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Umair Jaffar is the Executive Director of Small World Music, one of Toronto’s pioneering and most significant presenters of culturally-diverse music. Since immigrating to Canada in 2014 he has worked in curatorial and management roles at the Aga Khan Museum and Harbourfront Centre. He is a fellow at Toronto Art Council’s Cultural Leaders Lab and Business / Arts Executive Leadership program.

Prior to immigrating, he served as the CEO & Artistic Director for IPAC (Institute for Preservation of Art and Culture), a Pakistan-based non-profit social enterprise that focused on developing sustainable solutions for preserving and promoting indigenous and traditional performing arts.

He serves as a board member for several non-profit art organizations including CAPACOA (Canadian Arts Presenting Association), North York Arts and Musiconnect Asia.