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Mavalwala, Jamshed
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1933 - 2023
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Jamshed Mavalwala was a professor of anthropology at the University of Toronto and an assistant professor of anthropology at the University of Saugar (now Dr. Hari Singh Gour University) in India.
He was the first Canadian to be elected president of the International Dermatoglyphics Association and served on the Advisory Council on Multiculturalism and Citizenship, notably with the board of The Urban Alliance on Race Relations. He was also the vice-president of the World Climate Research Program (WCRP) Canada, a UN non-governmental agency.
He died on November 10, 2023.
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http://viaf.org/viaf/12343170
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Created by Alston So, March 2026.