Farheen Khan is a seasoned non-profit professional with more than 20 years of experience in the anti-violence and anti-poverty sectors on a local and national level. Farheen is an author, the Muslim Chaplain at Trent University, and has previously campaigned in the Federal election as an MP candidate in 2015, and she has grown well-versed in communicating with media and government officials, as well as having a strong network of supporters who closely follow her work around the country.Farheen also serves as the Principal Consultant and Lead for her company, FSK & Associates Inc. and is the Chair of the South Asian Advisory Council at the United Way of Greater Toronto. Farheen is a gifted storyteller in addition to being an author, former television host (Azeeza Show), and continuous media advocate on issues of gender-based violence, Islamophobia, equity, and civil and human rights.Farheen has experience in business marketing and had attended various executive-level leadership development programs including the CITY Leaders Program, Leaders for Change by the Maytree Foundation, Civic Actions, DiverseCity Fellows, and Agents of Change by the Centre for Social Innovation. She is also the founder of Canada's first and only Women's Mosque, which is now ranked fifth in the world and operates on a women-run, women-led paradigm. In 2016, Farheen was awarded the J.S. Woodworth Award for Human Rights and Equity and is widely regarded as an advocate and ally for marginalized communities.Farheen's primary focus has been on organizational capacity building, which includes strategic planning, resource development, operations, and system development, board governance, and brand management. Farheen has raised close to $40 million dollars for both local and international organizations and she continues to advocate for organizations run by and serving "marginalized communities" to gain mainstream acceptance and government financing. Farheen continues to play an active role in achieving sector-level changes at the local, regional, and national levels, primarily through engaging with organizations led and served by and for People of Color and Women. She is a leading proponent of establishing new and innovative techniques to meet the unique requirements of Canada's expanding and growing communities in the area of family violence, including religious abuse, honor-based violence, and gender-based violence. She continues to play a crucial role in assisting women fleeing severe domestic, intimate partner, religious, and honor-based violence across Canada.