Dr. Fozia Alvi 2021
Dr. Fozia Alvi grew up in Pakistan and is an American-trained physician who has been working in Calgary, Alberta, for the past 14 years. She and her husband Tahir Alvi have always been passionate humanitarians and have organized several health and education-related projects in developing nations, including opening a charity-based maternity hospital in rural Pakistan.
She has been travelling to Bangladesh to support Rohingya refugees since 2017, when Myanmar’s army began mass killings of the country’s minority Muslim Rohingya population. She was moved by the plight of the Rohingya on her first medical mission there and has since been an advocate for them. She has spoken at various international forums and newspapers about this genocide and is also involved in advocacy for the Uyghurs of China and putting a stop to illegal organ harvesting.
She is the founder of Humanity Auxilium and organizes their medical relief and advocacy missions. She has been given various awards for her advocacy work including being a Nobel Prize Nominee in 2019, appointed as a Paul Harris Fellow by the Rotary Foundation, and was the recipient of the Advocacy Award in 2019 by Calgary Area Medical staff Association.
Testimonial
“Fozia’s commitment to women’s equality and equality as a fundamental principle of human society is
evident in many ways - starting with herSelf: her observant personal attire combining with quiet
eloquence on human rights and women’s rights as human rights. Her medical practice serves a wide
community including women whose quest for equal opportunity for themselves and their families is
hampered by living in poverty. Fozia is not only an eloquent « talker » but she is an activist who
responds quickly to injustice.”