‘This is about protecting the soul of a Canada that we’re still building:’ Why Canada’s first Special Representative on Combatting Islamophobia isn’t backing down
After a terrorist killed four members of a Muslim family in London, Ontario in 2021, the Government of Canada organized a National Summit on Islamophobia. Among the over 100 recommendations to emerge was the creation of a Special Representative on Combatting Islamophobia, similar to Canada’s 2020 appointment of a Special Envoy on Anti-Semitism. In January 2023, just days before the sixth anniversary of the Quebec City mosque shooting, Amira Elghawaby, a journalist and human rights advocate, was appointed to the role.
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