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Students and scholars based at universities in Canada were among the 176 people killed in the crash of a Ukraine International Airlines plane in Iran on Wednesday.
The Globe and Mail reported that those killed in the crash included two University of Guelph students: Ghanimat Azhdari, a Ph.D. student in the department of geography, environment and geomatics, and Milad Ghasemi Ariani, a Ph.D. student in marketing and consumer studies.
Arash Pourzarabi and Pouneh Gourji, graduate students in computer science at the University of Alberta, had traveled to Iran for their wedding. Four members of their wedding party were also reportedly onboard the plane.
Also on the passenger list were Pedram Mousavi and Mojgan Daneshmand, married professors in the University of Alberta’s engineering department, and their daughters, Daria Mousavi and Dorina Mousavi.
Western University held a vigil on Wednesday night to honor three current students and one incoming student who were killed. The university identified the victims as Ghazal Nourian, a Ph.D. candidate in mechanical and materials engineering; Milad Nahavandi, a Ph.D. candidate in chemical and biochemical engineering; Hadis Hayatdavoudi, a Ph.D. candidate in chemistry; and Sajedeh Saraeian, an incoming master's student in chemical engineering and biochemical engineering.
The University of Ottawa reported that three of its students were on the passenger list for the flight.
The University of Toronto identified six current students who were listed as passengers.
"On behalf of the entire University of Toronto community, I want to say how deeply saddened we are, and how concerned we are for the families and friends of those who lost their lives," Toronto president Meric Gertler said in a statement.
