Journalist and human rights advocate Amira Elghawaby will serve as an adviser to federal government
Amira Elghawaby, a journalist and human rights advocate, will serve as an adviser and expert as the federal government works to fight religious intolerance and systemic racism.Sign up to receive daily headline news from the Calgary Herald, a division of Postmedia Network Inc.By clicking on the sign up button you consent to receive the above newsletter from Postmedia Network Inc. You may unsubscribe any time by clicking on the unsubscribe link at the bottom of our emails or any newsletter.
Speaking at an event to mark her appointment, Elghawaby said she is deeply honoured and humbled to serve the Muslim community in the new role. She said the position was created to address a “painful, even deadly reality of Islamophobia in this country” and that despite the ideal of multiculturalism, Islamophobia, antisemitism, anti-Black and anti-Indigenous racism continue to be present in Canadian society.
Ahmed Hussen, the federal Diversity and Inclusion minister, says the special representative will be supported by staff.
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