Dentists, doctors, academics, newlyweds and children were among the 138 people on the downed flight with connections to Canada
Mourners bring candles and photographs during a vigil for those killed when Ukraine International Airlines Flight 752 crashed after takeoff near Tehran, Iran, outside the Alberta Legislature Building in Edmonton on Jan. 8, 2020.
“It is heartbreaking,” he said. “The doctors, they have patients that can be anybody, regardless of their background or their culture. The university professor, he passed on education to anybody – students from all cultures and backgrounds.”CODIE MCLACHLAN/The Canadian Press Ghanimat Azhdari, 36, a member of Iran’s nomadic Qashqai tribe who was a Phd student at the University of Guelph, also died. In an e-mail to her PhD supervisor, Faisal Moola, just before she left, she brought up the Middle East tensions.“Everything in Iran is safe, secure and normal,” Ms. Azhdari wrote. “There is just news full of menace from both sides and we hope for peace in 2020 in the region as well as the world.” She told Dr. Moola she would be landing in Toronto on Wednesday afternoon.
“Grad programs usually have funding,” said Dr. Keyhani, whose research focuses on entrepreneurship and strategy. “That’s often the only way they can afford to study in Canada.”
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