Assalam Alaikim, In October, Hikma sent an email to the community highlighting the lack of proper representation of Muslims in the Canadian Public Service. Alham D’Allah, the response from the community was great, and a number of our community members have made it to the late stages in the recruitment process!! As Muslims, we must …
City of London Appoints Muslim Community Liaison
After an thorough application and interview process, The City of London has hired Ahmer Khan as the Muslim Community Liaison Advisor, effective Monday, December 12. Ahmer’s most recent role was as the Constituency & Stakeholder Relations Manager, at the Legislative Assembly of Ontario, where he was a primary contact for community organizations, government stakeholders and …
Hikma Congratulates Dr. Faisal Joseph
On December 4th, 2022 our dear Brother, now Dr. Faisal Joseph, was granted an honourary Doctorate by St. Francis Xavier University. Long before there was ever a Hikma, Faisal took it upon himself to be one of biggest, if not the biggest, advocates for Muslims in the country. He blazed a trail for Hikma and other Muslim advocacy groups to …
The Largest Employer in Canada needs more Muslim Employees
We are often asked – how can we fight back against anti-Muslim hate and break down system-wide barriers that put Muslims at a disadvantage? One way to answer that is to highlight a very disturbing fact: there is a severe lack of representation of Muslim Canadians within the Canadian Public Service system. Yes, the Government …
Special Representative to Combat Islamophobia
Hikma was pleased to hear the recent announcement of the federal government to begin the process to appoint a Special Representative to fight Islamophobia. This was one of the requests made by NCCM and Hikma in last year’s National Summit on Islamophobia. We are also pleased to see that in the 2022 Budget, funding for …