Hani Rukh-E-Qamar

Experience

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  McGill University

  Sept 2019 - Jun 2020

  Note-Taker

  Note-taker for the McGill Office for Students with Disabilities (OSD).

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  FIMRC: Foundation for International Medical Relief of Children

  Dec 2019 - Sept 2020

  VP External
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  Canadian Council of Young Feminists - Conseil canadien de jeunes féministes

  Jan 2020 - Sept 2020

  Outreach Assistant
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  Phoenix Residential Care

  Mar 2020 - Jan 2021

  Research Assistant

  Researching Housing First programs across Canada and the impact of COVID-19 on shelters and housing programs.

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  University of Regina

  Apr 2020 - Nov 2021

  Research Assistant for Professor Shokirova at University of Regina, Department of Social Work. Conducting research literature reviews on topics of coping with transnational death and bereavement among immigrants in Canada and on the experiences and needs of Muslim women in Saskatchewan. Research Assistant and Research Collaborator at University of Regina for Dr. Jennifer Gordon (Canada Research Chair in Women’s Mental Health) and Loveness Dube. Working on a project pertaining to the gendered division of labour during COVID-19 and it’s impact on mental health, with a focus on its prevalence in immigrant populations.

  • Research Assistant

    Aug 2021 - Nov 2021

  • Research Collaborator

    Apr 2020 - Aug 2021
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  The Canadian Advisory of Women Immigrants

  Apr 2020 - now

  Founder and Executive Director

  Canadian Advisory of Women Immigrants (CAWI) is a community organization dedicated to empowering women immigrants through advocacy efforts. CAWI is dedicated to empowering immigrant women by advocating for immigrant women in positions of power, and equal access to resources such as educational opportunities, career opportunities, sexual and reproductive health resources, social networking, mental health resources, and leadership positions.For more information, email us at admin@cawicanada.com Show less

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  UAEM (Universities Allied for Essential Medicines)

  May 2020 - May 2021

  Co President
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  Science Undergraduate Society of McGill University

  Jun 2020 - Oct 2020

  IRP Committee Member
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  McGill University

  Oct 2020 - Dec 2022

  The Youth Advisory Board works closely with the Network on a voluntary basis to ensure that young people are mobilized, engaged, and contribute to all stages and aspects of its activities and projects. The Board provides input into the work of the Network and identify priorities and concerns. They have the opportunity to shape their activities based on their interests and priorities.In its relationship to the wider Research Network, the Board centers cross-generational partnerships developed through a co-created inclusive and collaborative leadership model in which all participants are attentive to generational dynamics of power and aged-based discrimination and actively work to reduce disparities, creating a space of mutual respect and equal participation.The Youth Advisory Board consists of 8 people from undergraduate/postgraduate programs and/or youth-led community networks (ages 16-30) based in Canada. Show less

  • Research Assistant

    Oct 2021 - Dec 2022

  • Teaching Assistant

    May 2021 - May 2022

  • Youth Advisory Board, Research Network on Women, Peace and Security

    Nov 2021 - Feb 2022

  • Teaching Assistant (TEAM)

    Oct 2020 - Feb 2022
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  The University of British Columbia

  Dec 2020 - Aug 2021

  Equity, Diversity, Inclusion Committee Member

  Working on a Gender-based analysis as part of a committee at UBC.

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  Saskatchewan Council for International Cooperation

  Dec 2020 - Jul 2021

  Provide administrative support, including assisting with event planning, logistics coordination registrations management (including eventbrite) for various SCIC events and activities. Assist the Executive Director and SCIC program staff with data collection and report development; Assist with meeting coordination, planning, scheduling, and follow-up tasks as directed; In coordination with the Communications & Campaign Coordinator assist with managing e-newsletter mail outs, website updates, and social media monitoring. Show less

  • Program Assistant

    Mar 2021 - Jul 2021

  • Administrative Assistant

    Dec 2020 - Mar 2021
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  Street Culture Project Shelter

  Feb 2021 - Jul 2021

  Youth Care Worker
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  Fondation de l'hôpital général juif - Jewish General Hospital Foundation

  Jun 2021 - Aug 2022

  Research Assistant

  Research Assistant at The Jewish General Hospital, under the supervision of Dr. Srividya Iyer (Department of Transcultural Psychiatry), Dr. Nicole D’souza (Social and Transcultural Psychiatry Department), and Dr. Jaswant Guzder. Working on a project pertaining to cultural connection in youth mental health.

