Dr. Nooralli Jaffer BDS; LDSRCS; FAGD.

Noor Jaffer was born in London UK into an Ismaili Muslim family of entrepreneurs and industrialists from Uganda. He spent most of his childhood in Uganda and attended high school and University in England. Upon graduating from the University of London with his Doctorate in Dentistry, he practiced in St. Johns Newfoundland before taking up a teaching position at the University of Alberta Faculty of Dentistry.

Dr. Jaffer is a Fellow of the Academy of General Dentistry and a member of the American Academy of Cosmetic Dentistry. He moved to Calgary in 1981 to set up the Ranchlands Dental Clinic.

Dr. Jaffer’s involvement with international service and community development started when he joined Rotary International at the age of 24. He has served as Director of International Service and President of the Rotary Club of Calgary Olympic. He has initiated and spearheaded many projects through Rotary including the provision of equipment and beds to a Hospice for terminally ill patients in South India; provision of over 80 Ambulances to the same region (for which he was awarded the prestigious Paul Harris Fellowship of Rotary International); and the building of sanitation and clean water systems in Honduras and Guatemala - to mention just a few.

  In 1991 he took over as the Calgary Convener for the AgaKhan Foundation Canada and for 3 years helped organize the very successful annual Partnership Walk to raise funds and awareness of international development needs in the developing world.

  More recently, he has served as the Communications Director for FOCUS Humanitarian Assistance Canada.  FOCUS is an international group of agencies, founded by the Ismaili Muslim community, and established in Europe, North America and Southern Asia to provide emergency relief, primarily in developing countries. In May 2000 Dr. Jaffer volunteered to join a mission, for the Canadian International Development Agency (CIDA) to Afghanistan and Tajikistan to evaluate and facilitate the delivery of humanitarian food aid to those in need.     The subsequent report to CIDA enabled FOCUS to successfully apply for further assistance for the region.

  Currently, Dr. Jaffer is a director on the Board of the Alberta Children’s Hospital Foundation. His wife Rose helps him run his practice and they are looking forward to their son Jan joining the team next July when he finishes his dental degree in San Francisco. His daughter Shaneeda is attending Stanford University.