[On August 24, 2020], Grace Atkinson, Executive Director of Jusoor, announced that the Right Honourable David Johnston, the 28th Governor General of Canada, will deliver the keynote address during Jusoor’s 2020 virtual graduation ceremony. Fifty-one of Jusoor’s Syrian scholars around the world will celebrate their graduation at 12 p.m. EDT Saturday, August 29. (click here to watch the graduation virtually)

The Governor General of Canada awarded Farhat Rehman, President of the Canadian Council of Muslim Women's Ottawa Chapter, with the Meritorious Service Medal on Tuesday, June 5, 2018.