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  IYAFP Canada

  Aug 2021 - Aug 2022

  Global Policy Liaison

  The International Youth Alliance for Family Planning (IYAFP), founded in 2015, is a for youth, by youth, international global alliance made up of 80 chapters around the globe with a united focus on raising the awareness and understanding of sexual and reproductive health and rights.The Policy and Advocacy Committee is responsible for providing evidence-based insight from a youth perspective on municipal, provincial, federal, or global sexual & reproductive health and rights, and other relevant youth policy issues. Show less

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  The Immigrant Education Society

  Sept 2021 - Sept 2022

  The Immigrant Education Society (TIES) is a not-for-profit organization devoted to assisting immigrants and economically challenged individuals. Founded in 1988, we envision an inclusive and pluralistic society that provides innovative language education, customized employment training and placement, and integration services to newcomers and Canadians based on best practices.o Assist researchers from TIES and partner research institutions in conducting research, literature review and data gathering on newcomer settlement, integration and support programming;o Support TIES Research and Program Development (RPD) team with digitalization of research data;o Assist researchers from TIES and partner research institutions in conducting literature and environmental scans on newcomer settlement and integration;o Support researchers from TIES in preparing grant proposals and ethics applications; o Assist TIES RPD team in other necessary day-to-day tasks.As a part of this position, also take a lead on a research project on the mental health of rural immigrant populations and culturally sensitive integration services in Canada. Show less

  • Co-Investigator

    Mar 2022 - Sept 2022

  • Research Assistant

    Sept 2021 - Feb 2022
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  Action Canada for Sexual Health and Rights

  Sept 2021 - Feb 2022

  Committee Member

  Committee member of the Bentley Deliberation Group at Action Canada SRH. Action Canada for Sexual Health & Rights is a progressive, pro-choice charitable organization committed to advancing and upholding sexual and reproductive health and rights in Canada and globally.

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  Regina Region Local Immigration Partnership Project (RRLIP)

  Oct 2021 - Dec 2022

  Advisory Board Member

  The RRLIP’s Advisory Table is a diverse and inclusive volunteer team with members representing a diversity of backgrounds. The Advisory members inform the work of the RRLIP project, which is a community initiative that strengthens and supports Regina’s capacity to welcome, settle and integrate newcomers.

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  Women in Global Health

  Oct 2021 - now

  Steering Committee Member

  The Canadian Women in Global Health Leadership Steering Committee provides national perspective, guidance, and expert strategic advice on the development and expansion of women’s global health leadership in Canada and bringing together Canadians of all genders and backgrounds to achieve gender equality. The Canadian Women in Global Health Leadership Steering Committee is committed to inclusion and diversity in all its dimensions, including diversity across geography, language, race, ethnicity, gender and sexuality, diverse abilities, Indigeneity, immigration status and other forms, reflecting Canada’s multicultural population including Indigenous peoples.The Steering Committee further works to enhance the profile of its initiatives, as well as the gender equality in global health leadership movement generally, across the country. It undertakes advocacy and education efforts, event planning, such as conference sessions, webinars, continuing education opportunities and networking mixers, as well as preparing and disseminating digital content and resources that aligns with its mandate. Show less

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  Inter-Council Network / Réseau de coordination des conseils

  Nov 2021 - Feb 2022

  Youth Delegate

  Youth delegate to the Canadian Global Health Conference from Canadian Association For Global Health, supported by the Inter-council Network and Community Scholarship by CAGH.

