Samya Hasan is the Executive Director of the Council of Agencies Servicing South Asians (CASSA), a social justice umbrella organization that advocates for South Asian communities in Canada. Samya has been a vocal advocate for human rights issues and issues impacting Muslim communities in Canada and around the world including the genocide of Palestinians.
Samya received recognition from the Toronto Metropolitan University in 2020 for her work on civic engagement as their “Democracy Superhero”and was selected as CivicAction’s “DiverCity Fellow” for 2020-2021. Prior to CASSA, Samya worked at the City of Toronto as a Policy Consultant.
Samya attained her Master of Public Policy degree from the University of Toronto and is currently enrolled in a second Masters program in Islamic Studies.
