Anna Syed: 2020

Anna Syed is the founder of the CCMW Northern Ontario, which spans over 1400 km from Parry Sound to Kenora. She has been a provincial government employee for over a decade serving over eight ministries in corporate finance and accounting, policy and legislation, and project management and consulting. and currently holds a post-secondary portfolio for curriculum development and quality assurance.

Born and raised in Montreal, Anna returned to her hometown as an adult to complete a graduate degree from McGill University, and is currently pursuing a Ph.D. at McMaster University. While at McGill, Anna co-founded the Muslim Mental Health Hour and was an avid volunteer in the community bike shack, a peer learning facility where adults and children of all ages assemble and repair bicycles. Anna is the 2020 recipient of McMaster's Labor Studies Award in Social Justice. She is the elected Provincial Human Rights Committee delegate for the Ontario Public Services Employees Union.