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  World Health Organization

  Nov 2021 - Aug 2023

  Adolescent Well-Being Group Member, Partnership for Maternal, Newborn, and Child Health (PMNCH)

  The Adolescent Reference Group at WHO and PMNCH is responsible for the following duties:i. Providing strategic direction for implementation of the recommendation of the Call to Action, including the development and implementation of an advocacy strategy towards a focus area on adolescents in the upcoming SDG Summit in 2023,ii. Promoting and disseminating relevant information to partners and networks at all levelsiii. Identifying new partners and strengthening existing partner networksiv. Supporting any working groups to be identified, including one already confirmed - thedevelopment of the definition and framework for adolescent well-being.Due to a background in mental health research especially with vulnerable and marginalized youth, I was invited to be a part of the Reference Group. Show less

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  University of Regina

  Feb 2022 - Aug 2022

  Research Assistant, Faculty of Social Work

  Under the supervision of Dr. Jennifer Ma, Research, review, and compile literature related to mental health care and support among racialized migrants and refugees in Saskatchewan, focusing on inequities and barriers to access to culturally safe and relevant services; Conduct a literature review on the intersection between colonialism and access to green spaces among marginalized groups of people; Support with grant applications; And Weekly meetings.

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  Alzheimer Society of Saskatchewan

  Mar 2022 - Jul 2022

  Public Awareness Coordinator

  The Alzheimer Society of Saskatchewan (ASOS) is a volunteer-based, non-profit organization committed to improving the lives of people affected by Alzheimer’s disease and related dementias. Reporting to the Director of Public Awareness and Communications, the Public Awareness Coordinator takes a leading role in the Society’s public awareness initiatives including our warning signs campaign and our promotion of prevention and risk reduction strategies. The position plays a significant role in the dementia friendly communities initiatives as a community convener and facilitator. Show less

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  Global Affairs Canada | Affaires mondiales Canada

  Mar 2022 - May 2022

  Canadian Delegate to the 55th Commission on Population and Development

  The Canadian delegation to the CPD annual session typically consists of delegates from Global Affairs Canada headquarters as well as from Canada’s Permanent Mission to the UN. Since 2019, Canada has also included a youth and a civil society organization (CSO) delegate on its official delegation, with delegates participating virtually in 2020 and 2021. Role of the delegate:help to inform Canada’s engagement at the CPD by providing their perspectives on the negotiated resolution, the national statement and key issues related to the theme of the annual session.have the role of observers at side events, presentations in plenary, and other relevant meetings.prepare a report with key takeaways, lessons learned and recommendations to Global Affairs Canada for future consideration, following the CPD session Show less

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  McGill Global Health Programs | Programmes de santé mondiale

  Apr 2022 - Aug 2023

  Global Health Scholar

  Project: Early Psychosis in India and Canada: Investigating Outcomes and Family Factors. Supervisor: Dr. Srividya Iyer, Department of PsychiatryThe McGill Global Health Scholars – Undergraduates program provides opportunities for McGill undergraduate students to gain global health experience through hands-on involvement in global health research projects. Scholars carry out their assigned role on their designated global health research project during the summer either locally/remotely, internationally, or in Northern Canada.This mixed-methods project involves collaboration between two teams with complementary strengths in culturally relevant schizophrenia research in India and Canada. Key objectives are to investigate differences in a range of outcome domains and family factors. Our premise is that the better outcomes of psychosis in India can be largely explained by the comparatively higher levels of family support available.In cultural psychiatry and schizophrenia outcome research, it is consistently found that the outcomes of treated schizophrenia are better in developing countries than in developed ones. Yet, little is known about why this is so. It is not known whether this difference extends to all outcome domains or is limited to the select and narrowly defined clinical and functional outcomes that existing research has focused on.The project's findings will advance our understanding of the course of early psychosis in India; of cross-cultural variation in schizophrenia outcomes; and of how families contribute to better outcomes in India. This understanding will shape the development of culturally appropriate family and early intervention services in India and suggest strategies for improving schizophrenia outcomes in the West, thus alleviating (even if partially) the severe burden that schizophrenia imposes irrespective of cultural setting. Show less

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  Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health

  May 2022 - Jul 2023

  Research Assistant
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  Canadian Partnership for Women and Children's Health (CanWaCH)

  Jul 2022 - now

  Youth Working Group Chair
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  Douglas Mental Health Institute

  Sept 2022 - Sept 2023

  Research Assistant
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  Centre universitaire de santé McGill | McGill University Health Centre

  Jan 2024 - Jun 2024

  Research Assistant
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  UNICEF

  Jan 2024 - Dec 2024

  Youth Consultant
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  McGill University

  Jan 2025 - now

  Teaching Assistant

  HSEL309 - Women's Reproductive Health