fuels our identity, culture, and economy. It’s not just scenery — it’s essential.
“We need leadership that sees this and puts nature in the budget.”
Sandra Schwartz
ED,
CPAWS
@cpaws-snap.bsky.social
October 30, 2025 at 1:35 PM
“Canadians feel deeply connected to the land, water, and ocean — it’s part of who we are.
“Nature fuels our identity, culture, and economy. It’s not just scenery — it’s essential.
“We need leadership that sees this and puts nature in the budget.”
Sandra Schwartz
ED,
CPAWS
@cpaws-snap.bsky.social
“Nature fuels our identity, culture, and economy. It’s not just scenery — it’s essential.
“We need leadership that sees this and puts nature in the budget.”
Sandra Schwartz
ED,
CPAWS
@cpaws-snap.bsky.social
“Canada’s national parks reflect and strengthen Canadian identity.
“They bring us together physically, and tie us together emotionally.
“When people around the world think of Canada, they see our national parks in their imaginations.”
Ron Hallman
President & CEO,
Parks Canada
“They bring us together physically, and tie us together emotionally.
“When people around the world think of Canada, they see our national parks in their imaginations.”
Ron Hallman
President & CEO,
Parks Canada
October 30, 2025 at 1:35 PM
“Canada’s national parks reflect and strengthen Canadian identity.
“They bring us together physically, and tie us together emotionally.
“When people around the world think of Canada, they see our national parks in their imaginations.”
Ron Hallman
President & CEO,
Parks Canada
“They bring us together physically, and tie us together emotionally.
“When people around the world think of Canada, they see our national parks in their imaginations.”
Ron Hallman
President & CEO,
Parks Canada
“Canadians from every region and walk of life say that nature is core to our national identity.
“We have the opportunity right now to show that nature, people and the economy can thrive together.
“Let’s seize it!”
Megan Leslie
President and CEO,
WWF Canada
@wwfcanada.org
“We have the opportunity right now to show that nature, people and the economy can thrive together.
“Let’s seize it!”
Megan Leslie
President and CEO,
WWF Canada
@wwfcanada.org
October 30, 2025 at 1:35 PM
“Canadians from every region and walk of life say that nature is core to our national identity.
“We have the opportunity right now to show that nature, people and the economy can thrive together.
“Let’s seize it!”
Megan Leslie
President and CEO,
WWF Canada
@wwfcanada.org
“We have the opportunity right now to show that nature, people and the economy can thrive together.
“Let’s seize it!”
Megan Leslie
President and CEO,
WWF Canada
@wwfcanada.org
“Canadians recognize a fundamental reality: nature is not separate from us.
“Protecting and restoring nature is an investment in the well-being of present and future generations.”
Erin Roger
Nature Director,
David Suzuki Foundation
@davidsuzukifdn.bsky.social
“Protecting and restoring nature is an investment in the well-being of present and future generations.”
Erin Roger
Nature Director,
David Suzuki Foundation
@davidsuzukifdn.bsky.social
October 30, 2025 at 1:35 PM
“Canadians recognize a fundamental reality: nature is not separate from us.
“Protecting and restoring nature is an investment in the well-being of present and future generations.”
Erin Roger
Nature Director,
David Suzuki Foundation
@davidsuzukifdn.bsky.social
“Protecting and restoring nature is an investment in the well-being of present and future generations.”
Erin Roger
Nature Director,
David Suzuki Foundation
@davidsuzukifdn.bsky.social
Protecting nature is the common calling of all Canadians.
We are uniquely blessed by our country’s vast natural beauty.
It binds us together and shapes our identity as a people.
It is our contribution to the shared heritage of the human race.
Nature Canada
@naturecanada.bsky.social
We are uniquely blessed by our country’s vast natural beauty.
It binds us together and shapes our identity as a people.
It is our contribution to the shared heritage of the human race.
Nature Canada
@naturecanada.bsky.social
October 30, 2025 at 1:35 PM
Protecting nature is the common calling of all Canadians.
We are uniquely blessed by our country’s vast natural beauty.
It binds us together and shapes our identity as a people.
It is our contribution to the shared heritage of the human race.
Nature Canada
@naturecanada.bsky.social
We are uniquely blessed by our country’s vast natural beauty.
It binds us together and shapes our identity as a people.
It is our contribution to the shared heritage of the human race.
Nature Canada
@naturecanada.bsky.social
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... 🍁
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
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... 🍁
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... 🍁
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.
🗓️ 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
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.
🗓️ 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.
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.
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
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.
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.
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.
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
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.
My @naturecanada.bsky.social colleagues and I were heartened by the deep collaboration between Indigenous and non-Indigenous Canadians.
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 🍁
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
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 🍁
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 🍁
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.
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
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.
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.
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.
via.maharaj.org/munk 🎓
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.
via.maharaj.org/munk 🎓
September 8, 2025 at 2:01 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.
via.maharaj.org/munk 🎓
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.
via.maharaj.org/munk 🎓
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.
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
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.
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.
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 🐴
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
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 🐴
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 🐴
(2/2) If it fulfils its SINAA commitments, the federal government will protect nature, meet its treaty obligations, and defend Canada’s territorial integrity.
If it does not, all will be imperilled.
via.maharaj.org/sinaa 🍁
If it does not, all will be imperilled.
via.maharaj.org/sinaa 🍁
August 18, 2025 at 3:13 PM
(2/2) If it fulfils its SINAA commitments, the federal government will protect nature, meet its treaty obligations, and defend Canada’s territorial integrity.
If it does not, all will be imperilled.
via.maharaj.org/sinaa 🍁
If it does not, all will be imperilled.
via.maharaj.org/sinaa 🍁
(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.
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
(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.
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.
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.
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
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.
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.
In November, @uofguelph.bsky.social will host its tenth-anniversary Equine Industry Symposium.
I have been delighted to volunteer with Guelph, to help Canada's horsepeople build common cause.
This year’s theme is “Inspiring Change in Equestrian Culture”.
Offer ideas at via.maharaj.org/eis10srv
I have been delighted to volunteer with Guelph, to help Canada's horsepeople build common cause.
This year’s theme is “Inspiring Change in Equestrian Culture”.
Offer ideas at via.maharaj.org/eis10srv
August 5, 2025 at 1:25 PM
In November, @uofguelph.bsky.social will host its tenth-anniversary Equine Industry Symposium.
I have been delighted to volunteer with Guelph, to help Canada's horsepeople build common cause.
This year’s theme is “Inspiring Change in Equestrian Culture”.
Offer ideas at via.maharaj.org/eis10srv
I have been delighted to volunteer with Guelph, to help Canada's horsepeople build common cause.
This year’s theme is “Inspiring Change in Equestrian Culture”.
Offer ideas at via.maharaj.org/eis10srv
(1/2) I am grateful to my colleagues from Canada’s Christian, Jewish, Muslim, Sikh, and Yazidi communities, for inviting me to moderate our discussion on hope, pluralism, and interfaith engagement.
We met as part of the Our Whole Society gathering, at the Canadian Museum for Human Rights.
We met as part of the Our Whole Society gathering, at the Canadian Museum for Human Rights.
August 4, 2025 at 4:51 PM
(1/2) I am grateful to my colleagues from Canada’s Christian, Jewish, Muslim, Sikh, and Yazidi communities, for inviting me to moderate our discussion on hope, pluralism, and interfaith engagement.
We met as part of the Our Whole Society gathering, at the Canadian Museum for Human Rights.
We met as part of the Our Whole Society gathering, at the Canadian Museum for Human Rights.