HRH Princess Lalla Hasnaa Meets with Lieutenant Governor of Ontario, Members of Canadian Govt. and Figures of Women’s Forum

PERSISMA, Toronto  –  HRH Princess Lalla Hasnaa, chairwoman of the Mohammed VI Foundation for Environment protection met, on Thursday in Toronto, with Elizabeth Dowdeswell, Lieutenant Governor of Ontario, members of the Canadian government and several figures of the Women’s Forum Canada which runs on May 10-11 under the theme “Bridging the gap: A call to the G7 for inclusive progress.”

Her Royal Highness met with Navdeep Singh Bains, Canadian Minister of Innovation, Science and Economic Development, and Maryam Monsef, minister of status of women.

HRH Princess Lalla Hasnaa also met with Clara Gaymard and Chiara Corazza, respectively president and director general of the Women’s Forum for the Economy & Society, the initiator of this event, as well as Sheila MacVicar, reporter, consultant and documentary director, Hindou Oumarou Ibrahim, coordinator of Association for Indigenous Women and Peoples of Chad, Nathalie Pilon, president of ABB Canada and Katherine Power, Vice President of Corporate Affairs at Sodexo Canada.

Her Royal Highness also received Kristi Varangu, chief of staff of deputy minister for natural resources of Canada, Chiara Condi, president and founder of “Led By Her” Association, Zahra Al-Harazi, UNICEF ambassador in Canada, Rahaf Harfoush, founder of “Red Thread Inc”, and Huda Idrees, founder and CEO of “Dot-Health”.

Her Royal Highness also received Carole Wainaina, Chief Operating Officer of Africa 50, Norma Bastidas, triathlon record holder (women) and owner of “Running Wild Productions”, Aditi Mohapatra, director of Business for social responsibility “Women’s Empowerment”, and Marie-Ange Saraka-Yao, GAVI director general.

On the Moroccan side, the meetings were attended by Nezha El Ouafi, secretary of state for sustainable development, Abdollah Lkahya, chargé d’affaires at the Moroccan embassy in Canada, Lahoucine Tijani, president delegate of the Mohammed VI Foundation for Environment Protection and Lalla Nouzha Alaoui, secretary general of the Mohammed VI Foundation for Environment Protection.