Meet The Team
WHO WE ARE
The heart and passion behind the Task Force are its volunteers, without whom the work and successes of everything we do would not be possible.
CMCTF CHAIR COMMITTEE
CMCTF TEAM LEADS
Asma: BSc Hons (Bio), BA (Psych), MD, CCFP Family Physician Vice President, Muslim Medical Association of Canada (MMAC)
Yousuf: MD Candidate 2022, University of Toronto
KNOWLEDGE
TRANSLATION
Dr. Asma Amjad & Yousuf Ahmed
Continuously researches and curates knowledge and materials that inform the development of statements, guidelines and information for public release.
COMMUNITY OUTREACH
Samiya Abdi & Urz Heer
Establishes contact and maintains relationships with Canadian Muslim communities, organizations and other community based COVID-19 task forces across the country.
Samiya: MPH, Public Health Specialist
Urz: Senior Advisor, Stakeholder Relations & Governmental Affairs, Lead Equity Office
SPECIAL EVENTS
Mariyam Lightwala
Organize events and initiatives that reflect the mandate of the organization including town halls and webinars.
Operations and Development Officer, CivicAction
ADVOCACY
Mustafa Farooq
Advocates for the rights of Canadian Muslims and organizations with all 3 levels of government, addresses legal matters and coordinates mainstream media engagements.
CEO of National Canadian Council of Muslims (NCCM)
COMMUNICATIONS
Tariq Syed & Aadil Mamuji
Tariq: Technology Specialist, Event Director & Film Producer with focus on community building.
Aadil: MSc, Technology, Media and Communications expert. Executive Relations.
Manages various platforms to disseminate content to stakeholders and the public via our website, social media channels and mailing lists.
ADVISORY GROUPS
HEALTH
Healthcare workers, scientists, public health experts, epidemiologists, and public health liaisons
SPIRITUAL
Scholars, Imams and Masjid administrators
COMMUNITY
Muslim community organizations, charities, not-for-profits and community leaders
Dr. M. Hashim Khan
MBBS MPH FRCPC
Respirologist
Co-Director of Education, Muslim Medical Association of Canada (MMAC)
Imam Refaat Mohamed
President, Canadian Council of Imams (CCI)
Sr. Rufaida Mohammed
Operations and Development Officer, CivicAction
VOLUNTEERS
Special
Events
Tamer E. El-Diarby
Tibyan Ahmed
Yasmeen Razvi
Nighat Nabi
Mehreen Shami
Knowledge Translation
Yasmeen Razvi
Danyaal Ladha
Ayesha Khan
Dr. Fatima Kamalia
Shazz Mohamed Nalir
Communications & Media
Shaimaa Helal
Ahmed Bagit
Yasmeen Razvi
Farrwa Urooj
Nooh Kabir
Mehreen Shami
Noor Khatib
Omar Nihal
Community Outrech
Dr. Shaza Fadel
Shazz Mohamed Nalir
Nighat Nabi
Farah Khan
Sheneeza Kanji
Imam Imran Ally
Imam Irshad Omar
Kashif Prizada
Danish Khan
Sara Ahmed
Fatih Awil