Captain Aysha Al Hamili addresses the youth in a United Nation Summit in Canada

The Assembly This year, the theme was Gender Equality.” Given her work and numerous awards recognizing her contribution to the development of gender equality and civil aviation in the UAE, Aysha Alhameli is the perfect candidate to deliver our keynote address”, said Marta Canneri, Secretary General McMun 2016.  

Captain Aysha Alhameli opened the 3 day McMun Model United Nations Assembly with a motivational speech addressing an auditorium of 2000 person from all over Canada and United States. The Permanent Representative of the UAE to ICAO addressed the assembled students  about the key factors to achieve their dream jobs: hard word, determination, passion and education. 

Model United Nations, also known as Model UN or MUN, is an extra-curricular activity in which students typically role-play delegates to the United Nations and simulate UN committees. This activity takes place at MUN conferences, which is usually organized by a high school or college MUN club. 

The McGill Model United Nations Assembly is one of the top Model UN conferences of the world and one of the most important events at McGill University.  McMun hosts more than 1500 students from top Canadian and international universities. The delegates join hundreds of McGill University student – staffers to conceive, discuss and debate solutions to globally pertinent issues while staying true to the realities of decision-making processes of the bodies they simulate.  McMun is known as an intellectually challenging and fast-paced experience, through realistic and creative debates, strengthening student’s awareness and engagement with global issues as well as inspiring innovation in the leaders of tomorrow. 

Captain Alhameli is an active speaker in national and international venues advocating the role of women in aviation. Some of her recent speeches were held at Harvard Business School, McGill, ICAO and Aviation Global Summit  among others.