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Anam Latif

Anam has spent a decade working as a journalist for regional and national newspapers, covering a variety of beats with a focus on social justice issues.
She is an unwavering advocate for marginalized communities, and is committed to listening and learning. Anam believes an antiracist lens is instrumental in achieving true equity for Black, Indigenous, racialized and 2SLGBTQIA+ folks across this country. Anam has been nominated for several Ontario Newspaper Awards for her reporting and opinion writing. She was born in Pakistan, raised in Abu Dhabi, and brings her lived experience as a brown Muslim woman to her work and writing. She lives in what is colonially known as Kitchener, on the Haldimand Tract.

Anam's Latest Articles

Assigning value to the priceless: New ‘ecosystem accounting’ framework will help StatsCan predict environmental impact on human health

Ecosystem accounting puts a dollar value on a city’s natural assets to help track and predict environmental impacts on human health and inform future policymaking

Afraid to hire a person with disabilities? New stats say employment gap in Canada is widening

Statistics Canada says the unemployment rate for people with disabilities rose to nearly half last year. The solution begins with employers.

Reducing the stigma of asking for mental health help in Black communities

Black and African women in Canada face high rates of depression, yet they are also among those least likely to seek assistance.

‘People will die’: Canadian non-profits look to feds to help bridge USAID funding freeze

The USAID freeze, implemented by U.S. President Donald Trump, is sowing chaos around the globe and will lead to harm, say advocates

Non-profits brace for change as speculation around Trudeau’s leadership intensifies

Speculation has swirled for weeks, but came to a fever pitch after the Liberals lost a stronghold seat in Toronto in a recent by-election

‘This is not reconciliation’: Federal funding drops for Indigenous language revitalization

More Indigenous people are learning their languages, and federal funding falls short of what is needed to ensure languages are not lost

LGBTQ+ groups look to other money models after lack of funding in Canada’s federal budget

National queer and gender-diverse advocacy groups did not get renewed capacity funding from the federal government at a time when anti-trans hate is on the rise

New ICC report sheds light on why fewer newcomers are choosing to become Canadian citizens

More newcomers hesitate to pursue citizenship due to antiquated settlement services and social and economic isolation

Automatic enrollment into Canada’s Learning Bond gives low-income children easier access to education money

Children from low-income families will now be automatically enrolled in the Canada Learning Bond, a policy change that will help ensure equitable access to education for marginalized communities.

Arresting hate: Foundation to educate police, justice officials on what, exactly, is a hate crime in Canada

The federal government will fund the Canadian Race Relations Foundation's work with police departments, federal agencies and community leaders to standardize how this country deals with hate crimes.